Is there a direct 3d version of second life?

[Rolig Loon 25,261]

You're out of luck.  SL's graphics are based on OpenGL architecture.

[Rolig Loon 25,261]

You're out of luck.  SL's graphics are based on OpenGL architecture.

[Ansariel Hiller 934]

Every graphic card supports OpenGL. It's only a programming interface like D3D and every recent graphics driver supports it. And there won't be a D3D version only because D3D is not available on Mac and Linux.

[Veritable Quandry 17]

If you have problems running SL, let us know what your graphics card and operating system are, and we can talk you through how to set it up.  But as said, every modern OS/GPU combination should let you run a high enough version of OpenGL to run SL (except for a few low-end chipsets like the GMA 500, which has poor driver support for OpenGL).