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Re: Links 2003 receives improved GPU compatibility
Posted: February 25th, 2026, 7:11 am
by dwg
Good news Larry, good to hear.
I cannot say I have had any problems running Links on my Windows 11 Desktop, these days it just has an Nvidia GT1030 in it, so nothing fancy, and since I put that in it has just worked, previously it had just its onboard Intel GPU and the old dgVoodoo wrapper which mostly worked, but I was not completely happy with it.
Re: Links 2003 receives improved GPU compatibility
Posted: February 25th, 2026, 11:43 am
by Mailman
Larrycleve wrote: ↑February 25th, 2026, 5:08 am
I am beyond astonished as I got links 2003 to work on my windows 11 desktop PC. The last time it worked was probably 4 months ago and I don't know why it stopped working. I gave up hope that I would ever play it again except on a virtual machine which was vastly inferior. I will go through the steps to get it working in detail..
It starts now no more than the third click and today it started on the first click. The graphics are gorgeous with no jaggies. Here goes.
Since I gave up ever playing Links 2003 again I bought PGA 2K2025 and EA PGA Tour from Steam. They recommended the video card GeForce RTX 2060 Super. Since I had the GTX 1080 I bought the new card from Amazon. The games from Steam played beautifully.
So I uninstalled and reinstalled Links 2003 for the umpteenth time, I added the Version 1.07 and Nvidia fixes. Then I did these things- LinksMMIII shortcut properties-
Start Maximized
Disable Full Screen optimizations
Start as administrator
Use legacy display ICC color management
Change High DPI Settings- Override High DPI Scaling behavior. Scaling performed by Application
Add video card to video.txt
Change registry setting to 14
No compatibility mode and no wrapper.
Nvidia Control Panel settings- Adjust desktop size and position- Full Screen The full Nvidia 3D settings for Links 2003 MMIII are in the enclosed file.Nvidia Settings for links 2003.pdf
Start computer after shut down, NOT from restart.
This is a lot and I may have forgotten something so please ask any questions. To say I'm ecstatic may not be an exaggeration.
It is nearly a year since I built my PC (specs listed below) and the re-start behavior that happens with me is very similar. Sometimes it starts first time then others can be a test of patience. That being said I can invariably get it to start within 5 mins of actual time and it has got better of late I'd say and more so since I installed the wrapper.
All the things you've listed are what I tried before this latest wrapper except the
Use legacy display ICC color management checkbox so I'll have a look at that.
EDIT: Just checked that box (first time I've done this) and I got a first click load. 
So will see over the coming days to see if this was just a fluke. It would be nice to get Links running without the re-starts but when it does, I agree Links still looks stunning.
The only other difference is that I use mode 15 (1920x1200) rather than mode 14 (1920x1080) on my monitor. Scaling (to fullscreen) performed via the Links/wrapper rather than through NcCpl. The restart behaviour made no difference for me between the 2 modes.
Before using this wrapper Links had the FXAA and AF modes applied via the NvCpl so the visuals via the wrapper are on a par with what I saw before.
Which version of the Links disks did you use?
Glad you are up and running
Re: Links 2003 receives improved GPU compatibility
Posted: February 25th, 2026, 3:27 pm
by Larrycleve
I used the download install file from Links Corner Forum.