Checking graphics card compatibility?

asparagusx · Post by **asparagusx** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:17 pm

Hello

I need to be able to 'detect' if, on a target machine, directx (9 as an example) is correctly installed. I know all about using DxDiag, but I need to do this at runtime. Our application defaults to using DirectX 9 as the preferred driver type, but we are getting cases, where graphics drivers are out of date or incorrectly installed. When trying to use CreateDeviceEx, we often get BSD or exceptions if the system is not correctly configured. How we can determine (at runtime) if the system is configured for DirectX 9? I have tried using try and catch around CreateDeviceEx, but still getting problems on 'incorrect' systems.

Thanks

Asp

Lil Margin · Post by **Lil Margin** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:45 am

I don't know if you can do this with irrlicht but i think there is a function in the directx sdk that returns the version...