How to Fix World of Warcraft was unable to start up 3D Acceleration?

World of Warcraft is a massive multiplayer online (MMO) video game which offers excellent graphics, amazing characters and much more. The game is loaded with full of action and is the replica of World of Warcraft movie. If you have seen the movie, then you will love this game. Well, the game WOW works in most of the Operating System, but some Windows users reported the issue ‘World of Warcraft was unable to start up 3D acceleration’. So, if you are facing the same issue, then don’t get panic. Here, you will get the utmost possible of the above-said issue.

What is World of Warcraft?

World of Warcraft is a multiplayer online video game and it’s one of the most famous video games of its time. The “World of Warcraft was unable to start up 3D acceleration” is a common error which appears when users are trying to launch this game and it prevents them from playing. Usually, it is related to graphical settings or drivers installed on your computer but there are other reasons as well.

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Why “World of Warcraft was Unable to Startup 3D Acceleration” Error occurs?

This error is usually related to the graphical settings or driver of your system. Some other probable reasons behind this error are listed below:

• DirectX feature or incorrect game settings also pertains to this error.
• Maybe your system doesn’t meet the video game requirements.
• Some crashes are also caused by the overlay incompatibilities.
• Outdated driver or operating system.
• Plugging your monitor in the wrong video output also leads to this error.

How to fix “World of Warcraft was unable to start up 3D acceleration” error?

World of Warcraft Forums is also one of the good platforms to discuss this game. Here, the experts and the gamers interact directly and share their thought about the game. This platform is an ideal stop for the beginners to gain knowledge of World of Warcraft. Before moving ahead, let’s have a quick glance of the section of World of Warcraft. Follow these steps to get rid of this error on your Windows PC.

Run the game as an administrator

To run your game as an administrator follow these steps:

• Launch Steam in your computer and login into Steam with your valid credentials.

• Click Library and navigate to Games.

• Right-click on the game World of Warcraft and click on Properties.

• Navigate to the Local Files Tab and Browse Local Files. It will open your file explorer. Right-Click on the game.exe file and click on properties.

• Click the Compatibility tab, and tick the box Run this program as an administrator, then click Apply and OK to confirm your changes.

• Restart your computer and launch your game and check for the error.

Uninstall & Install Graphic Card

Graphics card enables 3D acceleration to work smoothly. If in case, any issue arises, it means the graphics card is not working properly. So, what you need to do is to uninstall and install the graphics card. The process is listed beneath and your job is to follow the same.

• Open ‘Run’ box and to do this, press ‘Window’ key and ‘R’ key together.
  

• In the box, type ‘devmgmt.msc’ and click on ‘OK’ button.

• Thereafter, a new window will appear on your screen, which will show various inputs, move to the section ‘Display Adapter’, and click on the arrow button to expand the features and then select the graphics card.

• After selecting the card, right-click on it, select ‘Uninstall device’ option from the drop-down menu.

• Again, a new window will open which will ask you for the confirmation of the action, click on ‘Uninstall’ button but before that make sure to click on the checkbox ‘Delete the driver software for this device’.

• Now, wait for some time and allow windows to perform the task.
• After the completion of the process, restart your computer.
• As soon as your computer restarts, Windows will start installing the latest graphics card, driver.

Update Graphic Card Driver

Updated Graphic Card driver is always featured with the latest features and thus supports the game smoothly. However, if you are getting an issue on World of Warcraft game and due to this, you are unable to access ‘World of Warcraft Armory’ or other options, then move to the ‘Device Manager’ section and update the Graphic Card Driver. For your solace, the steps are listed beneath.

• If you are using Windows 10, then hover your cursor to the ‘Start’ menu, right-click on it and then select, ‘Device Manager’.

• However, if you are not a Windows 10 user, then click on the ‘Start’ menu and type ‘Device Manager’ in the search bar and hit Enter. You may also use the first method to get access to the Device Manager.

• After getting into the ‘Device Manager’ navigate for the ‘Display Adapter’ feature, click on the arrow button and from the expanded list, select your graphics card. and right-click on the selected card. Then choose an option to ‘Update Driver Software’.

Disable Full-Screen Optimization

Optimization Full Screen enables the Operating System to run the game as per its compatibility. However, if the error 3D acceleration appears on your screen amid the launch of the game, then disable the feature ‘Full-Screen Optimization’. This method has resolved the issue reported by the gamers on World of Warcraft forum. So, you must adopt this method and get relief from the above-said issue.

• Move to the World of Warcraft download section, where you have installed the files and if you have not changed the path, then by default it is saved in the ‘Local Drive’ usually it is ‘C’ drive and the followed path is ‘Program Files’.

• Now navigate for the WOW.exe file and after getting it, right-click on it and select ‘Properties’.

• Thereafter, a new window will open and will feature a lot of options, click on the ‘Compatibility’ tab located at the top of the page. And then click on the “Change settings for all users“.

• In the next window, you will get an option ‘Disable display scaling on high DPI settings”, You need to click on the checkbox and further click on ‘Apply’ & OK button to save the changes.

• Wait, the process is yet not over, before launching the game, restart your computer to apply the changes to your computer.

Download and Install the Latest version of DirectX

Go to the official website of Microsoft to download the latest version of DirectX.

Select the preferred language and click on Download button.

Disable SLI  on your NVIDIA Graphics Card

SLI (Scalable Link Interface) is the name for the GPU technology provided by Nvidia for combining two or more video cards together in order to produce a single output. Sometimes the World of Warcraft game doesn’t support this feature and you may encounter the error WoW was unable to start up 3D acceleration. So to fix this error you have to turn this feature Off. To do so follow these steps:

• Double Click the Nvidia icon in the system tray and open the Nvidia control panel.
• Once you have opened the Nvidia Control Panel, go to the 3D settings menu in the left side navigation.

• Click on the Select an SLI configuration option and click the radio button given beside Do Not Use SLI option. Don’t forget to click on the Apply button to confirm the changes.

• Launch the game and check for the error.

Setup World of Warcraft in the Nvidia control panel

These settings are related to assigning your Nvidia graphics card to the preferred processor to run the game.

• Right-click on the desktop and select the Graphics Properties or similar option to make changes in Graphics such as NVIDIA.

• You will get a 3D option, click on it.

• Now, click on the Custom Settings and navigate to Application Settings. Here you can choose 2x to 16x resolution as per your requirement.

• After choosing the application pixel, simply click on the Apply button.

• Now Click on the Manage 3D settings and navigate to the Program settings tab. And then click on Add button.

• Just after clicking on Add button, browse your computer for the Wow.exe executable file which is located in the installation folder of World of Warcraft.

• Finally, select the “High-performance NVIDIA processor” given under the “Select the preferred graphics processor for this program” and click on Apply.

• Restart the computer and check for the error.

World of Warcraft Repair Tool

The Blizzard has made a repair tool to fix minor issues on the game World of Warcraft. So, you can try this option and this will resolve the above-said issue.

• Open Battle.net application from your computer.

• In the Home Page, you will find the display of World of Warcraft Legions and few options. Here, you need to find out the option ‘Scan and Repair’. Now, let’s get into the brief.
• The Main menu will show an ‘Options’ button which is symbolized with a gear icon, click on it.

• Thereafter, a drop-down menu will appear and your job is to select the ‘Scan and Repair’ option.

• After clicking on it, you will be asked for the confirmation of the action, confirm it and allow the Blizzard to repair the game.

Update Windows

• The World of Warcraft supports the Operating System which is fully updated. So, if you are lagging behind, then update the Windows and resolve the issue ‘World of Warcraft was unable to start up 3D acceleration’.
• Click on the ‘Start’ menu and select ‘Settings’.

• Now, select ‘Updates and Security’ from the ‘Settings’ page.

• A new page will open and here you will find the summary of the updates, such as the last update done. If you find an option ‘update now’, then click on it. However, if you see ‘check for updates’, then click on it and the Windows will inform you the updates.

• If no update is available, it means you are using the updated version of Windows.

Conclusion

Hope, these solutions will resolve your issue. However, if the issue still persists, then contact us. We will remotely access your computer and will resolve the issue with a short span of time. Our geeks are specialized in resolving World of Warcraft issues and others. So, get our assistance anytime and enjoy the game effectively. If you feel this article helpful please like, share and follow our Facebook page and keep visiting our website for such tutorials and guides.