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3D Hardware/DirectX problem (mainly Counterstrike)

Asked by paulbaxt in Miscellaneous Games

Tags: directx, problem

Wondering if anyone can help me out with this, as I am a bit of a self confessed expert myself, yet I'm completely stumped!

My old PC:   PIII 233, 128Mb RAM, S3 Savage 8Mb PCI and DirectX 7

I was running the latest Half-Life v1104 and Counterstrike 1.0 and everything was pefectly fine. I would run at 640x480 in Software, OpenGL or Direct3D mode, no worries, great gameplay  :-)

My new PC:   AMD 1.2GHz, 256 Mb PC133, S3 Savage 8Mb PCI and DirectX 7

Running same versions of HL and CS, but I would get a lockup upon joining a game! Nothing would work (CTRL-ALT-DEL, ALT-TAB, ESC, etc) all I could do was hit the power switch! It would do this in both OpenGL and Direct3D mode, but the Software mode would work OK. From this I presumed that I had a 3D driver issue.

I had already ordered a new video card (GeForce 2 Pro 64Mb AGP) so I thought I'd leave CounterStrike alone, and wait until I recived the new card. Upon receiving the GeForce card, I duly installed it (with the latest nVidia v650 drivers).

I still could not get CS to work, again the same lock up happened in either OpenGL or Direct3D, but not in Software mode (in fact Software mode could run in any resolution also). From all this I decided that it was time to go to DirectX 8.0, which I have done, but still the same situation!

I am at my wits end as to what to do. I am going to upgrade the Mainboard BIOS tonight, as it is the only thing left I can think of!!

Any ideas...  or solutions... would be most welcome.

Thanks, Paul.
 
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