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Does anyone have a solution to OPTIPLEX GX520 Freezing

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Fri, 02/03/2012 - 23:04
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Commanderpatch

hi guys i have an OPTIPLEX GX520, and it keeps freezing whilst i play sprial knights. i read other topics where other people had the same issue but is resolved it by buying a new graphic card which i am not interested in. can anyone help?

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 05:36
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Starmandeluxe
The graphics chipsets that

The graphics chipsets that ship with Dell OptiPlex computers (Intel graphics chipset families) are mostly incompatible with newer versions of OpenGL, the rendering engine Spiral Knights uses. Disabling DriectDraw and Direct3D accelerations has been rumoured to work, but I haven't been able to test it extensively myself. Aside from disabling DriectDraw and Direct3D accelerations, your only options are buying a new graphics card (preferably from Nivida or AMD) or installing a Linux-based operating system.

Why a Linux-based OS? Unlike Intel, the people who develop Linux distributions didn't stop supporting Intel graphics chipset families before they supported the newer versions of OpenGL.

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