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Switches beetween 3d engines. Accepts ''direct3d'' or ''opengl'' as parameter.
Switches between 3d engines. Accepts ''direct3d'', ''opengl'' or ''d3d9ex'' as parameters.


Default:
Default:
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Other values:
Other values:
  "opengl"
  "opengl" - not recommended for Windows users except for testing purposes as it can cause WoW to crash itself
  "d3d9ex" experimental: added in patch 3.3
  "d3d9ex" - recommended for users getting random 134 crashes while leaving Dalaran, as well as for those users with Dell XPS 630i. <ref name="Techd3d9ex">{{ref web
|url=http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21723843232&postId=217217879132&sid=1#0
|date=December 9, 2009 11:03:58 AM EST
|author=Datth
|title=3.3.0 - d3d9ex mode, ATI, and 134 crashes
|accessdate=2009-12-11
}}</ref>
 
== Patch changes ==
{{Patch 3.3.0|note=d3d9ex added to options}}
 
==References==
{{reflist}}


[[Category:Console variables|gxApi]]
[[Category:Console variables|gxApi]]

Revision as of 14:11, 11 December 2009

Switches between 3d engines. Accepts direct3d, opengl or d3d9ex as parameters.

Default:

SET gxApi "direct3d"

Other values:

"opengl" - not recommended for Windows users except for testing purposes as it can cause WoW to crash itself 
"d3d9ex" - recommended for users getting random 134 crashes while leaving Dalaran, as well as for those users with Dell XPS 630i. [1]

Patch changes

Template:Patch 3.3.0

References

  1. Datth 2009-12-09. 3.3.0 - d3d9ex mode, ATI, and 134 crashes. Retrieved on 2009-12-11.