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Noley

I saw this software which bypasses system requirements enabling us to play below the system requirements.
I dont know whether its legit.
I cant find the real download link as the main site removed it (transgaming)
If you could supply me some info i will be grateful.
Ps. I know games will be unplayable but i need to know if its legit and I need a download link which is virus free.

8 years ago

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talgaby

SwiftShader is nothing but essentially what was used to be called software rendering before 3D accelerator cards were commonplace. It uses your CPU to calculate graphics, and it is mostly used for web/mobile applications. It is also open source (=free).

8 years ago
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Noley

is it true we can bypass system requirements with it?

8 years ago
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MisterWuh

I guess you´re not familiar with cars? Ever filled Diesel in a Petrol engine car? You must know requirements are there for a reason! (learned that the hard way when Mechwarrior 2 required 133 Mhz CPU and mine only had 100 Mhz, i thought "no biggie" lol how wrong i was)

8 years ago
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Noley

dude i wouldnt mind my card melting i hate this pc its integrated 64mb and somehow with a driver its 128 but a really shit one

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talgaby

Yes, if it is a 3D casual game and you have only an older Intel or AMD with weak iGPU.
No if you mean it will magically able to run CoD:Blops3 on a GT 610.

It is technically possible to "hack" into a game engine and forcibly disable certain shaders, or inject them; things like ENB, SweetFX, or GeDoSaTo can do similar things. But disabling certain shaders for performance boosts also can lead to graphical glitches, instability, and overall graphics so ugly, you get little enjoyment out of them.
At any rate, game requirements can be pushed down, but not by a universal tool but some dedicated person creating injector or wrapper libraries that modify how that specific game engine tries to work.

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Noley

I dont care about trivialities like graphics (I still play doom 2 occasionally)
Do link me to any legit software if you can.

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talgaby

What are you exactly wanting to run and on what?

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Noley

I have a intel 128 mb vram (after some driver update originally 64mb for gaming for other purposes 256 )
intel 2.6ghz I wanna run my bioshock dvd and painkiller (it should run ut gives a directx error)

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talgaby

Then your problem will not be fixed by what you re looking for.

  • Get this: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx%3Fid%3D35
    This is a DirectX web installer that will download and install DX from MS directly.
  • Try to set the compatibility of the game executables to WinXP SP2 or SP3.
  • You may have the newer build of Painkiller which requires DirectX 10. Older integrated graphics chips can only understand DX9 instructions, so you may have hardware incompatibility.
    The only solution there would be trying to find a version using DX9.
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Noley

done that already and all the internet told me.Nothing works

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Noley

its painkiller black btw

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talgaby

Then, sadly, you need a new computer to run it. Or try to format your system drive and install a fresh OS. Nothing else remains.

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Dnomyar96

Probably not. I've not heard from it before, but I've never seen any software that could really make a difference. Maybe it makes it a bit easier to run, but there won't be a huge difference (so if a game requires a GTX970, you won't be able to play it on a 640...)

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Noley

lol i got that i just wanna play low end games like the ones before 2006

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Dnomyar96

Well, it still depends on your specs and the games you want to run. What I said still applies. While it might improve it a bit, don't expect a huge difference.

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Corvo

Unless the software was made by per-game basis, theres no way it can just make system requirements lower on all aplications. Googling around it seems its for developers to implement this feature.

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Hague

It would work in probability depending on the games you wish to run, but expect to play at a glorious rate of 2 FPS or less

Source: Personal experience

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Vlvgmr

if you are running really low end hardware, consider upgrading with 2nd hand parts even if quite old.

I restored an old desktop I had, for like 2€ I upgraded the CPU by 10%, and for like 20€ I got a GPU twice as good as the one that was before (which was also quite dead). Then there's thermal paste, cables and such stuff that may be needed on top.

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d3m4n

+1

you can spend a few weeks tweaking the hell out of it to increase from 1-2FPS to 2-3FPS, or spend a week mowing neighbors yards for a cheap graphics card replacement and go from 1-2FPS to 30+ FPS.

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