Error on running 3DMark05 Pro

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Hi,

I shall be extremely glad if someone can let me know what the following
error message means when I try to run 3DMark05 Pro on one PC here:

"IDirect3DDevice9::CreatePixelShader failed: Invalid Call
(D3DERR_INVALIDCALL)"

PC: P4 1.7GHz || Mobo: Intel D850GBAL Garibaldi || 768 MB PC800 RDRAM ||
GeF3 Ti200 64MB AGP || WinXPPro || DirectX9c || Latest nVidia drivers
installed.

3DMark03 Pro, AquaMark, 3DBench and other benchmarks as well as DXDiag run
perfectly and indicate no errors.

CHKDSK, Norton NSW checks, SFC, RegCleaner - even ad/spy-ware tracking -
revealed no errors.

I am not interested in the gaming performance itself as much as I am in
checking out the graphics capabilities of this system prior to a sale.

Thanks very kindly a lot for any insights.

Shiva

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BTW:
Your posting doesn't make much much sense.
Even 3DMARK03Pro will only provide a dia show on this computer.
Some parts (Mother Nature: DX9, Pixel Shader Test 2.0) won't run AT ALL!
So why do you want to run an EVEN HARDER test which, as i understand it,
COMPLETELY relies on DX9 hardware ??

"Shiva" <shiva_parvati@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:eAo3yrAtEHA.3564@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
> Hi,
>
> I shall be extremely glad if someone can let me know what the following
> error message means when I try to run 3DMark05 Pro on one PC here:
>
> "IDirect3DDevice9::CreatePixelShader failed: Invalid Call
> (D3DERR_INVALIDCALL)"
>
> PC: P4 1.7GHz || Mobo: Intel D850GBAL Garibaldi || 768 MB PC800 RDRAM ||
> GeF3 Ti200 64MB AGP || WinXPPro || DirectX9c || Latest nVidia drivers
> installed.
>
> 3DMark03 Pro, AquaMark, 3DBench and other benchmarks as well as DXDiag run
> perfectly and indicate no errors.
>
> CHKDSK, Norton NSW checks, SFC, RegCleaner - even ad/spy-ware tracking -
> revealed no errors.
>
> I am not interested in the gaming performance itself as much as I am in
> checking out the graphics capabilities of this system prior to a sale.
>
> Thanks very kindly a lot for any insights.
>
> Shiva
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Hi,

The responses are very much appreciated.

I had completely overlooked the DX9 hardware requirement aspect, as well as
the PS 2.0 one. 3DMark03 did all the tests except Mother Nature and another
one. It was 3DMark01SE, I think, that actually finished them all.

Why was I running the test with 3DMark05? Because I had the software! I
generally use some utility to test out graphics, and other subsystems, on
PCs I still put together occasionally!

I get turned on by those benchmark utilities - 3DMark, AquaMark, WinBench,
Performance Test, PCMark, SiSoft, Aida........! I agree there is a point and
a story here but I really cannot rationalize! :-)

Shades of "...nothing else to do on a rainy Sunday afternoon.....", I guess.
And, as I pen these words at an hour-and-one-half into the day Sunday
morning, way out before dawn, I am planning to temporarily replace that
video card with a suitable one and run the test again, even if it does not
rain this afternoon!

Good Morning, all.

Thanks a pentallion.

Shiva
_____


"Shiva" <shiva_parvati@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eAo3yrAtEHA.3564@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
> Hi,
>
> I shall be extremely glad if someone can let me know what the following
> error message means when I try to run 3DMark05 Pro on one PC here:
>
> "IDirect3DDevice9::CreatePixelShader failed: Invalid Call
> (D3DERR_INVALIDCALL)"
>
> PC: P4 1.7GHz || Mobo: Intel D850GBAL Garibaldi || 768 MB PC800 RDRAM ||
> GeF3 Ti200 64MB AGP || WinXPPro || DirectX9c || Latest nVidia drivers
> installed.
>
> 3DMark03 Pro, AquaMark, 3DBench and other benchmarks as well as DXDiag run
> perfectly and indicate no errors.
>
> CHKDSK, Norton NSW checks, SFC, RegCleaner - even ad/spy-ware tracking -
> revealed no errors.
>
> I am not interested in the gaming performance itself as much as I am in
> checking out the graphics capabilities of this system prior to a sale.
>
> Thanks very kindly a lot for any insights.
>
> Shiva
>