Whats going on?

[The_Other_One]

Whats going on!!! SPAMAlright, I got a copy of GTA3. SPAMWhen I try and run it on my computer(Athlon 1.4, Radeon 8500, 256M RAM) I just get a black screen and my whole system locks up(I did just do a test...I played an MP3 as I ran GTA3. SPAMIt still locked up, but the MP3 kept playing fine)

Well, I tried it on a Duron 1.2GHz with I think a TNT2 in it, and it worked fine. SPAMI also tried it in a Dual MP1800 with a Matrox G450, and it worked fine, but why can't I get it to work on my computer?! SPAMI have all the latest drivers, including chipset, video, sound...I've checked it all... SPAMThe ONLY think I may beable to update is windows... SPAMI still run 98SE, but it says it's compatable with 98, so WHY WONT IT WORK!

[Uranium-235]

I'm guessing video card. Did you know ATI released V7.7 drivers?

[vee_ess]

Since you have at least one other system that does work, I would switch parts one by one until you get the problem to re-occur. Please try that and post results...G/L

[The_Other_One]

I'm not sure what video driver I had, but I had just updated it today from the most recent from ATI's site.

As for exchanging parts, the Duron isn't mine, it's a friends I tested it on, and the Dual MP is my schools that I've got for the summer. SPAMI do, however, have a duron 850 with a GF2 GTS and a Voodoo3 3000 in it, but I still don't think it's the video card...

Any way, I installed 2000 on my computer, and it works...sort of... SPAMIt will get to the loading screen, then just before the bar hits the end, it locks up. SPAMHowever, I can get out of it by CTRL, ALT, DEL, so atleast I've gotten somwhere...

[TheRogue]

your school lends you dual mps, i think i wanna transfer!

[The_Other_One]

Hehe...yea...The computer basically belong to one of the teachers. SPAMHe paid for some, and the school paid for some. SPAM$5000 video editing computer, DV-Storm, 512M DDR, 200GB storage...not too bad...

But anyway, I thought I'd check my performace to see if everything was correct, and look what 3DMark 2001SE gave me...
"Could not create render target depth-stencil surface - D3DERR_INVALIDCALL"
Could this be the problem? SPAMIt happened during the advanced pixel shader. SPAMMy card could always run all the tests before, even when I had 2000 installed before... SPAMAny ideas?

[Uranium-235]

did you get that error on the radeon 8500?

I was able to go into google and find one other person who had that problem, and he had a 8500 too.

[The_Other_One]

Yes, it was my Radeon...but here's the odd part. SPAMAfter getting that error(and knowing I never got it before) I when ahead and reinstalled windows 98SE. SPAMIt works fine, even better then the Duel MP1800. SPAMI guess some software didn't install right or somthing... SPAMAny ideas?