FIFA 08 uses DirectX 8.0/8.1. Windows 10 hates DirectX 8. We trick the game into using DirectX 9.
He installed it without issue. Windows 10 hummed along, confident and modern. But when he double-clicked the desktop icon, the screen went black for a second, then spat out a message that felt like a slap from 2007: FIFA 08 uses DirectX 8
FIFA 08 sometimes misreads modern 32-bit color depth as a lack of acceleration. FIFA 08 uses DirectX 8