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twistedninja87 - 25 Nov 2005 18:27 GMT

I got Virtual PC so that i could play games on my mac. When i tried to
play Guild Wars it said it could not initiate 3D output. How do i fix
this? is there anything i can download?

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Colin Barnhorst - 25 Nov 2005 18:41 GMT

No. VPC does not use the graphics card in your Mac. It uses an emulated
legacy graphics card that does not support 3D graphics. VPC is not a
workable solution for you to play PC games that require 3D output.

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>I got Virtual PC so that i could play games on my mac. When i tried to
> play Guild Wars it said it could not initiate 3D output. How do i fix
> this? is there anything i can download?

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Helpful Harry - 25 Nov 2005 20:45 GMT

> I got Virtual PC so that i could play games on my mac. When i tried to
> play Guild Wars it said it could not initiate 3D output. How do i fix
> this? is there anything i can download?

Then you made a big mistake. Virtual PC doesn't work with any
application that needs a 3D graphics acelerator card, and that includes
games. Some simple reading up of any review should have told you that.

Your best bet would be to return Virtual PC for it's money back
guarantee or sell it on eBay, then buy a real Windows PC to play games
on, or a proper games console.

Again, Microsoft MUST put something about this "no 3D" in all their
advertising and on the boxes. :o\

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

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