Open Gl vs. Direct-X - ATI Radeon 1300

I have an ATI Radeon 1300/512 card installed. When I installed and
started Google Earth, it popped up and said I was running in Open GL
mode and that it would be very slow. They suggested I choose "try
Direct X" and restart. I did that, but it came up and said "can't run
in direct-x, please choose to use Open G/L". So, I went back to Open
G/l and after another restart, it was fine.

Questions: Is my card/system running in an odd configuration or is
this just a Google Earth issue? Also, shouldn't direct-x work on a
Windows XP/SP3 machine without difficulty? My concerns are mostly
around the card being properly configured for other games... and
wondering if my config is wrong.

Thanks,

On or about Fri, 30 May 2008 20:07:23 GMT did still just me
<wheeledBobNOSPAM@yahoo.com> dribble thusly:

>Questions: Is my card/system running in an odd configuration or is
>this just a Google Earth issue? Also, shouldn't direct-x work on a
>Windows XP/SP3 machine without difficulty? My concerns are mostly
>around the card being properly configured for other games... and
>wondering if my config is wrong.

Probably a Google Earth issue. Each application uses the card in its own way
- you're not changing any system-wide setting with whatever you do to get
Google Earth running.
--
- Mike

Ignore the Python in me to send e-mail.

On Fri, 30 May 2008 18:02:49 -0400, Mike Ruskai
<BUTthannydI@DONTearthlinkLIKE.netSPAM> wrote:

>
>Probably a Google Earth issue. Each application uses the card in its own way
>- you're not changing any system-wide setting with whatever you do to get
>Google Earth running.

OK. Sounds reasonable. I was concerned that my system wide settings or
direct-x implementation might have issues.