but on the other hand new directx games that rely heavily on the latest video features often also recommend the users to upgrade their drivers during installation.
Yep but we're talking about Blitzmax games which don't require state-of-the-art graphics cards. The kind of people that buy their games from the likes of Reflexive or BFG wouldn't know a graphics card driver if it bit them on the arse. On Windows - Why Use OpenGL?
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