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Why do you believe it is impossible to display a web page of text on screen without a 3D graphics accelerator adapter card? Haven't you ever used a computer without a Nvidia in it before? A young kid like you might be surprised to learn that there was a time not so long ago when most computers didn't have 3D accelerator cards, and that they were still more than capable of rendering a page of information and driving their displays.

Sure it is possible to display the page with text, it is matter of what compatibility level one wants to achieve in regards to modern Web platform in pages that might have 3D and media content into them, which includes some forms of CSS styles as well.

Ultimately everything can be done via software rendering as well, depending on how much one is willing to wait.

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