Guest Doc Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 I recently installed a new nVidia GeForce 7600GS 512MB graphics card and man does it rock! However, one of my absolute favorite older games; Crimson Skies, does not seem to be compatible with it. The only way it will run properly is in "software render" mode on the configuration page inside the game(640X480 resolution is positively unacceptable). When I try to use "primary display driver" I get multi-colored bars in all of the choices of the preferences page and the actual gameplay video is completely screwed up. Is there ANY way to rectify this situation?
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: video card compatibility "Doc" <Doc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I recently installed a new nVidia GeForce 7600GS 512MB graphics card and man > does it rock! However, one of my absolute favorite older games; Crimson > Skies, does not seem to be compatible with it. The only way it will run > properly is in "software render" mode on the configuration page inside the > game(640X480 resolution is positively unacceptable). When I try to use > "primary display driver" I get multi-colored bars in all of the choices of > the preferences page and the actual gameplay video is completely screwed up. > Is there ANY way to rectify this situation? Install this update and note that the game is not designed for WinXP. http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d02e9dfd-0725-47b1-85e6-33ea4109e793 In addition, try to run that game in compatibility mode. If this doesn't help, repost to this group (via Newsreader): http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.games -- d-d
Guest Doc Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: video card compatibility "Detlev Dreyer" wrote: > "Doc" <Doc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > I recently installed a new nVidia GeForce 7600GS 512MB graphics card and man > > does it rock! However, one of my absolute favorite older games; Crimson > > Skies, does not seem to be compatible with it. The only way it will run > > properly is in "software render" mode on the configuration page inside the > > game(640X480 resolution is positively unacceptable). When I try to use > > "primary display driver" I get multi-colored bars in all of the choices of > > the preferences page and the actual gameplay video is completely screwed up. > > Is there ANY way to rectify this situation? > > Install this update and note that the game is not designed for WinXP. > http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d02e9dfd-0725-47b1-85e6-33ea4109e793 > > In addition, try to run that game in compatibility mode. If this doesn't > help, repost to this group (via Newsreader): > http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.games > > -- > d-d Already have the patch installed. Already tried compatibility mode for all other operating systems-no luck. Also, this game has always run just fine on XP until I installed the new video card. Since this game is older, my video card is not listed on the "cards supported/not supported" list. That's why I was wondering if there was some other way to "force" compatibility?
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Re: video card compatibility "Doc" <Doc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> Install this update and note that the game is not designed for WinXP. >> http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d02e9dfd-0725-47b1-85e6-33ea4109e793 >> >> In addition, try to run that game in compatibility mode. If this doesn't >> help, repost to this group (via Newsreader): >> http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.games >> > Already have the patch installed. Already tried compatibility mode for all > other operating systems-no luck. Also, this game has always run just fine on > XP until I installed the new video card. Since this game is older, my video > card is not listed on the "cards supported/not supported" list. That's why I > was wondering if there was some other way to "force" compatibility? As for WinXP measures, no. As for specific settings of your video driver, may be. That's why you might be better off when reposting to the group as mentioned above. Good luck. -- d-d
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