Windows 7 - directx11

Hi guys,i just installed farcry2 few mins ago, And i downloaded the patches and stuff etc but then i saw it said updating directx, so once it finished downloading It said i had directx11 installed when i checked dxdiag and i thought the 9800gtx+ cards cannot run it, befor that i had directx10. Is there anyway i can install directx10 again and will me having 11 make my fps drop and Stuff.

I am sure DirectX is backward compatible! In other words your system may say DirectX 11 but your system has DirectX 10 installed!! Only if your Graphics card supports DirectX 11 will it use it!! Don't worry about it!!

Hope that makes sense

Thanks for replying!, anyway on my graphic card box is says full directx10 support and says nothing about directx11, i just want to know if i should download directx10 again and install it over the 11. And if me having a directx11 on a incompatible card will damage it or something or give me low frame rates in game.

Your Graphics card is not DirectX 11 compatible so it cant use DirectX 11!! It will use DirectX 10!!

*Are you having problems playing the game*

Alright, Should i go off and download directx10 again? and no im not having any problems just lower fps 40-80-90

When you install DX, it installs all DX versions 9/10/10.1/11 etc. Then it is up to the OS to decide what the OS can handle, eg. XP DX 9 Vista 10/10.1 (soon 11 with update) and Windows 7 DX 11. Then it decides which DX it will use depending on the GPU and game. It will automatically choose the highest version that the three components can all support, so you do not need to intervene at all. As said earlier though DX is backwards compatible so if you install it you are set up for all of them.

Here is the latest full installer

Download details: DirectX Redist (February 2010)

And the web updater.

Download details: DirectX End-User Runtime

Don't worry about games installing DX during game installation, that is normal as they just want you to be up to date to support their game. If you are up to date it will just overwrite the same files so it will not hurt anything letting it install DX. It is recommended to actually let it update as most people do not update DX manually that often so letting newer games install it can actually benefit you because it can keep you up to date.

AHH i see thank you, so should i download them things u gave me the 2 links? and can i install them in any order? sorry if im a pain im noob at this stuff =(

The first one is the full installer, recommended if you store apps on a spare drive or discs as it will save you time next time you install the OS. Otherwise you can use the updater in the second link to just update the files you need to save time.

i downloaded the 2nd link and i get an error

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5686/93728485.jpg

and i dont get this " recommended if you store apps on a spare drive or discs as it will save you time next time you install the OS"
should i just go ahaead and download the 1st link and let it update.

Install the full redist.

1st link.