   Switching between retail and debug versions
  I have both the retail version and the SDK version of directx installed. I'd like to have the SDK version for I'm developing, obviously, but it would also be nice if I could use the retail versions when I'm in for some gaming. For financial reasons I only use a singel computer. I know that there's an option to switch between the 2 in the directx control panel, however, the effect of that seems to be void. I did find an old topic ( http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=320866 ), however that one has been retired and I can't reply to it. So is there any nice way to have them both installed and still get the full benefit of the end user version?   
  If you install the SDK, you automatically get the run-time installed as well. In the control panel, under DirectX, you can activate or deactivate the debug run-time, which will do some validation and allow you to debug your DirectX programs.   ;Quote:Original post by ussnewjersey4If you install the SDK, you automatically get the run-time installed as well. In the control panel, under DirectX, you can activate or deactivate the debug run-time, which will do some validation and allow you to debug your DirectX programs.Yes, I've done all this but it seems to have very little effect. I have a fairly clean system with 1 gig DDR, 3,4 ghz p4, x800XT PCI-E 256MB, everything around that standard. Yet I can't play fairly low req games on lowest everything without geting FPS so low that it's unplayable. I've run sisoft sandra and everything seems to be fine according to that program. dxdiag reports that quite a few of my dlls are debug versions and that I will see a performance hit.Thankful for any replies!   ;  is prob the long way around but if u right click my computer click manage and go to services, you can stop the directx debugger service while playing games and restart it when debugging apps.   ;  If the DirextX panel shows that the runtime is set to retail mode, then I would suggest looking for new drivers.   ;Quote:Original post by Sairondxdiag reports that quite a few of my dlls are debug versions and that I will see a performance hit.You can safely ignore that warning as long as you have Debug turned off in the control panel. (And assuming you have both the debug and the retail dlls in question.)   ;  Slightly offtopic - but if you want a quick way to switch between debug & retail runtimes, here is a topic about a nifty little utility that will sit in the taskbar and let you change them fast.  I would always forget about changing back to the retail runtimes while gaming, so putting that little icon down there helps a bit [smile]   ;  hmm.. nice pc but.. what is it that you are trying to play?perhaps you CAN'T make it work better unless you disable some graphics details..   