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<h3>Maintainer Rating Definitions</h3>

<p>
The Application Database features a maintainer rating system that allows you to see
which applications work best in DXGL. This rating system is designed to assist
users by giving a rating based on an &#8216;expert's&#8217; experience.
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<li class="platinum">Platinum

<p>
An application can be rated as Platinum if it installs and runs flawlessly &#8216;out of the box&#8217;.  No changes required in dxglcfg.exe
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</li>
<li class="gold">Gold

<p>
Application works flawlessly with some settings changes or third party software.
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</li>
<li class="silver">Silver

<p>
Application works excellently for &#8216;normal&#8217; use; a game works fine in fullscreen but not 
in windowed mode, slight graphics issues, etc.
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</li>

<li class="Bronze">Bronze

<p>
Application works, but it has some issues, even for normal use; a game may not redraw properly or display fonts in wrong colours, be much slower than it should etc.
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</li>
<li class="Garbage">Garbage

<p>
An application gets this rating if it cannot be used for the purpose it was designed for.
There should be at least one bug report in Bugzilla if it gets this rating.
Application cannot be installed, does not start, or starts but has so many errors that it is nearly impossible to use it.
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