Direct3D is a graphics application programming interface (API) for Microsoft Windows. … Direct3D uses hardware acceleration if it is available on the graphics card, allowing for hardware acceleration of the entire 3D rendering pipeline or even only partial acceleration.

Try this: Right-click on your desktop and select "Properties". Go to the "Settings" tab and click on "Advanced…". Click on the "Troubleshooting" tab and move the slider to the left until it says that all DirectDraw and Direct3D accelerations have been disabled (around the middle of the range). Finally, click . . . Read more

DirectDraw (ddraw. dll) is an API that used to be a part of Microsoft’s DirectX API. DirectDraw is used to accelerate rendering of 2D graphics in applications. DirectDraw also allows applications to run fullscreen or embedded in a window such as most other MS Windows applications.

Trovlak-aggramar (Trovlak) May 20, 2021, 5:35pm #2. I don’t know what “Dual TMU” means, but multiple graphics cards (crossfire/SLI) have never been supported by world of warcraft, and while some may work, a lot of the times, it results in the graphics card being seen as “unsupported” and generating that . . . Read more

Windows Minimum Requirements Operating System Windows® 7 64-bit Processor Intel® Core™ i5-3450 AMD FX™ 8300 Video NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 2 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 2 GB or Intel® UHD Graphics 630 (45W TDP) *Requires manufacturer’s driver support. Memory 4 GB RAM (8GB for integrated graphics such as . . . Read more

From the NVIDIA Control Panel navigation tree pane, under 3D Settings, select Manage 3D Settings to open the associated page. … Click the Global Settings tab. Under Settings, click the setting corresponding to the Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration feature and select one of these options:

If the NVIDIA Control Panel won’t open, this could be the result of outdated drivers, Windows updates, or hung processes. This is a useful tool dedicated to managing various settings related to your graphics card. Your antivirus might be interfering with the app, so consider checking its settings or disabling . . . Read more

Show 3D imagery On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Earth app . Tap Map Style . Turn Enable 3D buildings on or off.

Google has been offering 3D view on Maps in certain cities for easier recognition of buildings and structures. … To deactivate 3D buildings view, click on the Layers icon and disable the 3D layer available in the ‘Map Details’ section. This will make the 3D elements disappear, providing a 2D . . . Read more

Having done some reading on this, Google Maps made a major change in 2019! The 2D/3D switch is no longer a thing.