Direct X issue preventing startup on Max Payne 1&2.

[Sundayturkey]

So I picked up the Max Payne bundle in the sale, and both of them refuse to work.

Upon trying to start either game, I get a message telling me that:

"Max Payne requires a Direct X 8 (or 9.0, for Max Payne 2) compatible display adaptor."

I have a Sapphire HD4850, and i've tried reinstalling the latest DirectX and a dxdiag shows everything to be fine.

Additional information; i'm running Windows 7 and my ATi drivers are version 10.4.

So does anyone have any ideas as to why my card's not recognised as DirectX compatible in this case, or had any similar problems?
Any help would be much appreciated.

[DarkjeThe2nd]

try some of the solutions posted here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=642072

[Sundayturkey]

Thanks for that fella, got a fix to Max Payne 2 out of that thread, will have to work on Max Payne 1 now. :)