DxDiag should get you started in the right direction - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DxDiag
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:11 AM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > A series of questions for some of you who are perhaps a few years younger > than me: **** > > I would like a primary/high school age kid to use the > Kodu<http://fuse.microsoft.com/page/kodu>game design system, and it has > these prerequisites – > **** > > ** ** > > **· **A graphics card that supports DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model > 2.0 or higher is required.**** > > **· **.NET Framework 3.5 or higher is required. **** > > **· **XNA Framework 3.1 Redistributable is required.**** > > Kodu is a Microsoft game designer - it’s not purely for games design, so > it says.**** > > I need to check out his computer’s capabilities first. **** > > ** ** > > Is DirectX 9.0c a redistributable, OK on Windows XP? Is there some utility > that can be run on his computer to see if it’s OK? What CPU/GPU runs Shader > Model 2.0? **** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > **Ian Thomas** > Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** >
