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enumerating hardware

Started by Sephirox Jul 11, 2004 at 4:56 PM 1 reply 300+ views

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Jul 11, 2004 at 4:56 PM

hi, can anyone point me at a tutorial or article or anything that will explain how to enumerate hardware with direct3d? i want to allow the user to pick which adpater, what resolution, and all that stuff thx

Saandman

Jul 11, 2004 at 5:12 PM

Selecting a device MSDN

[google]

The accompaning SDK docs are life-savers..

Check IDirect3D9::EnumAdapterModes() for example
IDirect3D9::GetAdapterDisplayMode()

[Edited by - Saandman on July 12, 2004 1:12:43 AM]

circlesoft

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circlesoft

Jul 11, 2004 at 6:18 PM

Great examples of doing this can be found in the source code to the sample framework. All of the following things are enumerated, and displayed in a GUI so the user can choose their options:

AdapterRender Device (ie HAL, REF)Adapter Format (ie D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 )ResolutionsRefresh RatesBackbuffer Format (ie D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 )Depth/Stencil Buffer Format (ie D3DFMT_D16)Multisample Type (ie D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE)Multisample QualityVertex Processing ModePresent Interval

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