Windows 10 and DirectX 9

[gradev2000]

Hello

Firstly forgive my lack of German language.

I have tried using 3D Train Studio on my windows 10 laptop but when I run the program I get a message saying that DirectX can't be found and the program runs slower than it should.

I've looked at the windows/system32 folder and all the DirectX files are there.

Can anyone provide any assistance please?

Thanks in advance.

Graeme

[Neo]

Hi Graeme,

Welcome to the forum. The message does not say that DirectX is missing, but a graphics card which does support DirectX 9 or newer. So 3D Train Studio falls back to WARP, a Microsoft technology where your CPU computes all 3D graphics (which is slow).

What is the name of your graphics card?

Kind regards,

Neo

[gradev2000]

Hi Neo.

Thanks for your reply. After I sent the message I re-read the message and realized I was wrong. It has now occurred to me the problem is an incompatible video card.

Apologies for wasting your time.

Graeme

[gradev2000]

Further to my ongoing graphics problem I hoping someone can give me a bit of advice to a possible work around. 

Unfortunatly my budget prevents me buying a new computer. 

So my possible work around is to buy a USB external graphic adapter. 

My questions are, would this resolve my graphic problems and can anyone recommend a budget device?

The computer is an “Ergo” laptop

The specs are as follows

Processor: Intel Atom (N570) Dual core @ 1.66GHz

Ram: 2GB

OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit

Display adaptor: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 (Microsoft WDDM 1.0)

I look forward to getting some expert advice.

Thanks in advance

Graeme