Graphics Software Help
- Thread starter bluey43
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Software rendering will be SLOW.
The choice between DirectX and OpenGL depends on the card, and on your system.
A game I have, suggests that DirectX is the best choice for most cards, while OpenGL is better for Nvidia-based cards.
However, though I have an Nvidia based card, I find the OpenGl setting to be troublesome (leaves many blank buttons in the taskbar on exit, and crashes rather too often), so I use DirectX instead.
Some other cards were notorious for having poor OpenGL drivers.
One additional interface you may see mentioned, is GLIDE - the application interface of the old 3dFX Voodoo cards - and if that's the ONLY graphics acceleration a game (old, because it's obsolete) supports, then you need to find a "Glide wrapper" or Glide emulator - normally called a "wrapper" though.
The choice between DirectX and OpenGL depends on the card, and on your system.
A game I have, suggests that DirectX is the best choice for most cards, while OpenGL is better for Nvidia-based cards.
However, though I have an Nvidia based card, I find the OpenGl setting to be troublesome (leaves many blank buttons in the taskbar on exit, and crashes rather too often), so I use DirectX instead.
Some other cards were notorious for having poor OpenGL drivers.
One additional interface you may see mentioned, is GLIDE - the application interface of the old 3dFX Voodoo cards - and if that's the ONLY graphics acceleration a game (old, because it's obsolete) supports, then you need to find a "Glide wrapper" or Glide emulator - normally called a "wrapper" though.
http://ubisoft.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ubisoft.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=9563 - There's a 1.01 update for that.
The one I have is Downtown Run, also from UBISOFT - so if the same guidance still holds, I'd try OpenGL first, then DirectX if OpenGL is problematic - not sure where I saw the Nvidia/ATI split mentioned, but it does say in the readme that ATI OpenGL drivers have problems, and that some older cards are ONLY usable in OpenGL mode, and some not at all.
The one I have is Downtown Run, also from UBISOFT - so if the same guidance still holds, I'd try OpenGL first, then DirectX if OpenGL is problematic - not sure where I saw the Nvidia/ATI split mentioned, but it does say in the readme that ATI OpenGL drivers have problems, and that some older cards are ONLY usable in OpenGL mode, and some not at all.