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Author:  Peenyuh [ 06-06-2008 10:38 AM ]
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I loaded Q3A on this computer that a friend gave me. It's got WindowsXP Professional w/ SP3. Only has 256 RAM though...which I put in. And 2 HDs...one 40 gig and one 120 gig. I get this error. Does this have something to do with the graphics? If I reinstall Open GL, will that fix it?

Author:  obsidian [ 06-06-2008 10:49 AM ]
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Try reinstalling video card drivers. Also, what video card?

Author:  Peenyuh [ 06-06-2008 11:53 AM ]
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I don't know how to find that out. Is it listed here?

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Author:  Peenyuh [ 06-06-2008 05:13 PM ]
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I'm serious. I don't know this shi... stuff. If you only knew how many comps I've destroyed due to my ignorance. I just want to do this right so I can give it to my kid.

Author:  AmIdYfReAk [ 06-06-2008 05:22 PM ]
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Download and install the latest directX, and make sure you put on the 1.32C patch from
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake3/win32/

Author:  ^misantropia^ [ 06-06-2008 06:14 PM ]
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DX isn't going to help you, Q3 uses OpenGL. Check here for a driver for your OS: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product ... ductID=798

Author:  AmIdYfReAk [ 06-06-2008 06:46 PM ]
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yes mis, i agree.. though, not as an offical fix for this issue ( there hasnt been one for the time that i've been here ) it can sometimes get it.

i dont know why, i dont know how, but it has before.

Author:  ^misantropia^ [ 06-06-2008 07:36 PM ]
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I will concur that it won't hurt. IIRC, some drivers for integrated video cards implement OpenGL as an emulation layer on top of DirectX.

Author:  creep [ 06-06-2008 07:40 PM ]
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As I recall, the 810 intel chipset's integrated video wouldn't do openGL, and wouldn't run Q3 at all (I could be wrong)

Author:  Peenyuh [ 06-06-2008 08:20 PM ]
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So, if none of this other stuff does it, should I just bite the bullit and get some GeForce into this dinosaur? I'll let you guys know what happens, with this, in two weeks. I'm off to SeaTown in the morning. Ciao.

Author:  creep [ 06-06-2008 08:30 PM ]
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At this point, the cheapest AGP gfx card you could buy will be beyond the bottlenenck of the cpu/chipset, so if your goal is just to get q3 running, I'd find some $20 card and do it.

If you're expecting anything more, don't waste your time/money.

Author:  Peenyuh [ 06-06-2008 08:49 PM ]
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I've got another board around here somewhere...details when I return. Later.

Author:  SoM [ 06-06-2008 10:06 PM ]
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reinstall your GFX driver

make a clean wipe of it then install it again..

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