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| Fix Graphics Display Rendering Issues SUMMARY: Is Google Earth rendering satellite views poorly on your machine or not at all? This tip provides troubleshooting advice.
 | |  | |  Note that this tip was written for Google Earth, Free Version, Beta 4 for Windows. Information may differ when other beta or final releases for Google Earth are released, as may information differ for Google Earth on other operating systems. | |  | |  |
You may have difficulties when viewing satellite images of the world in Google Earth. For example, when zooming in and rotating the view, some graphics cards may display odd-colored shapes and blocks instead of satellite imagery.
Some graphics problems may be attributed to network congestion or Google not having detailed-enough imagery for your particular zoom level. If graphic problems frequently occur, however, the following may help you diagnose graphics issues and tweak Google Earth so it can render satellite images correctly.
First, read the Google Earth FAQ to ensure that your graphics card is supported. If so, you may want to change the rendering settings used in Google Earth if supported by your graphics card.
1. Click "Tools" - "Options".
2. The "Google Earth Options" multi-tabbed dialog box will appear. Click the "View" tab.
3. If supported by your graphics card, consider switching the graphics rendering mode from "OpenGL" to "DirectX" or vice-versa.
4. You may wish to lower your texture colors from "True Color (32 bit)" to "High Color (16 bit)". Granted the satellite views may not look as nice, but this may allow you to use Google Earth where you could not at all otherwise.
5. You may also try checking "Safe Mode" if you are still having rendering problems.
6. When done, press "OK" to close the dialog box and then restart Google Earth.
Note that you may have to go through the above steps several times, trying out different configuration options, before isolating the problem and optimizing your Google Earth viewing experience.
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