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re: Can't play current PC games--NO DANG GFORCE VIDEO CARD!!!!!! Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 4:27 pm Posted by richard (247 messages posted) if you dont have the hardware to run the game,what do you want someone to tell you? get a new video card or whatever you have that isnt up to the requirements of running the games. On Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 3:21 pm, Owen wrote: >I have a Dell Demensions Windows XP >Pentium 3 863 MHZ, with a 40 gig Hard Drive, and "crappy" Direct X 8.1 and I can't >play current PC games that require a GForce Video card!!! Anytime I install the new >PC games I'll get some error message after installation and as it turns out my computer >doesn't meet all the requirements BUT yet it'll play my other PC games without that >GForce Video Card!!! > >(rrrr) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't play current PC games--NO DANG GFORCE VIDEO CARD!!!!!! Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 5:04 pm Posted by Sean (493 messages posted) Do you have direct X 9.0b. You may need it to run current games. Go to windows uodate and d/l it. See if that helps. Plus alot of new games won't run on your p3 On Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 3:21 pm, Owen wrote: >I have a Dell Demensions Windows XP >Pentium 3 863 MHZ, with a 40 gig Hard Drive, and "crappy" Direct X 8.1 and I can't >play current PC games that require a GForce Video card!!! Anytime I install the new >PC games I'll get some error message after installation and as it turns out my computer >doesn't meet all the requirements BUT yet it'll play my other PC games without that >GForce Video Card!!! > >(rrrr) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't play current PC games--NO DANG GFORCE VIDEO CARD!!!!!! Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 5:08 pm Posted by Owen (2 messages posted) Sean: I have Direct X 8.1 (odd thing about that is I can still play PC games like Duke Nukem, SimCity 4, some driving games, and a Star Wars X-Wing perfectly,and Real Arcade games,too) I do know about the Direct X 9.0, I could try it. From the PC games I bought such as Indiana Jones & The Empeor's Tomb, Star Wars Outcast, and The Simpson's Hit & Run, I'll install them but they will not run I'll get this error message D3D invalid code) It does get aggervating. On Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 5:04 pm, Sean wrote: >Do you have direct X 9.0b. You may need it to run current games. Go to windows uodate >and d/l it. See if that helps. Plus alot of new games won't run on your p3 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't play current PC games--NO DANG GFORCE VIDEO CARD!!!!!! Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 8:19 am Posted by Sean (493 messages posted) D3D is short for direct 3d. Hope this helps. Try going to google.com and typr your error message in the search bar see what comes up. On Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 5:08 pm, Owen wrote: >Sean: > >I have Direct X 8.1 (odd thing about that is I can still play PC games like Duke >Nukem, SimCity 4, some driving games, and a Star Wars X-Wing perfectly,and Real Arcade >games,too) I do know about the Direct X 9.0, I could try it. From the PC games I >bought such as Indiana Jones & The Empeor's Tomb, Star Wars Outcast, and The Simpson's >Hit & Run, I'll install them but they will not run I'll get this error message D3D >invalid code) It does get aggervating. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum