Hi not quite sure if this is the right place to ask or not but I have Silent Hill 3 and it won't let me play the game it say I need a 32VRAM video card. I have a Geforce MX440 and all the updated drivers for this. I am in despair I can't play my game!!!!!! or well if nobody can help I will just have to watch Eastenders tonite instead lol Janine
If i recall/guess correctly, SH3 requires a 32MB DX8 video card.... unfortunately the GeForce4 MX440 is a DX7 video card. I wrote a whole rant on this earlier: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/44920_X_X_X_X_X_[small]ASUS A7V8X-X, AMD2500+ Samsung 1024MB, PC2700 360GB [3x120GB, 7200, 8MB] MSI Starforce, GeForce4 Ti4400 128MB Rules and Policies: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487 AFTERDAWN IRC: irc.emule-project.net, #ad_buddies COME SAY HI![/small]
Well I have Silent Hill III and a GeForce4 MX440 video card and I can play the game just fine. Try installing latest DirectX 9.0b and experiment with different nVidia Detonator driver versions m8. Shoey _X_X_X_X_X_[small]Certified Computer Technician http://www.afterdawn.com/general/legal.cfm Mobo: MSI KT4VL-6712 CPU: AthlonXP Barton 2500+ Ram: 512 SD-DDR (PC-2700) nVidia GeForce4 MX440-8x Maxtor ATA\133 80 gig hd DVD-ROM: LiteOn LTD 165H CDRW: Memorex52MAXX 2452[/small]
Shoey Please have a look at which driver you have got there is hope I can play this game yet have you got XP? Thanks Janine
Also I might sound thick here but is a Geforce4 MX440-8 different to a Geforce4 MX 440 and whats a Denonator driver? and where do I get these drivers. Thanks Janine
1. I think SHoey is running XP... ask him though hehe 2. Detonator is the fancy name nVidia game to their drivers. 3. Try out the versions I suggested. They should work. This is because, when the game originally came out, this was the version at the time. Very Latest Detonator Drivers (version 52.16, havnt had time to try yet) http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_52.16 Detonator 45.33 (Never tried): http://www.nvidia.com/object/pc_winxp-2k_45.33.html Detonator 45.23 (This is a good verson, I ran this some time ago): http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23.html Detonator 44.03 (I'm running this version) http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_44.03.html GeForce4 MX 440-8 is the 8X AGP version of the GeForce4 MX 440 card. The actual CHIP on the card is the same the only difference is that the memory speed is improved from 6.4GB/s to 8.0GB/s. For more info, visit http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html_X_X_X_X_X_[small]ASUS A7V8X-X, AMD2500+ Samsung 1024MB, PC2700 360GB [3x120GB, 7200, 8MB] MSI Starforce, GeForce4 Ti4400 128MB Rules and Policies: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487 AFTERDAWN IRC: irc.emule-project.net, #ad_buddies COME SAY HI![/small]
Preator is right on the money! Thanks m8 (wipes sleep from eyes)*yawn*. I failed to mention that I'm overclocking my video card through my bios as well. Silent Hill III doesn't run "stable" all the time. Shoey
Thanks Praetor and Shoey for helping me you stars!! I have tried the 52.16 driver and the 44.03 I have just tried and the game doesn't work,I'll try the other two drivers but I think i'll have to face the fact I can't play this game! BOO Ho that or go and buy an Xbox,how do you overclock you video card using bios? Janine
Hehe thx I wouldnt be me if i wasnt Are you sure you wanna do this? I can walk ya through it but realize that you can permanantly wreck your hardware if your mess up hehe. (Ive done it -- for fun of course but still, you'd be surprised how fast the vid card burn up). If you consider it though... XBOX = what... $150? = GeForceFX5600 you can get that card cheaper too depending on where you live
You don't wan't to overclock your video card unless your running proper cooling in pc case and on the video card itself. m8. I'm very disappointed in the current video card I'm running and plan on purchasing the MSI FX5600-TD256 video card after Christmas. Does your current mobo support AGP 8x? If not maybe consider a new Asus or MSI mobo in the near future. MSI FX5600XT-TD256:http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro_vga_detail.php?UID=523 MSI FX5600-TD256:http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro_vga_detail.php?UID=446 Shoey __X_X_X_X_X_[small]Certified Computer Technician http://www.afterdawn.com/general/legal.cfm Mobo: MSI KT4VL-6712 CPU: AthlonXP Barton 2500+ Ram: 512 SD-DDR (PC-2700) nVidia GeForce4 MX440-8x Maxtor ATA\133 80 gig hd DVD-ROM: LiteOn LTD 165H CDRW: Memorex52MAXX 2452[/small]
Make that a double-moderator endorsement Actually now that i think of it, OCing a GF4MX (NV17) isnt so 'dangerous' per se its just that the returns will be minimal considering there are so many hardware limitations on the NV17 chip structure (NV17 = GF4MX, NV25 = GF4Ti). I wrote a little disseration on the differences between MX and Ti here: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/44920 Also, if GFX5600 is outside your budget, I am sure you can get a GF4Ti in the $80-90 range which is more than reasonable for the amount of performance they give _X_X_X_X_X_[small]ASUS A7V8X-X, AMD2500+ Samsung 1024MB, PC2700 360GB [3x120GB, 7200, 8MB] MSI Starforce, GeForce4 Ti4400 128MB Rules and Policies: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487 AFTERDAWN IRC: irc.emule-project.net, #ad_buddies COME SAY HI![/small]
I live in England and the new Geforce card is around £130 and I know I think why silent hill won't play its because my graphics card doesn't have programmable vertex/pixel support which is needed and no I don't think i'll be messing in the bios then knowing me I would mess my whole computer up, never mind!! Janine
Found a great deal at Tiger Direct on the XFX GeForce FX 5600 256MB DDR AGP8X with TV & DVI Video Card. (129.99) after 20.00 dollar rebate. http://www.tigerdrect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=608888&Sku=P450-8510 Shoey
Thanks for the link but I live in ENgland and thats an American site god things are so much cheaper there than here
Hi. I'm having a similar problem to Neney, except mine is this: When I am trying to run the game, I am getting a message which says "This game requires a video card with a minimum of 32MB VRAM and programmable Vertex/Pixel Shader support. The application will now close." I have a GeForce 4 460MX with the updated drivers. I have installed the denotaor 5.16 thing but still no luck with it. Can anyone help me?
Well I have look into this and the MX video card does not have programable pixel/shader support,I think it enables the features on faces to be more real like and alot of the new games need this so our graphics card is crap!!! Janine
