Shader model 3.0 on/off : DX9c Shader 3 >> DX9 Shader 2

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Shader model 3.0 on/off : DX9c Shader 3 >> DX9 Shader 2

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Shader model 3.0 on/off : DX9c Shader 3 >> DX9 Shader 2

I'm nv fx 5200

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Re: Shader model 3.0 on/off : DX9c Shader 3 >> DX9 Shader 2

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Don't even attempt to use DXGL with a FX5200 card. Those cards fake OpenGL 2.0 support, and when the driver loads a non-power-of-2 texture, as DXGL uses for surfaces, it will render in software mode, which is extremely slow.
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Re: Shader model 3.0 on/off : DX9c Shader 3 >> DX9 Shader 2

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William wrote:Don't even attempt to use DXGL with a FX5200 card. Those cards fake OpenGL 2.0 support, and when the driver loads a non-power-of-2 texture, as DXGL uses for surfaces, it will render in software mode, which is extremely slow.
same goes for many radeon 9800-x800's
AMD couldn't decide whether to switch NPOT on or not, and usually in drivers that it was enabled, it was extremely slow.
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