Whenever my grandson tries to play this game he gets an error message stating graphics card not supported. Could someone please tell me how to fix this? If I have to buy a new card how will I know what to buy for his PC?
The error he gets is a cause that the (agp) video card cannot keep up with the game in question. It simply doesn't have the grunt to cope. (diagnosis has changed) If you can, please post the name of the game and most importantly.. the specifications of the PC. What name (if any) is on the PC? Any other numbers etc? How old is this PC..roughly? CPU = RAM = Current video card (make and model) = PSU = (can be a factor also) The solution to these problems could lead to reasonable spending of cash, and aren't you just a nice Nanna (grandma) to do so? Lets see if we can't come up with reasonable solutions to your needs. Some Nanna's are on a fixed income, and I am sensitive to this dilema. Cheers Edit: in bold red.
Hello, The PC is 4 or 5 years old but has been upgraded from time to time, but the man that built it has passed away and now I have nobody to do my PC repairs. Here is the information from my Everest report: The CPU = AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz (15 x 133) 2400+ RAM = System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM) Display: Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 (128 MB) 3D Accelerator: nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 Monitor: NEC LCD1512 [15" LCD] (33118975GA) I don't know what PSU is. I don't know if the info is important but I am adding it just in case Processor Properties: Manufacturer: AMD Version: AMD Athlon(tm) XP External Clock: 133 MHz Current Clock: 2000 MHz Type Central Processor Graphics Processor Properties: DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 GPU Code Name NV18B (AGP 8x 10DE / 0185, Rev C1) GPU Clock 250 MHz Memory Clock 133 MHz
Don't be sorry...the game name is in the thread title...so I'm sorry. I'm blind as a bat...lol So here's the minimum requirements.. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS • Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP(SP2), DirectX 8.1 • CPU 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM • Video card Nvidia GeForce or ATI Radeon 32 MB RAM, DirectX 8.1 compatible • 1 GB of free HDD • DVD-ROM 4x or faster, mouse, keyboard, sound card compatible with DirectX 8.1 You've got all this plus more. It's most likely the video card driver software. It probably needs an update. To check the current version, it's easy.. Right click on the my comp icon and select properties. Now select Hardware. Select Device manager. Double click on sound, video and game controllers and right click on the Invidia card and select properties and click on the driver tab. Jot down the version number and visit http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html Note the driver downloads tab (left side) type in the model of card then determine if a driver update is available...usually free by the way. Howd you go?
OK I went to Device Manager and clicked on Sound, video & game controllers. But the Invidia card was not listed. Here is what was listed: Audio Codecs Creative SB Live! Value Creative SB Live! Gameport Legacy Audio Drivers Legacy Video Capture Device Media Controller Device Video Codecs
Sorry if this is a double post. Elliemae..my bad, double click on video adapters instead. Sorry about that, I think my mere male brain cell just popped or something..lol Apologies for the wait. Cheers.
Ok I went to the website and downloaded what I needed for my video card and ran the setup. After completion of setup I checked the driver version and it is the same. However, I have a new icon in the right left so that leaves me to think it might have fixed the problem. When my grandson gets back from church I will have him to try & play the game again and post back if it does or doesn't work. Thanks for your help and time. IT IS APPRECIATED!!!!!!!!!!
Not the best news. Did you make a system restart? Your pc needs this to recognise some software changes. I've got my fingers crossed. Cheers.
Hi Elliemae. I don't know who's most disappointed, you or I. If it happened to multiple game titles, then yes.. a new card might be needed. I wouldn't rush out just yet on the account of a single game. If you stay tuned to this thread, others may post with a winning solution. I'll do some more leg work on the game title and associated problems. Will get back to you soon. Cheers.
