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How can I play standard PC games in 3D?

Why can't I play 3d games on my PC?

  • I have windows vista 64 bit and games I was playing yesterday suddenly don't work!!! So it isn't cuz they don't run on my OS. I've re-installed the newest version of DirectX from their official website released in 2009, and I've re-installed the newest video card drivers for my video card which is an Asus EN9500GT (nvidia geforce 9500GT GPU) I've also reinstalled the games in question having the problems. So that takes care of a game reinstall, a directx reinstall, and a vid card reinstall. This is Windows VISTA so the DXdiag tool does not let me enable/disable/or test my direct3d acceleration but I think that this is the problem in question because -- in 64 bit mode it says that I HAVE direct3d, but in 32 bit mode it says it's disabled. Nvidia control panel gives no option for enabling direct3d, and windows display properties says that I can't adjust my hardware acceleration because my video card/drivers do not support it. (Nvidia wants you to use their control panel) So I'm all out of ideas! No need to mention a full Operating system reinstall, I know that's an option, I just really don't want to take it because I've tweaked my OS now for months getting it the way I want it!

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    No answer, just some ideas! (1) See if you can find a restore point from when everything was working. (2) Make sure the memory sticks and the video card are seated properly in the slots. (3) Open the Task Manager and see if there is not running in the background that is using resources (virus scan, defrag, etc.). (4) It is possible the video card may be bad. See if you can try it in a friends PC.

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how much vid mem u have also ur game might not support ur vid card. Like 3d.

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