Direct X probs

[nSomniac]

Well i know how you all hate when people post the same thing in more than one catagory but... I just formatted my hdd and installed dx9c and it wont update my d3d files past dx7, every proggy i run to test dx says i only have d3d7 installed, even the direct x tool that comes w/ n nvidia geforce fx5200, i also have a voodoo 5 5500 mac (flashed to x86) installed, but i havnt yet installed the drivers for it because i like my geforece a lot, and i only wanna play gta 3 right now but everytime i play it it crashes after about 3 mins, things slow down to a halt then i get a ddhelp.? (dll i think) error and then every time i run it after that w/o shutting my pc down it crashes w/o even starting, I'm runnin win 98 se w/ all updates and service packs, should i try to install another ver of dx? or what should, i do, or should i even try starting w/ dx8 and working my way up? well thanks, and sorry about the double post but i waited like a week and something an only 11 people even looked at it so i decided to do this, thanks again for any and all help you make available to me.
Matt

[sps]

Gta probabbly isnt working cos it needs at least dx8.1. try re installing the game and installing dx8.1 at the same time;it should be on the disc.

[nSomniac]

sorry my friend it doesnt quite work that way, i have instlled several diff versions of dx, and now i am at dx9c but the dx tools i have used only report my D3D version being 7 but i found a work around for it, if i cant get the game to run then i just run the dx diagnostic tool that comes w/ dx and it works great. but thanks anyways.

Matt