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Fix for DirectX 7 latency on Windows 7? [migrated]
We have a piece of software that is programmed against DirextX 7 SDK (i.e the code uses LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7 and the likes) and runs in fullscreen. The main task is putting something on the screen in ...
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How can I launch games so that while playing there is a visible, but not obtrusive session timer visible?
When I play games, it would be useful to know how long I've been playing (without having to remember when I started).
Several solutions exist that provide session timers, but they are obtrusive, ...
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DirectX not compatible with Windows XP, but I need it, what shall I do? [closed]
I installed my game on Windows XP, on VMPlayer, the Medieval Lords, really old game I loved to play when I was young,, so I installed it by setting up a server on my PC (XAMPP) and downloaded it by ...
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better games compatibility on Windows 2003 [closed]
I think i have setup all the basic stuff required for gaming:
direct3d acceleration, disabled DEP on all programs, etc.
but, some XP-compatible games are still crashing without showing any error:
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d3dx9_43.dll is missing from your computer
According to dxdiag, the directx version of my system is 11
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120830-0333)
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Graphics-related “Slow motion” in Windows 7 64-bit OS, Persistant [Resolved]
What seems to be a DirectX problem in Windows popped up a few hours ago after a blue screen that was too fast to read the error code from. Its effect is that minimizing/loading windows are now slow. ...
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Application pauses when window not selected
I'm not sure if I'm in the right place to ask this sort of question, but I thought I'd give it a shot.
I've got an application that I'm working in that has a rule around if the window is considered ...
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Overlay/Get FPS of window
I'm not sure if this is more proper in stackexchange, but how do programs such as steam (the game overlay) and FRAPS overlay data over a window? I've noticed that the overlay/fraps can only work on ...
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Constant freezes on my machine on Desktop PC for 2 years
My desktop PC is a pretty tough one. For over 2 years I've been using this custom desktop (consisting of all types of parts, will post specs later)
It first started by using an application called ...
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Why is there no DirectX.log installation log?
I am distributing a DirectX 9 app, using Aug 2007 version. DirectX is installed silently. A user is reporting the install is successful, but a problem occurs when running the app (cannot find ...
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How to run an directx or opengl application as desktop background?
Well, on windows 7 you have only the ability for slide shows, but there is fortunately a trick to enable desktop video backgrounds on Windows 7 using the Vista (DreamScene) DLL files.
Now I was ...
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Why do lots of games have Direct X 9 and 11 options, but NOT DX10?
I don't really know much about DirectX other than it is responsible of having better graphic options for games, for example, tessellation and Ambient Occlusion in DX11.
But my question is, why some ...
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Have to reinstall DirectX every time I start my PC
Recently, every time I restart my computer I have been getting this error message:
ksbsync.exe
This program cannot start because OpenCLD.dll is missing.
This seems to prevent games from ...
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Video overlay for Direct X for Windows
Is it possible to have a video overlay on top of a Direct X.
For example I want to have a video playing while playing a game.
Steam and Fraps both have custom UI overlays for Direct X applications. ...
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Direct3D crashes dxdiag in 32-bit but works fine in 64-bit mode
DxDiag crashes when I open it unless I bypass Direct3D. It works fine in 64-bit mode. I have a NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M, and I've tried updating (also uninstalling, reinstalling) my drivers. I've also ...
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How to force hardware mous? [closed]
For a DirectX game that does not provide a hardware mouse option in the settings, is it possible to force a hardware mouse from DirectX or AMD Catalyst?
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Is DirectX really installed on Windows 7?
I ask because it sure doesn't feel like it. I have all my games installed on an external hard drive, and whenever I try running any of them on any Windows 7 computer which is supposed to already have ...
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Is it mandatory to install all DirectX versions for different games?
While installing the newest game of the Medal of Honor series, I got a strange DLL error saying that the game couldn't be launched.
When I installed DirectX 11, available as an installer, it worked.
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How do I disable DirectDraw and Direct3D acceleration on Windows 8?
Some old games that I would really like to play run slowly on some graphic drivers when Direct3D acceleration is enabled.
I have tried many suggestions but none seem to work. The only thing I have ...
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DirectX 11 on Windows 8 doesn't detect nVidia GeForce GT540M
I have installed Windows 8 Release Preview, and installed nVidia drivers, but the only graphics card detected by DirectX Diagnostics Tool and DirectX-based games is Intel HD Graphics integrated into ...
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Does Windows 8 bring in any changes to DirectX (specifically Direct 3D) pipeline?
Windows Vista brought in DirectX 10, thereby breaking compatibility with apps/games which are exclusively designed for DirectX 10.
Does Windows 8 introduce any such APIs, thereby breaking ...
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Does VMWare Fusion 5.0.1 support Direct X 10?
I just upgraded VMWare Fusion to 5.0.1 and I'm trying to find out if it supports DirectX 10. If not, will VMWare be bringing out an update soon?
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Windows cannot enter very low-res video mode with modern graphics cards/drivers
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I was trying to post here yesterday, but it kept giving me an error. I have discovered that it actually is not using DirectX at all, but GDI or whatever is the non-DX graphics in Windows (not ...
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Is my HDD crashing? [closed]
I was playing this game named League of Legends today on my laptop. It is an MMOG and before the game started (the online fight between players) my laptop just hung and stopped responding. ...
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Detect / Trace which version of Direct X is used / called?
Microsoft Flight Simulator offers a Direct 10 Preview. How can I trace that the DX10 API is actually called, and no longer (only) the DX9 API. Is there a way (logs / tools) to trace this?
I want to ...
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Does f.lux affect DirectX video games?
Does f.lux affect the color temperature of DirectX video games?
I appreciate what it does on the desktop, but I'm not sure if I want it on in a game.
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Game for DirectX 9 not working with DirectX 11
I have installed a game called "Orcs Must Die" but when running it, it only shows an error about absence of d3dx9_43.dll file. It's part of DX 9, however I hava already DX 11 installed. How can I ...
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DirectX (probably after update) makes my system freeze
Lately I bought Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Installed it on my Windows 7 SP1 64-bit system.
The game came with DirectX 11 patch that was installed (I would say successfully).
The problem is ...
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Corrupt display - possibly related to DirectX
I've a Nvidia GT 240 plugged into a Asus M2N68-AMSE2 on XP Pro SP2 driving a 22" LCD display at 1080/32bpp/60Hz. Till Sunday, everything was working fine with no hint of a problem. On Monday morning, ...
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How can I play games requiring DirectX in linux?
I am an avid gamer, I use Windows & Linux, I would like to play games in my Ubuntu machine which requires DirectX.
How can I run the game which requires DirectX in Linux?
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Error with D3D10Warp.dll
I did already ask this question on serverfault but they told me it was not appropriate so Im asking it here...
Each time my PC starts and Google Talk tries to start I get this error:
googletalk.exe ...
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Disable DirectDraw, but still have Direct3D?
I have a Windows XP SP3 machine, with up-to-date patches. It has DirectX 9.0c, version number 4.09.00.0904.
Can I disable DirectDraw, but have Direct3D still active?
I read the Wikipedia articles ...
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What's the difference between 64-bit and 32-bit dxdiag?
I'm doing some logging and noticed that on 64-bit platforms I can use the /64bit switch to run 64-bit dxdiag. I assume there must be some reason for doing this, namely additional functionality in the ...
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No sound with VMWare workstation when playing 3D games
I'm trying to set up a gaming virtual machine, because I don't want all that 'junk' on my main system.
I already have VMware Workstation 7, I decided to create a new VM with Windows 7 and Windows XP.
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WPF & RenderTierCapability, what could cause a machine to be dropped from Tier 2 to 0?
I'm having an issue on some imaged machines where they will started out on Tier 2 and after some time of use (they are well spec'd kiosk machines, quad-core, Nvidia 550Ti), they drop to Tier 0 and ...
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Why didn't OpenGL pervail? [closed]
If somebody could give a lengthy and in-depth explanation (or a link to an article) as to why OpenGL never took off, but instead Direct3D/DirectX became dominant in the gaming sector it'd be much ...
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DirectX is missing
After installing a fresh copy of windows 7 I am not able to run a single game and I am having other problems related to DirectX - all dlls from System32 are missing and I do not know how to fix this. ...
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What is the “real” memory of my display graphics card?
I purchased a desktop two years back asking the vendor to install a "1 GB" graphics card. The card which is installed in my system is Nvidia 9400 GT, and the NVIDIA website provides the following ...
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What Virtualization Servers support Windows Clients with Direct X?
In advance I'd like to state this question is similar to its predecessors here and here but, those questions are old and I would like an up to date answer based on current technology.
I want to host ...
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How to check which directx runtime version is installed on my windows machine?
I need to do coding for 3D graphics, I would like to check which version of directx runtime is installed on my Windows machine. How to do that?
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DirectX installation error
Magicka started crashing on startup. While trying to fix this, I decided to update DirectX.
When I run dxwebsetup, it identifies missing "DirectX Runtime Optional Components" and attempts to install, ...
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Upscaled windowed mode?
Since games still suck at alt-tabbing out of them, especially when playing in fullscreen, I'd like the idea of playing some of them windowed. The problem is, some of the games need to be played in ...
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How to limit FPS for a DirectX application (e.g.: game) if it uses a launcher?
There are many games without an FPS cap. Most of them are free2play. The better PC you have, the more tearing you'll get. (Also, your PC may turn into a heater.)
What I found as a workaround for ...
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Installing DirextX 9 SDK in Windows 7
I'm following the following tutorials here:
http://www.euclideanspace.com/software/games/setup/dx9vb/installation/index.htm
On this page, I was supposed to download the DirextX 9.0 SDK. It has to ...
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Direct3D availability in DirectX
What exactly gives an XP machine the ability to have Direct3D to be enabled/disabled in DirectX 9c? Is it the video card driver? Motherboard driver? Something related to a Windows/.Net Update? A ...
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Enabling Direct3D on XP using Older NVidia cards
I'm having a really hard time figuring this one out and could use some advice:
I have 5 machines with XP SP3 installed all using the same setup. They all have NVidia 8600 GT video cards, DirectX 9c ...
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Whether the computer is enough for Blender or DX9/DX10 game programming tasks? : ZOTAC ZBOX HD-ND22 [closed]
I wonder if any "ZOTAC Zbox mini PC" will be enough for Blender or DX9/DX10 game programming tasks? Is the new CryEngine 3 Sandbox editor will be enough ION2 Nvidia graphics processor?
Whether the ...
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Degraded game performance after format
So I had sent my PC to a repair shop for a format, and when I have it back I noticed that some of the games I usually play are running slower than usual. For example, pre-format, my PC was able to ...
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Graphics Cards DirectX version upgrade?
When shopping or looking at specs for graphics card you will see the DirectX version that it supports (in my specific case the card supports 10). What I want to know is that when Microsoft released ...
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How to transform a 3D polygon into horizontal position [closed]
I want to implement a code to transform a 3D polygon into a horizontal position. So that I can ignore its Z coordinate and apply the 2D polygon area calculation method to find the original area and ...
