the FireGL drivers isnt DX9 compatible yet.

Why should a OpenGL driver be DirectX compatable?

ROFLMAO~~~~~ Good point. :)

...I thought that really only applied to high-end rendering apps and auto-cad type applications? I don't think it does a whole lot of squat for gaming performance other than enabling the extra pipes and unlocking the overclock-lock. Which is a LOT, but it ain't no "3x faster" lot. Also, a lot of people might experience checkerboarding after applying this patch. DON'T FREAK! It just means your disabled pipes are busted, just re-install the un-patched drivers and the distortion will go away. (That's what I like about the soft mod, it's easily reversed. :) )

this is a complete driver set that INCLUDES DirectX drivers - its not like its opengl only

Since there aren't any DirectX 9 games yet and the general opinion of FutureMark 2K03 is pretty low. Who cares if it doesn't have DirectX9 drivers. Nothing worth doing uses DX9 yet.