Graphics: graphic compression

graphic compression

Is there perhaps a way to programme or compress a game so it runs without direct 3d. For some reason... (my computer is rather old btw) my computer will not run direct 3D games. I wonder if there is a way to compress the graphics to run with GDI graphics, or perhaps I can disable direct x accelerations used to create the game image files. I don't kno'. I am running a pretty old Windows XP Dell machine with Onboard graphics + sound.