Intel Graphics

[omarsis81]

Does PCem work with Intel HD Graphics? Or should I have a dedicated 3d graphics card? i.e. nvidia or ati

[amadama]

It works with Intel just fine.

[SarahWalker]

PCem should work with just about anything - it's not using any real 3D features or anything.

[startmenu]

Yep, the emulator no longer crashes on Intel HD Graphics. However it seems the performance under Direct3D output mode is even lower than that under DirectDraw output mode.

[leilei]

Then don't use that?

The Direct3D mode is only really practical for three things:
- some video recording apps that love the d3d api
- some video chipsets that can't filter directdraw (such as those from ATI/AMD)
- hlsl....if i bothered to figure that out for the 3dfx filter though intel hd is actually quite good with HLSL.

[SarahWalker]

Direct3D also seems to be quite a bit faster than DirectDraw on ATI/AMD cards, or at least the one I have. They're about equal performance on GeForces, and as startmenu has discovered DirectDraw is faster on Intel graphics.

[Battler]

Direct3D also seems to be quite a bit faster than DirectDraw on ATI/AMD cards,

Not on mine (AMD Radeon HD 5450) where I often get 10% less in PCem when using Direct3D compared to DirectDraw. So at least on older low-end AMD cards, DirectDraw is definitely faster.