[Solution] No 3D acceleration in Windows 8+

[Toff]

In order to have the game use 3D acceleration natively without the files below, your display resolution must be equal to or above 1600x1024. If your monitor does not support such resolutions, read below:

The lack of proper hardware acceleration for DirectDraw in Windows 8 causes Bejeweled to only work in software mode saying that your graphics card is unsupported when you try to enable 3D acceleration. Here's how to make it work in Windows 8+:

1. Download the latest version of WineD3D from here[fdossena.com].
2. Unpack the following 3 files from the archive into the game's installation directory
- ddraw.dll
- libwine.dll
- wined3d.dll

Enjoy.

Since WineD3D is in active development, the latest version may contain bugs. In that case, older versions might work better for you depending on your card. For Nvidia users 1.7.52 was the stable release, AMD users reported 1.9.21 worked for them.

Files in the archive are compiled from the latest WineD3D DirectDraw Library. This is essentially a DirectDraw emulator that translates DirectDraw calls to OpenGL.

[ChemChong]

downloaded OPs files and had the place them in the Bejeweled 3 EN folder and run the bej~3.exe from there and it worked

[Argonian_Skeever]

Doesn't work for me. R9 280 windows 8.1 64

[Toff]

Argonian_Skeever
Could you, please, try the 1.7.40 version from here[sourceforge.net] and see if it works for you?
Remember, you only need to copy 3 files from the archive:
ddraw.dll
libwine.dll
wined3d.dll

[Rickyboy_3000]

Got WineD3DForWindows_1.7.46.zip from the link in post above ^ Works with GTX970. Now I have 3D Acceleration, animated backgrounds and Ultra mode. Thanks for the help :)

[Arkady]

The WINE solution doesn't always work. I tested this with no success.

My system:
Intel i7-4790
16GB RAM
Nvidia GTX970 with WHQL 353.30
Monitor: 28" ASUS at 1920x1080 through Display Port

I tried the suggestion in the first post put it didn't allow 3D Acceleration to be enabled. I did some searching and found a couple references to the game needing DVI out and not HDMI or DIsplay Port. Here is one post: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?s=c2c09daedf2f2e07f1ee1f557b0b8001&p=29229686&postcount=5

It's nothing I've verified because I'm not going to switch back to DVI from Display Port just to make the game work in higher graphics mode. Has anyone with a confirmed fix also gone has output through Display Port or HDMI?

I would still like to find a workaround

[SpaceGoat]

I use HDMI out and it works fine without any fixes for me
GTX 770 & AOC I2757FM

[Toff]

Arkady
Your resolution is 1080p, the game should work with hardware acceleration without any fixes for you. If it doesn't it might be the Display port, but I didn't hear reports of it not working before. Doesn't it work for you without the fix?
After I switched to a FullHD display I've removed the fixes since they're not needed at 1080p resolution. Using HDMI out also and a GTX 660 Ti.

[♚Kakisgr♚]

I use win 10 x64. I had the same problem. You just have to switch to fullscreen for a fix

[rakantoh]

Hi all. I have been trying to solve the bug with bejeweled twist and windows 8/8.1/10, and i discovered some things, first, the bug only runs in windows 8/8.1/10 64 bits version, in 32 bits version, the game runs normally, and in both versions of windows 7 (32 and 64 bits) runs normally. second, the bug appears when the GPU driver it's installed. I uninstalled the GPU driver, and i installed the GPU default driver (the windows default driver), and the game runs normally, with the 3d acceleration. Then, the bug appears in windows 8/8.1/10 64 bits version when is installed the AMD/nVidia driver.

This test was made in my pc, and i think that the processor and other hardware not influence in the bug, the only influence is windows and the GPU driver, however, i include my hardware.

MB: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0
Proc: AMD FX 8350 Octa-Core 4 Ghz
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB kit 1600Mhz
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA100
GPU: AMD Radeon HD7850 2GB OC Edition
Sound Card: Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus

I think that the other hardware is not relevant.

If anyone with this information can help us, we will be grateful.

PD: Sorry for bad english :p.

PD2: Attached screenshots of the game

With AMD Driver[k61.kn3.net]

With Windows default driver[k61.kn3.net]

[Mihai984]

I have a solution for AMD video card users:

"The game doesn't work with 3d acceleration because your system is using 8gb of ram. Before I upgraded from 4gb to 8gb of RAM Bejeweled Twist and Zuma's Revenge's 3d acceleration worked flawlessly. Here's how to play it with 3d acceleration but you have to restart your computer every time you want to play it in 3d acceleration mode.

1.Type Windows Key + R.
2.You will see the run program.
3.Type msconfig.
4.You will see the system configuration program.
5.Go to the boot tab.
6.Click on Advanced Options
7.Check Maximum memory.
8.Change the number to 4096.
9.Click OK.

This will set your system to use 4gb of RAM so make sure theres not much background tasks so your RAM isn't filled up and crashes the computer."

This is taken from another site and it works on my computer.

[rakantoh]

Mihai984 původně napsal:

I have a solution for AMD video card users:

"The game doesn't work with 3d acceleration because your system is using 8gb of ram. Before I upgraded from 4gb to 8gb of RAM Bejeweled Twist and Zuma's Revenge's 3d acceleration worked flawlessly. Here's how to play it with 3d acceleration but you have to restart your computer every time you want to play it in 3d acceleration mode.

1.Type Windows Key + R.
2.You will see the run program.
3.Type msconfig.
4.You will see the system configuration program.
5.Go to the boot tab.
6.Click on Advanced Options
7.Check Maximum memory.
8.Change the number to 4096.
9.Click OK.

This will set your system to use 4gb of RAM so make sure theres not much background tasks so your RAM isn't filled up and crashes the computer."

This is taken from another site and it works on my computer.

Hi. Did you read my comment completely? On windows 7 x64 the game runs perfect with 3d acceleration. On Win 8/10 x64 with AMD Driver the 3d acceleration is disabled, however, zuma's revenge with some changes in the compat.cfg runs perfect with 3d acceleration, but bejeweled twist still run without 3d acceleration, but, if i uninstall or not install the AMD Driver, and the default windows vga driver is present and running, bejeweled twist runs with 3d acceleration. So, 8GB of ram not is the problem here. Please read better my comment and view the screenshots attached.

[♡I need money♡]

It's so funny because even with a script forcing full screen it just won't do it.

[rakantoh]

Hi every one. I finally works bejeweled twist in my pc, my specs:

SO: Windows 10 Pro x64
MB: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0
Proc: AMD FX 8350 Octa-Core 4 Ghz
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB kit 1600Mhz + Kingston Hyper X Fury 1600 Mhz 2x8GB (upgraded recently) in total: 24GB of RAM
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA100
GPU: AMD Radeon HD7850 2GB OC Edition
Sound Card: Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus

The fix with wine works, but the three archives must be placed not in the game directory, must be placed where popcapgame1.exe is created, for example, 'bejeweled twist' starts and popcapgame1.exe appears in C:\ProgramData\PopCap Games\BejeweledTwist\, in this directory must be placed wined3d.dll, libwine.dll and ddraw.dll. For me works perfect, but works with a specific version of 'wine'. I use version 1.9.21, with other version don't works (for me at least). The file {ODKAZ SMAZÁN}here.
I tried with zuma´s revenge and other two popcap games and works too, with the same procedure.

I hope that works for nvidia users too.

PD: Sorry for my bad english

[专业拆装C4]

I meet this problem in Bejeweled 2 Deluxe. However I search from the internet and try to solve this problem, the game still complains that my graphics card does not reach the minimum spec when I try to open the 3D Acceleration. In my register it says that the video memory is to small. But I get a very good graphics card----NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and Intel Graphics 530.

[TKFTGuillotine]

Tried running it wit both my GTX 1060 and my Intel HD GFX 530, seeing no difference.