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    How to Change dxlevel??

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Aaro, Dec 23, 2007.

  1. Aaro

    Aaro Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hiya. I wanna play some valve games and people are recommending me to play it at a lower dxlevel. Like at 8.0 or something.

    I have a macbook with X3100 and 1 gig ram.

    So I was wondering how to change it? And would it increase FPS and/or graphics?
     
    Aaro, Dec 23, 2007
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    neo-cortex Notebook Geek

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    in steams game list,
    right click the game, click on launch options and add
    "-dxlevel 80" for directx 8.0 paths

    and you can revert back to 9.0 with
    "-dxlevel 90"
     
    neo-cortex, Dec 23, 2007
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