# nVidia and DirectX 9.0

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nvidia-and-directx-9-0/136431>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 12, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nvidia-and-directx-9-0/136431 "2002-11-12T14:55:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Accipiter1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Accipiter1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accipiter1)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nvidia-and-directx-9-0/136431/1 "2002-11-12T14:55:21Z")

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Does anyone know if nVidia is developing a graphics card that is DirectX 9.0 compatiable? On their website I saw something about CG technology (an easier way for creating some of the graphical effects) but nothing about if they were developing a DirectX 9.0 graphics card yet. Is the Radeon the only one that meets this compatiablility as of yet?

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**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nvidia-and-directx-9-0/136431/2 "2002-11-12T19:01:50Z")

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IIRC, the Radeon is the only DX 9.0-compatible card family available at the moment, but nVidia’s next family (NV30, maybe?), due out in early 2003, is supposed to support 9.0  
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**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nvidia-and-directx-9-0/136431/3 "2002-11-13T15:00:49Z")

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Be wary of the Radeon 9700 Pro, it has compatibility issues with some games (Combat Flight Simulator 3 for instance). I’m hoping this all goes away when DX9 is made available.