PLEASE help with Colin McRae Demo problem

Hi, I dashed out earlier today to buy PC Zone for the CMR demo which I've been gagging to play. It just will not work! After clicking the icon to run the game, the 3dfx (righteous) card clicks, the screen flickers and then......nothing. Just back to the desktop. I've tried installing the full or minimal versions. I've tried DirectX 5 & 6. I've tried it on two different systems, both with Orchid Righteous cards, and I get the same on both. The first pc is a P133, the second is P200mmx - both with 32mb Ram. I take it this game does support 3dfx? 3dfx isn't in the list of accelerators if you decide to choose your own gfx card. I'm so disappointed. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance. Chris

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>Hi, > I dashed out earlier today to buy PC Zone for the CMR demo which >I've been gagging to play. > It just will not work! After clicking the icon to run the game, the >3dfx (righteous) card clicks, the screen flickers and then......nothing. >Just back to the desktop. > I've tried installing the full or minimal versions. I've tried >DirectX 5 & 6. I've tried it on two different systems, both with Orchid >Righteous cards, and I get the same on both. > The first pc is a P133, the second is P200mmx - both with 32mb Ram. > I take it this game does support 3dfx? 3dfx isn't in the list of >accelerators if you decide to choose your own gfx card. > I'm so disappointed. Can anyone help me out? > Thanks in advance. >Chris

Hmmm Actually i had this at home. Works fine on Win95/ DX6 /Orchid with 3Dfx reference drivers at work, but when i got it home to Win98/DX6/SLI CL V2's i have the problem you describe above. Remembering Micro Machines V3 which was impossible to get running on any machines i have access to, have to wonder if the poor conversion problems have hit codies again. Z.