Video Woes

G

Guest

I am having problems with windows and graphics. I recently upgraded my
computer to an Athlon 64 3500+ with an Asus (ATI) X300 PCIe graphics card.
Since then I have not been able to play DVDs as PowerDVD locks up straight
away and WinDVD 5 comes up with the error “Create overlay failed. Please
lower your screen resolution or colour depth & try againâ€. I often
experience the graphics card resetting and sometimes failing when playing
modern games (Far Cry etc). I thought that the graphics card was not up to
the job so I recently bought a Gigabyte X800XT (GV-RX80L256V), uninstalled
the old drivers/card and installed the new one. Still the same problem. I
think the problem is DirectX so I ran DXDiag. Everything comes up fine
except for the DirectDraw7 test which returns “Direct3D 7 test results:
Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device): HRESULT = 0x8007000e (Out of
memory)â€. If I run the DirectX test in Sisoft Sandra The Direct Draw shows
red crosses against everything in general capabilities (including “Has 3d
Hardware Accelerationâ€) and Extended Capabilities (apart from “Can render in
windowâ€). It also tells me in the tips, Video card does not have 3d
accelerated hardware, No stretch support, No hardware overlay support, No Z
buffering support, No hardware colour-space conversion and recommends that I
upgrade my graphics card. £220 well spent there then.
I am running XP Pro with all updates and latest drivers for video.
Anyone got any ideas, apart from a Windows re-install?
 
G

Guest

No offers?

I think my problem lies with the fact that it cannot create a video overlay.
Probably a software problem. I have all the latest bios and drivers loaded.

I did dablle with multi screens at one point (I know this causes havoc with
overlays ) but I am back to one screen now.

I can play DVDs through Media Player Classic.

Help.............
 
G

Guest

Thanks for answering Graham.

I have tried to reinstall Direct X but I can't.

How do I force the system to reinstall DirectX when all of the installs that
I have tried simply recognise that I have 9.0c and don't progress any
further? Is there a utility?
 
G

Guest

Thanks for that Graham. Unfortunately, it seems to install for a few
seconds, then tells me all the necessary files are installed. It's as if it
is looking at the DiretcX that I already have and deciding that it doesn't
need to install anything. I need a utility that will "force" windows to
totally re-install directX.

Would it make my computer unusable if I deleted all of the directX files and
restartedn prior to running the DirectX install?
 
G

Guest

Everything comes up fine except for the DirectDraw7 test which returns
“Direct3D 7 test results: Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device): HRESULT =
0x8007000e (Out of memory)â€.
If I run the DirectX test in Sisoft Sandra The Direct Draw shows
red crosses against everything in general capabilities (including “Has 3d
Hardware Accelerationâ€) and Extended Capabilities (apart from “Can render in
windowâ€). It also tells me in the tips, Video card does not have 3d
accelerated hardware, No stretch support, No hardware overlay support, No Z
buffering support, No hardware colour-space conversion and recommends that I
upgrade my graphics card.

I have looked at the DirectX uninstall tools but they are either for prvious
versions or want me to pay. I don't mind paying, but not by credit card to a
site I have never heard of before.
 

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