Cant run games in XP..

[inquiring]

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.

 

[kinetic_tw]

It's time to update your video card.

 

[inquiring]

Do you mean replace? To what? and why? This vid card has served me well.

 

[dhlucke]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Conehead]

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]

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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