On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Entanglement <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Currently I can't get a different video card. As a college student I'm a > little low on cash, which is why I was hoping that maybe this video card was > supported and I could get some help. > > If it means anything, Guild Wars (another program I run under Wine) works > fine with -dx8 and -noshaders > > > The problem is I believe Steam automatically tries to use dx9. I might be mistaken, but since all games purchased with steam require steam, I think steam may force dx9. You could try to force dx8, but not sure how to do that with steam. Just did a quick google: *-dxlevel <level>* - Forces a specific DirectX version<http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/DirectX_Versions> when launching the engine. This is useful if your graphics card is DirectX 9 capable, but a lot faster using only DirectX 8 (e.g. NVidia GeForce FX 5200). Multiply the desired DirectX version to use with ten. E.g. for DirectX 8.0 you would use -dxlevel 80. For DX9 there are three possible values depending on the Shader Model the graphics card supports. See mat_dxlevel <http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Mat_dxlevel>. >From http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Command_Line_Options looks like you can also force the shader thing. Give it a try. And I've been there man. However, if you got like $25 you can get a 512mb nvidia 8400 new, and if you don't mind used, I've seen some GTS 2xx go for like $10 + $5 shipping before. But i understand no cash situation. -- Sincerely, MacNean C. Tyrrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20110908/6fd1609d/attachment.html>
