DirectX 9 is overwriting DirectX 11

[Zog]

So you may remember that I recently got Windows 7 the other day.


Well, so far, it works flawlessly, and is far better than XP. But for some reason DirectX 9 (which I had on XP) is overwriting DirectX 11. This is shown in multiple games: Crysis 2 and any source engine game (other games I have don't show the DirectX level). I installed DirectX 11, reinstalled it, tried again, and again, but to no avail.


Is there any reason why this is happening?

[ACAMS]

Older games are not 10X or 11X compatible, so it uses 9

[Zog]

Yes, but Crysis 2 (The editor) says that I'm running DirectX 9. And I remember when I installed DirectX 10 on XP, HL2 said that my software DirectX level was DirectX 10. :/

[nightcracker]

It's a problem with Crysis 2, they first released the console-port version for the PC with only DirectX 9.

They said there will be a patch that allows for compliance with DirectX 11, and they released it here: http://www.mycrysis.com/dx11.