Update on my previous Post

[Sailindawg]

My earlier post.

Update:

Whelp, reinstalled XP, loaded [GR], installed it, ran it, set my vid preferences and exited. Restarted it and it ran, even played a bit of a mission from one of the ex packs. Restarted pc, all was fine. [GR] seemed to be running fine. Installed GRAW, played that for a bit and turned off pc. Came back the next day, figured I try some [GR] multiplayer, since I had the time available to d/l mod maps, and guess what happened? The splash screen dot, then no [GR]. I was back to my original problem on the old XP install. I thought that I had tracked the problem to possibly to a conflict with either RivaTuner or nHancer. Reinstalled XP a second time, this time omitting RT and nHancer and guess what? [GR] exhibted the same characterisitics all over again. Splash screen, then quit. Like I have said in my earlier posts, all Dx8 games behave similarly on my set-up, while all DX9 games run like a banshee.

The IKE log basically states that it cannot create the 3D environment. The only other error I got was a "redundancy check" error about 9% of the way into a reinstall. I had followed the advice on the sticky for a complete uninstall, manually cleaning out files and the registry. That error was the last straw.

I believe that I have a hardware conflict with the GX2 or the GX2 and drivers and/or the dual cpu/dual cpu drivers. Ran the game on my NF3 board with a 6800GT and it ran well. It ran along side RT, nHancer, DxTweaker and A120%. No problems. Even ran it on a virtual drive. It also ran with the GRAW demo installed. I upgrade to just below cutting edge and all DX8 games can not run. Even on the clean install. I've come to the conclusion that it's time to say good-bye to my 5 and 6 year old games. It will truly be over once VISTA cames and I eventually upgrade to that OS.

Edited November 25, 2006 by Sailindawg

[thales100]

Thats bad, specially a great game like GR1, still the best by far of the serie, and with tons of mods to play.