No, you'll be fine - it's important to make the distinction towards DirectX and Direct3D. The TNT2 supports Direct3D 6 features, and those features still exist in the DirectX 9 runtime. There's games that require DirectX 9 but will run on a 2D-only card.

DEAT wrote on 2024-04-12, 00:00:

No, you'll be fine - it's important to make the distinction towards DirectX and Direct3D. The TNT2 supports Direct3D 6 features, and those features still exist in the DirectX 9 runtime. There's games that require DirectX 9 but will run on a 2D-only card.

I understand. Thanks for the clarification.

The problems you might run into would be related to SSE if you encounter strange execution errors. Some later DirectX and drivers rely in it being present, but this was introduced with the Pentium III. So try to stay with versions that are "period correct" to your Windows 98 SE install and graphic card if you can just to be on the safer side.

Minutemanqvs wrote on 2024-04-19, 18:28:

The problems you might run into would be related to SSE if you encounter strange execution errors. Some later DirectX and drivers rely in it being present

I'm yet to see a DX dll have its requirements change. Things like d3dim.dll, etc. shouldn't require newer hardware.

I use up to 08 Dec 2006 - DirectX 9.0c if needed as i remember with AMD K6, zero SSE support there or maybe it was older DX9.0c. http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/directx.htm