Help me!!

Wallace007

I'm losing my mind! Everytime I try to play a game ive downloaded. it wont work. First, knight online said it couldnt create D3D. I found out later while trying to play rubies of eventided that D3D is DirectX 3D. Ive already updated DirectX and reinstalled it several times but it wont work. No game I try to play will work. Does anyone have any suggestions?!?

Nierro

Google or Smarterchild 3D3

Whatever you're doing it isn't right.

ninjaBeaver

So you have DirectX 9.0c ??
Good chance you dont even have a graphic driver then,

GOTO
-Start,
-Run,
-Type dxdiag , and click OK
-Click on the Display tab, (3rd TAB)
-Click on Save All INformation
-Get the text file (.txt) , post it here.

I and probably everybody else can help you then.

Wallace007

I opened the wordpad thing it gave me but there is a lot here, what do you want me to give you?

ninjaBeaver

the whole
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Display Devices
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segment

which ends at
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Sound Devices
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Wallace007

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Display Devices
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Card name: 3dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo Series Driver
Manufacturer: 3dfx Interactive, Inc.
Chip type: 3dfx Voodoo 3
DAC type: 3dfx Internal DAC
Device Key: EnumPCIVEN_121A&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_003A121A&REV_01
Display Memory: 16.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (16 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic Television
Monitor Max Res: 640,480
Driver Name: 3dfxvs.dll
Driver Version: 5.00.2195.0232 (English)
DDI Version: 7
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 11/2/2000 14:00:02, 545264 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: 3dfxvsm.sys
Mini VDD Date: 11/2/2000 14:00:40, 169840 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71CFA-4345-11CF-4271-A928AEC2C835}
Vendor ID: 0x121A
Device ID: 0x0005
SubSys ID: 0x003A121A
Revision ID: 0x0001
Revision ID: 0x0001
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

is this it?

ninjaBeaver

OK, It seems you have everything.
The problem is you have a 16.0 mgb Graphic Card.
You will probably lag on Maple Story I bet <.<
The solution is to get a new Graphics Card

Wallace007

r there any free games i could play with this crappy graphics card, because there isno way myparents will by me a new graphics card and I cant afford one.

ninjaBeaver

Try Goonzu Online
global.goonzu.com/

Or TS Online
ts.gameflier.com.my

alexalex1423

hey im trying tha goonzu game and when i install it and it says "run" or "save" wat do i put?

patheos

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Originally posted by ninjaBeaver
OK, It seems you have everything.
The problem is you have a 16.0 mgb Graphic Card.
You will probably lag on Maple Story I bet <.<
The solution is to get a new Graphics Card

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what would a decent card have? mines 64.0 MB

ninjaBeaver

@alexalex1423
click Save, just incase something screws up when installing.

@patheos
64 is decent, I have 64
Though alot of RAM is needed.
256 is pretty low nowadays.
You cannot run most games on maximum graphics
with 64 mgb though, so decreasing graphics settings may be needed.

enixryan

Wallace learn more about computers before you try anything okay? It's called find out what your graphics card is then search on google and get the latest drivers

Volkmar

i'm sorry to say but with a Vodoo 3 you are not going very far... it is incredibly outdated card that even required a companion 2d board to work.

Most modern games requires the video card to have "Transform & Lighting" functions as a minimum (probably more) and those started with the GeForce card (that is also incredibly outdated nowadays).

Now... there is  good news and  bad news. A cheap video card do not cost much, at all. 30 dollars might just do it for the cheap of the cheap (a GeForce Mx4) 70 for the cheap version of more-or-less modern cards (GeForce 6200 or its ATI equivalent).

Those cards are noway good and powerful, but they WILL run WoW most probably, or Ragnarok online or other not graphic intensive games.

The bad news are that all this graphic cards requires a AGP slot on your motherboard to work and chances are, if you have a Vodoo 3, that your mother board do not have one at all. So you can't use it... requiring the purchase of a new motherboard... not very expensive either but it mounts up.

As it is.... your computer is not very good at all for any kind of 3d modern game. Runequest might be just what you can run... Ultima Online might also works in its non-3d modality but that is all :P

PS: Comparing videocards by the ram they mount is often misleading. I can buy a GeForce 6200 and a ATI X800 both with 256 Mb. But the former is a piece of cheap plastic while the latter is actually a decent board... same ram, an abyss in performance.