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Old 09-12-2008   #1 (permalink)
aushknotes


 
 

3D Accelerator Disabled

I'm running VPC 6.0.1192.10, Direct X 9.0 on XP Profesional SP3. I cannot run
a PC game which requires 3D Accelerator. When I check the settings in VPC,
the 3D accelerator is disabled and greyed out. Does 3D accelerator supported
in VPC and please kindly advise how I can get it work. Many thanks. Please
let me know if more specific details are required.

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Old 09-12-2008   #2 (permalink)
David Sanders


 
 

Re: 3D Accelerator Disabled

aushknotes wrote:
Quote:

> I'm running VPC 6.0.1192.10, Direct X 9.0 on XP Profesional SP3. I cannot run
> a PC game which requires 3D Accelerator. When I check the settings in VPC,
> the 3D accelerator is disabled and greyed out. Does 3D accelerator supported
> in VPC and please kindly advise how I can get it work. Many thanks. Please
> let me know if more specific details are required.
Can't run 3d accel in virtual pc because in emulates a s3 trio video
card with 4mb ram. Best to run that game on host os.
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Old 09-13-2008   #3 (permalink)
Mark Rae [MVP]


 
 

Re: 3D Accelerator Disabled

"aushknotes" <aushknotes@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3E12A520-2E6A-4871-8C46-B81E6BEE60A8@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Does 3D accelerator supported in VPC
No.
Quote:

> and please kindly advise how I can get it work.
You can't - Virtual PC emulates an S3 Trio graphics card, and this cannot be
changed.
http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#8


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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Old 09-13-2008   #4 (permalink)
aushknotes


 
 

Re: 3D Accelerator Disabled

Hi David & Mark,

Thank you very much for your quick response. Your answers are extremely
helpful.

Cheers,




"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:
Quote:

> "aushknotes" <aushknotes@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3E12A520-2E6A-4871-8C46-B81E6BEE60A8@xxxxxx
>
Quote:

> > Does 3D accelerator supported in VPC
>
> No.
>
Quote:

> > and please kindly advise how I can get it work.
>
> You can't - Virtual PC emulates an S3 Trio graphics card, and this cannot be
> changed.
> http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#8
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net
>
>
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