Old games run slow on my computer

[Rufio]

I just purchased a brand new $1100 desktop gaming computer. My new games, JC2, Mass Effect 2, CIV.. All run fine.

The problem is when I load old games, like Diablo II, Warcraft II, and a few others. The games seem choppy and run horribly, yet my system is definitely powerful enough to run these at max settings.

Any ideas?

[Austin]

This is likely because older games are designed to run on the GLIDE API used by older video cards. Newer cards don't implement or support this API.

I suggest installing a glide emulator such as http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide. That should fix performance!

[Rufio]

This is likely because older games are designed to run on the GLIDE API used by older video cards. Newer cards don't implement or support this API.

I suggest installing a glide emulator such as http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide. That should fix performance!

 

worked, thanks.