Overriding Default Behavior

On the Sound page, you can set a different level of hardware acceleration by moving the slider. This level remains in effect after you have closed the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.

Note  This feature is not available on Windows« 95.

On the Display page for each display device installed on your system, you can disable hardware acceleration for DirectDraw or Direct3D (if such acceleration is available) by clicking the Disable button. Once you have disabled acceleration, it remains disabled even after you close the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, and acceleration will not be available to any applications. To re-enable it, click the Enable button.

Note  Disabling DirectDraw acceleration also disables acceleration for Direct3D.

You can also override the monitor refresh rate set by DirectDraw full-screen applications. You should do this only if you are experiencing display problems with certain applications and have good reason to believe that the application is setting an invalid refresh rate.

To set an override refresh rate:

1. On the More Help page, click the Override button.
2. In the Override DirectDraw Refresh Behavior dialog box, select the edit box and type in a valid refresh rate for your monitor. The Override Value option button is automatically selected when you do this.
3. Click OK.

To cancel the override refresh rate and allow DirectDraw applications to set their own refresh rate:

1. On the More Help page, click the Override button.
2. In the Override DirectDraw Refresh Behavior dialog box, select the Default option button.
3. Click OK.