737-31542: DirectX not functioning with Radeon AGP graphics cards
The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):
- Catalyst Display Driver 7.9 and higher
- Radeon HD3850 AGP series
- Radeon HD2600 AGP series
- Radeon HD2400 AGP series
- Radeon X1950 AGP series
- Radeon X1900 AGP series
- Radeon X1800 AGP series
- Radeon X1650 AGP series
- Radeon X1600 AGP series
- Radeon X1550 AGP series
- Radeon X1300 AGP series
- Radeon X1050 AGP series
- Radeon X850 AGP series
- Radeon X800 AGP series
- Radeon X700 AGP series
- Radeon X600 AGP series
- Radeon X550 AGP series
- Radeon X300 AGP series
- Radeon 9800 AGP series
- Radeon 9700 AGP series
- Radeon 9600 AGP series
- Radeon 9550 AGP series
- Radeon 9500 AGP series
- Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
- Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows XP Media Center Edition
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Symptoms:
After installing Catalyst 7.9 or higher an error is received launching DirectX based games. The error indicates that Direct3D Failed to Initialize or similar.
In Vista your Experience score will drop to 1.0.
The DirectX Diagnostic tests will fail in both XP and Vista.
