About Microsoft Basic Render Driver

**DJBarry004** · 01-02-2015, 03:29 AM #1

I was using Dolphin and was going to change something in the graphics settings, when I saw there was something in the adapter drop down list, "Microsoft Basic Render Driver". I decided to use Dolphin with that just to see what would happen.

Just in the same moment any game boots, there appears the "Failed to ennumerate outputs" error that (iirc) affected most NVidia users when trying to select any NVidia GPU through Dolphin instead of forcing it through the driver. After I closed the message Dolphin crashed.

I just came to ask if there would be any utility for the driver when it comes to Dolphin. This was in master build 4.0-4800.

**DJBarry004** · 01-03-2015, 10:39 AM #2

So, no ideas?

***shuffle2*** · 01-03-2015, 10:48 AM #3

This is an artifact of windows 8 and is fixed in my (old, unfinished) branch which revamps the directx initialization code. For the foreseeable future, just don't use that device.

**DJBarry004** · (This post was last modified: 01-07-2015, 02:46 AM by DJBarry004.)

By "fixed" you mean it actually works with Dolphin (in your branch), or it simply stops appearing in the drop down menu?

***shuffle2*** · 01-07-2015, 02:50 AM #5

It stops appearing.
The "device" is a psuedo-device used by windows to facilitate special circumstances like rendering offscreen during an RDP session. It's not meant to normally be used.

**DJBarry004** · 01-07-2015, 04:54 AM #6

Oh, I understand. Thanks for the heads up.

**DJBarry004** · 09-21-2016, 03:22 AM #7

Sorry for bumping this old thread, but I have some updates on it: the Microsoft Basic Render Driver -does- work with Dolphin, but only if running the OS in safe mode. And yes, everything is unplayable with it.

**Craftyawesome** · 09-21-2016, 11:23 AM #8

For me I tested with f-zero title and ~20 fps works fine. No safe mode. (win 10 though)

**DJBarry004** · 09-22-2016, 01:44 AM #9

(09-21-2016, 11:23 AM)Craftyawesome Wrote: For me I tested with f-zero title and ~20 fps works fine. No safe mode. (win 10 though)

How come? If I do the same here without safe mode, Dolphin will just crash.

**Craftyawesome** · (This post was last modified: 09-22-2016, 10:33 AM by Craftyawesome.)

It works on both my intel cpu/gpu laptop and my intel cpu/nvidia gpu. I think it might be a software renderer since it is the gpu selection so it might be your amd cpu. Probably an amd/win 8.1 issue, regardless.