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by wesley.chin

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There is software installed that says that Direct3D is needed for it to run. What needs to be done to get it? I had thought that it is a part of DirectX.

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by rob miners

specify a Video Card. Does the graphics chipset support 3D? If it dosen't you will have to get a card that does.

by older mycroft

DirectX is software based and will show up as installed on every computer, but DirectX is not Direct3D (which is hardware based).

There are many systems that, when you run 'dxdiag' from the RUN box, will show DirectX installed but Direct3D greyed-out - due to insufficient 3D graphics hardware.

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