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inquiring   09-27-2003 at 06:18:35 AM

Im running XP Pro with 512 MB DDR Ram and an Asus 32 mb GTS 2 vid card. I tried to launch an Unreal 2 demo and it crashed with an error msg about a "slack dump". I tried to run a Devastation demo and my vid CRT went all black. Ive got Direct X 8.1 and OpeGL as far as I know.Anyone got any oideas whats going wrong here? My NVIDIA drivers are only 3 months old. Thanks.

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kinetic_tw   09-27-2003 at 07:09:38 AM
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It's time to update your video card.

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inquiring   09-27-2003 at 08:16:24 AM
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Do you mean replace? To what? and why? This vid card has served me well.

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dhlucke   09-27-2003 at 08:51:50 AM
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1. Your card is old.
2. How old is your OS installation?
3. Use the older drivers, 40.72 at the latest. You should probably stick to the 3x.xx versions. The newer drivers will do nothing for you.

What are your total system specs? List everything.

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dhlucke   09-27-2003 at 08:53:17 AM
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FYI, your card will not play Unreal 2 at any reasonable rate or quality level. If you're interested in playing newer games you should invest in a new card.

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inquiring   09-27-2003 at 09:03:03 AM
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My OS is 3 months old....I am using ver 45.xx NVIDIA drivers now. My system is an ABIT KR7A mobo, 512 MB DDRam, AMD 1800 Athlon, (2) WD HDD's and MS XP Pro. Data on 1 drive the OS on the other. If i replace my vid card how do I know what to replace it with?
Thank you.

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Conehead   10-10-2003 at 09:17:00 PM
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A good card to replace it with would be an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro..or 9800 if you have enough moulah. If you prefer Nvidia...an FX5600 would be a decent choice (although inferior to ATI)

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RobD   10-11-2003 at 12:36:22 PM
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Generic or branded RAM? Generic gave me smiliar results in UT2003. It would throw me out, flip me the finger and give me the worlds largest error message after barely a minute.

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