Normal shadows on dx7 GPU

[Unfocused]

I've got a dx7 card, therefore I've got a blob instead of a normal shadow. My question is: can I force my GPU to draw proper shadows? I guess Valve made the dx7 only draw blobs, but I would like to try the normal shadows. Is it Valve's limitation or my GPU's? A shadow is not an advanced graphical effect, so maybe it is possible to enable normal shadows in dx7 mode?

 

[The Dark Elf]

I've got a dx7 card, therefore I've got a blob instead of a normal shadow. My question is: can I force my GPU to draw proper shadows? I guess Valve made the dx7 only draw blobs, but I would like to try the normal shadows. Is it Valve's limitation or my GPU's? A shadow is not an advanced graphical effect, so maybe it is possible to enable normal shadows in dx7 mode?

It's a DirectX 7 limitation, I suppose it would be possible, but they'd have to do it an entirely different method, which would probably make things slower on your setup then.

 

[Xeinon]

I don´t think DX7 cards support "render to texture" which i think the shadows are "using".