Iain Emms Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Take a look chaps its ready for downloading. http://downloads.guru3d.com/DirectX-End-User-Runtimes-(February-2010)-download-2470.html cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 From Guru3D eh well I wouldn't do anything !! The last official SDK Runtime release was in August Last year with a runtime update in November. The files on the Guru3D site are likely to be modified run time files and until I see a full official release from Microsoft and then the I might consider the modified version from Guru3D. I'd exercise caution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Thanks for the advice on this Maurice i will hang fire on installing dont want to bugger anything up now do we. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Manhart Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 From Guru3D eh well I wouldn't do anything !! The last official SDK Runtime release was in August Last year with a runtime update in November. The files on the Guru3D site are likely to be modified run time files and until I see a full official release from Microsoft and then the I might consider the modified version from Guru3D. I'd exercise caution To help you put to rest your fears, here's the direct link at Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0cef8180-e94a-4f56-b157-5ab8109cb4f5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I've been using 'Guru3D' for donkeys years, and apart from files on the 'modified' driver forum, they do not alter or modify the files on the main download page. They have repackaged very large files at times using 7Zip to make them more manageable, nothing more. I have not had a single issue with literally hundreds of driver and app downloads.... Guru3D = a decent and highly trustworthy site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alainneedle1 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Been downloading from Guru all the time including this new DirectX without any problems at all. Installed and running fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Thank you guys for clearing this one up cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I have also used many files from Guru3D I was urging caution as I had not seen anything on the MSTechnet Forums regarding the release of new runtimes. Yes the team at Guru3D do modify the files to improve them. I seriously doubt that 7zip is any better than winzip or winrar for file compression either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J van E Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 And.... does FSX run better now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Manhart Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I've seen no change in FSX performance, and to be honest you shouldn't expect one with an app as old as FSX running on DX9... I haven't tested DX10 yet though... Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J van E Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I didn't expect a change in performance: that's why I 'asked'. I was being sarcastic, not serious. I just was wondering why everyone got so excited about a new DX-version when everyone knows FSX won't benefit from it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Yes the team at Guru3D do modify the files to improve them. I seriously doubt that 7zip is any better than winzip or winrar for file compression either. WRONG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Let's keep it friendly fella's . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru3D Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Hey gentlemen, this is Hilbert, owner of Guru3D.com I got pointed here by a concerned Guru3D forum member. I do tend to take somewhat unfounded and weird accusations serious. Ignorance is bliss. We do NOT tamper with files -- I mean gosh why would we do that in the first place ? All files are virus-checked before placed on our servers, and then posted on-line as original. Sometimes we do re-archive a .zip file to .7zip. When properly configured compression with 7zip simply is better which saves on download time and our expensive download bandwidth. In some scenarios this can save 40% or more in compression and your download time. That's it really ... So Maurice -- next time please don't blatantly make accusations as you do create a stigma with this, we do not deserve that at all. Give 7zip a test run and tryout for yourself, you might even start to like it. Hope this takes away any concerns, and as far as the new DirectX redistributable is going, we're linking that one straight from Microsoft. The download really can't be more official than that. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Thank you for making that quite clear Hilbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Hello Hilbert, Welcome to our forums and thank you for your explanation, for the record, let me say that Maurice hasn't any ill intent towards you or your work, he is more concerned about altered/repackaged files and was probably not correctly informed about your work. I know he cares and also always try's to keep everybody aware to just not bluntly install "unknown" files, judging your work I think you can relate to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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