diff --git a/src/wx/panel.cpp b/src/wx/panel.cpp
index e31f87b6..dc065a85 100644
--- a/src/wx/panel.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/panel.cpp
@@ -2512,7 +2512,7 @@ void SDLDrawingPanel::DrawingPanelInit()
 #endif
     } else {
 #ifdef ENABLE_SDL3
-        if (OPTION(kSDLRenderer) == wxString("direct3d")) {
+        if (!strcmp(SDL_GetRendererName(renderer), "direct3d")) {
             texture = SDL_CreateTexture(renderer, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STREAMING, (width * scale), (height * scale));
         } else {
             texture = SDL_CreateTexture(renderer, SDL_GetPixelFormatForMasks(32, 0x000000FF, 0x0000FF00, 0x00FF0000, 0x00000000), SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STREAMING, (width * scale), (height * scale));
@@ -2566,7 +2566,11 @@ void SDLDrawingPanel::DrawArea()
     SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00);
     SDL_RenderClear(renderer);
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_SDL3
+    if ((!strcmp(SDL_GetRendererName(renderer), "direct3d")) && (systemColorDepth == 32)) {
+#else
     if ((OPTION(kSDLRenderer) == wxString("direct3d") && (systemColorDepth == 32)) {
+#endif
         todraw_argb8888 = (uint32_t *)(todraw + srcPitch));
         
         for (int i = 0; i < (height * scale); i++) {
@@ -2576,7 +2580,11 @@ void SDLDrawingPanel::DrawArea()
         }
         
         SDL_UpdateTexture(texture, NULL, todraw_argb, srcPitch);
+#ifdef ENABLE_SDL3
+    if ((!strcmp(SDL_GetRendererName(renderer), "direct3d")) && (systemColorDepth == 16)) {
+#else
     } else if ((OPTION(kSDLRenderer) == wxString("direct3d") && (systemColorDepth == 16)) {
+#endif
         todraw_rgb565 = (uint16_t *)(todraw + srcPitch))
         for (int i = 0; i < (height * scale); i++) {
             for (int j = 0; j < (width * scale); j++) {