I had this at the end of another thread, but it was too well hidden so I am reposting it as a new topic. I am getting the same ''XSI could not create a DirectX9 surface, please install Directx9.0b or better'' error on my wife's computer (she wants to mess around with 3d modeling).  Her computer is a desktop, but it's fairly ...

I am getting the same ''XSI could not create a DirectX9 surface, please install Directx9.0b or better'' error on my wife's computer (she wants to mess around with 3d modeling).  Her computer is a desktop, but it's fairly outdated.  It's running Vista with an AGP Radeon 9700 Pro.  I have tried everything (reinstalling, video ...

Standard arrays might be faster but I doubt they would be 4 times faster.  One thing that comes to mind is that you have to use multi-threading in the Xbox 360 in order to get full use out of the CPU's.  Shawn Hargreaves talked about this at GameFest.  I believe this is the video.  ...

I can't recommend any C# books since I have never read any.  I transitioned from C++ so it wasn't necessary anyway. I can recommend an excellent Xna book though; Microsoft XNA Unleashed by Chad Carter.  It just came out on the first so it might be a little tough to find, but it's worth it.  I am only on chapter 8, but so far ...

Check out this blog post http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archive/2007/07/25/understanding-gametime.aspx.  It sounds like your computer can't hang.  The reason it works a little better when you turn off fixed time stamping is that your computer has a little bit of time to catch up when it's lagging behind.  You will either need to ...