Halo won't run on Saphire Radeon 9550 (256MB)

asterraine · Jan 12, 2005, 07:04 PM

Hi,

I WAS running Halo combat evolved OK on XP SP2 with a radeon 9000 64MB card. I've upgraded the card to a Saphire Radeon 9550 256MB card, but now Halo won't run stating "A problem occured initialising Direct3D. Hardward acceleration maybe disabled, please run DXDIAG."

I've done this and DXDIAG passes everything OK, and the card has full hardward acceleration set. I'm running DirectX ver 9c. Can anyone help?

Zoolok · Jan 12, 2005, 08:43 PM

Did you try reinstalling the video drivers? Or the game itself?

asterraine · Jan 13, 2005, 02:02 AM

I've downloaded and installed the new catalyst drivers, and re-installed the game, but still get the same message?

Jaillum Malord · Jan 13, 2005, 02:22 AM

Have you updated to the latest patch version.

asterraine · Jan 13, 2005, 02:44 PM

Yes, I've loaded the latest catalyst drivers, reloaded halo, and the halo patches. When I put the old Radeon 9000 card back in the game works OK!

Zoolok · Jan 13, 2005, 02:58 PM

Bummer. Did you try reinstalling DirectX 9c? Dunno what else you could reinstall...

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asterraine Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3	Halo won't run on Saphire Radeon 9550 (256MB) Hi, I WAS running Halo combat evolved OK on XP SP2 with a radeon 9000 64MB card. I've upgraded the card to a Saphire Radeon 9550 256MB card, but now Halo won't run stating "A problem occured initialising Direct3D. Hardward acceleration maybe disabled, please run DXDIAG." I've done this and DXDIAG passes everything OK, and the card has full hardward acceleration set. I'm running DirectX ver 9c. Can anyone help?

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Jan 13, 2005, 02:02 AM	#3
asterraine Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3	I've downloaded and installed the new catalyst drivers, and re-installed the game, but still get the same message?

Jan 13, 2005, 02:44 PM	#5
asterraine Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3	Yes, I've loaded the latest catalyst drivers, reloaded halo, and the halo patches. When I put the old Radeon 9000 card back in the game works OK!

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