# dgVoodoo2

6 Hacker News commenters recommended dgVoodoo2 and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free tool that wraps old DirectX games so they run and display better on modern Windows, often at higher resolution. It doesn't fix every game.

## Why people recommend it

- Fixes old DirectX game issues (3 comments): "most Windows issues is just slapping dgVoodoo or nGlide in and it's done anyway" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45962661)) "Sometimes you also need something to fix old DirectX issues like dgvoodoo2." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48847852)) "Usually dgVoodoo handles most of the games fairly well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45953821))
- Handles most games fairly well (2 comments): "most Windows issues is just slapping dgVoodoo or nGlide in and it's done anyway" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45962661)) "Usually dgVoodoo handles most of the games fairly well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45953821))

## What people warn about

- Still has lots of issues (1 comments): "Shims like dgVoodoo2 and dxwrapper help to a point But still have lots of issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880591))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [DXVK](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dxvk.md): 22 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "dgVoodoo2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dgvoodoo/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).