DA:I DirectX Error Parallels for Mac
I've recently purchased DA:I, but I cannot play it due to an error that pops up when play is attempted (screenshot attached): "DirectX device creation error Your computer does not meet the minimum ...
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Taking a look at the Parallels website, it's a virtual machine environment that runs Windows within OS X.
It looks like Parallels uses its own graphics drivers in the virtual machine, and that shouldn't work when running this game. If you want to use the full power of your computer, use Bootcamp instead of Parallels.
That said, the Intel HD 4000 is a non-gaming graphics chipset that falls far below this game's system requirements. Once, just for fun, I tried running the game on Intel HD Graphics 4600 and had to lower the graphics to the absolute minimum and turn down the resolution to 1280 x 720 to get a playable framerate. It was not a pleasant experience.
What I'm wondering is if the graphics driver itself is what's causing the error. I found a thread from last year where someone with parallels managed to get the game running, so I suspect that the driver itself (which supports DirectX 11) isn't the problem.
Well, it looks like Parallels isn't using your graphics chipset at all, so you may want to look for a way to get Parallels to not use its own emulated graphics.
I've looked into some parallels options and it turns out I didn't have enough memory allocated to the graphics driver.
I have since given the graphics driver 1 GB of memory and I'm still getting the same error message. I definitely meet minimum system requirements now, so I don't know why this error keeps happening.
AFAIK, no one has ever successfully run this game with Parallels, so you would be the first, although I don't believe you will succeed.
The game requires real, actual GDDR4 or GDDR5 VRAM, not slow main memory borrowed to use. It doesn't require a lot, but it requires the real thing, on a real GPU.
