3D Games and XP SP2 (Final)

[Matthew Hardy]

Hi,

I downloaded Service Pack 2 from the official Microsoft site yesterday
(the 260MB version as I have quite a few machines). I installed it on
one of my PCs and everything seemed to be fine. However, I then started
up a 3D Game on my computer (Halo), it got past all the splash screens,
but when the game actually attempted to start properly (i.e. show its
interface), nothing displayed. When I use the keyboard, I can hear the
menu items being selected, but the display is corrupted. Wondering if
this was just a problem with Halo, I tried to load the game "Far Cry"
and had exactly the same result. The gaming is loading correctly but
failing to render on screen.

I have an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128MB) and am using the latest Catalyst
drivers (4.7). Has anyone else found any incompatibilities with the ATI
drivers? I am assuming this is a graphics driver issue (possibly
DirectX 9.0c and the ATI drivers conflicting), but I haven't found any
other related posts, so am wondering if this is just my system that has
gone wrong. I have of course tried reinstalling my graphics drivers and
I ran DXDiag and it managed to render its DirectDraw and DirectX 7, 8
and 9 tests correctly.

If anyone has encountered similar problems (and hopefully solved them),
any advice would be most appreciated. Please let me know if I have
missed any relevant information or if I haven't posted to the correct place.

Thanks,

Matthew

3GHz P4 (w/HT)
1GB DDR400
128MB ATI Radeon 9800Pro
Intel i865P Motherboard
Windows XP SP2
ATI Catalyst Drivers 4.7

 

[Budget Print Center]

did you go to ati and check for driver updates? as soon as i finished sp2
install i went to my vidcard mfr site and there was a new one waiting for
me.
i did not experience any trouble but then again i didn't try to run games
til i was finished with ALL of my updates.

 

[Matthew Hardy]

Hi,

did you go to ati and check for driver updates? as soon as i finished sp2
install i went to my vidcard mfr site and there was a new one waiting for
me.

Yes. I already had the latest version, but re-downloaded it anyway.
Didn't fix my problem.

i did not experience any trouble but then again i didn't try to run games
til i was finished with ALL of my updates.

As far as I am aware, all my drivers are running at the latest versions.

Thanks,

Matthew

 

[Feng]

Hi,


Yes. I already had the latest version, but re-downloaded it anyway.
Didn't fix my problem.


As far as I am aware, all my drivers are running at the latest versions.

Thanks,

Matthew

I have exactly the same problem with my x800 XT PE, SP2, Cat 4.8b's.
That is farcry will just load the splash screen and not the game
interface...I can hear the sounds though.