Gor.. Of course let's not overlook the obvious...
Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues. Here's some
rules of thumb though to always keep in mind. Shut DL accelerators, fire-
walls and antivirus programs off while downloading or installing drivers and
updates. Also check the game's website (or Fileplanet.com) for patches.
1. Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you install DirectX 9.0b*:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe
Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver. If you've
never done this before I recommend you also look over the Installation hints
and Release Notes both of which are linked to from their download page.
2. Download the latest driver v. 53.03 for your Nvidia Card Win XP/2000:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_53.03
Win98/Me:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_53.04 (yes, it's .04 not .03)
3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\Nvidia 5303
4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.
6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.
7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".
9. Double click the 53.03 driver we saved to My Documents\
Drivers\Geforce folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains about
Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.
10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 1024x768 Screen Resolution.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per
my website:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
your Video card. These steps are listed at:
http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
case, use this utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip&menu=0
The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game folder/CD)
If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:
BETA Drivers:
http://download.guru3d.com/
OMEGA Drivers:
http://www.omegacorner.com/
There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them!
--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.
Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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| Hey Jimmy !!
|
| That's what i did ,the game starts, i can go into space but it wont run nice
| on high details it keeps on jerking and the game update has nothing that fixes that card entry ,
| for the fx , so it probably means i can't play it no more , on high details anyways !!!
|
| Thanks man ! I realy appreciate your help and IF you find some other way tell me about it !!!
|
| gor!!!
|
| ----- Jimmy S. wrote: -----
|
| Hi Gor,
|
| That makes much more sense.
Here's why that's happening:
|
| This error occurs because the Freelancer video adapter database
| does not have an entry for NVIDIA Geforce FX. Some video
| adapters were released after the game, so the game video adapter
| database does not include the entry for new video card.
|
| To resolve this issue, click Yes to continue or click to clear the
| "Perform this check every time the application runs?" check box.
|
| --
| Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
|
| Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| _________________________________________________________
|
| | | sorry it's a gforce ''fx''5200
| |
| | ----- Jimmy S. wrote: -----
| |
| | Hi Gor,
| |
| | Are you sure that you have a V5200? Those are from 1998,
| | not up to spec for modern games, and in my opinion shouldn't
| | be sold with a new computer system. Get a G4 Ti4200 card.
| |
| | --
| | Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| | Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| |
| | Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| | Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| | MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| | My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| | _________________________________________________________
| |
| | | | | Hello i know freelancer is a pretty old game, but a good one, i think and i just got a new computer and my
video card
| is an
| | asus geforce 128mb V5200 and freelancer tells me he can't recognise the video card it'll play the game but so if
someone
| can
| | help i'd be thankful
| | | gor
| |
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