F1 2001cannot run on this computer?

I get this message which also says "No DirectX 8 video adapters found." yet I have just installed an Asus V8420 ( Ti 4200) card which is definitely Direct X 8 compatible and downloaded the latest drivers. These are dated October this year. Is this a problem with the game or perhaps a System setting? Any help would be greatly appreciated Ken Fairbanks

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:10:27 +0800, kenf1 <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted text (7 lines)

>I get this message which also says "No DirectX 8 video adapters >found." yet I have just installed an Asus V8420 ( Ti 4200) card which >is definitely Direct X 8 compatible and downloaded the latest drivers. >These are dated October this year. >Is this a problem with the game or perhaps a System setting? >Any help would be greatly appreciated >Ken Fairbanks

Will your machine run any other games? What about the dx diagnostics? Press Start, Run, and then type dxdiag On the tab Display1, does it say that Direct3D Acceleration is enabled? If not, can you press the button to enable it? Ian -- Ian Riches GPL Rank +1.76 Monsters of GPL +284.19

Have you reinstalled DX8 since the card swap? MadDAWG

Ian Riches <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted text (22 lines)

> On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:10:27 +0800, kenf1 <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I get this message which also says "No DirectX 8 video adapters > >found." yet I have just installed an Asus V8420 ( Ti 4200) card which > >is definitely Direct X 8 compatible and downloaded the latest drivers. > >These are dated October this year. > >Is this a problem with the game or perhaps a System setting? > >Any help would be greatly appreciated > >Ken Fairbanks > > Will your machine run any other games? > > What about the dx diagnostics? Press Start, Run, and then type dxdiag > > On the tab Display1, does it say that Direct3D Acceleration is > enabled? If not, can you press the button to enable it? > > Ian > -- > Ian Riches > GPL Rank +1.76 Monsters of GPL +284.19 >

There is a glitch in some installs of DirectX which will show *enabled* even tho it is disabled... Simply clicking [Disable], then [Enable] fixes it. HTH, Brian

I did a reinstall of Directx - no change. I have run Dxdiag and all checks out OK. I have several other games that use DirectX and all run well including Grand Prix 3 2000 and F1 Championship Racing. But it seems the problem arises when the game specs say "DirectxX 8 compatible Video Card". I have just tried Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 and get an error as well. "Unknown problem initiating graphics". I know that my Asus Card is DiectX 8.X compatible. Any other suggestions? Thanks for your replies. Ken On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:46:09 -0500, "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Have you reinstalled DX8 since the card swap? > >MadDAWG >

Well you have probably all ready done it, but have you tried a different driver version? MadDAWG

Yes, I did. But I have solved the problem! I did two things so I can't be sure which one did it. 1. I disabled and then re-enabled Hardware Acceleration in DXdiag 2. I changed "fast write supported=No support" in the BIOS to "supported". This may be of help to others. I was very relieved. Thanks to all who have replied. Great! Ken On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 07:08:40 -0500, "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Well you have probably all ready done it, but have you tried a different >driver version? > >MadDAWG >

"kenf1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted text (8 lines)

> Yes, I did. But I have solved the problem! I did two things so I can't > be sure which one did it. > 1. I disabled and then re-enabled Hardware Acceleration in DXdiag > 2. I changed "fast write supported=No support" in the BIOS to > "supported". > This may be of help to others. I was very relieved. > Thanks to all who have replied. Great! > Ken

Glad it's working. I think the problem with DirectX and the dxsetup program is that the button to enable/disable direct X seems backwards. When direct X is DIS-abled. The button will say EN-abled because that is what will happen when you clik on it. Goofy eh? dave henrie