GTA San Andreas wont start

[Sysem]

for some reason my gta san andres wont start. it goes throught the intros up until the blue rockstar north, then the screen goes black and i cant do anything. i end up having to restart my pc. does anyone know what is going on??? here are my pc specs:

AMD dual core 2.6 GHz
2 GB RAM
nVidia Ge Force 8600GT
Windows Vista Ultimate

thanks in advance

 

[mopar man]

Have you downloaded the latest patches/updates? Have you tried using <ctrl>+<ALT>+<DEL>?

Have you gotten the latest drivers for your graphics card?

Have you scanned for viruses, etc?

 

[God Of Mana]

Lol, just helped a guy with this same problem 10 seconds ago.
Your graphics card cant handle the 3d graphics. I suggest getting a new and more advanced one.

BUT.

Your problem can be:Your RAM is too small.2gigs seems pretty small....and to hold GTA?Maybe the files didnt finish installing because of this.

:wave: BTW Welcome to TechSpot :wave:

 

[Sysem]

god of manor i dont raeally understand wat ur saying....
1st - the 8600gt is one of the top of the range GPU 's at the moment.... o thats not the problem
2nd - 2GB of RAM is alot.... i think you mean hard drive space...,. which i habe 200GB of....

 

[God Of Mana]

not for me i got 10gigs

 

[mopar man]

Sysem, (no offence to god of mana) he doesn't know what he is talking about. Can you answer my questions?

 

[Sysem]

lol. sur. no virus, ctr alt del does nothin, and just updating my driver now.... wil get back to u

 

[Sysem]

installed the driver... didnt work stil goes to the black screen.

 

[mopar man]

have you tried running it in compatability mode? I don't know much about Vista, but maybe it has something to do with it.

 

[Sysem]

compatibility mode doesnt work either

 

[sam_t]

Hey, I've been experiencing the same problem today, it's been running perfectly before and today it just wouldn't load up past the RN logo.

I got it working though, luckily. Here's what I did:

Scanned for/cleaned Spyware and deleted gta_set file from Gta San Andreas User Files folder (I read on the SA forum about this one). I don't know which one of them helped, but now it's starting again!

Hope you'll be able to sort out your problem.
Good luck!

 

[Sysem]

Thanks sam t, but since iv never played before, i dont hav the set file. no viruss either. i dont no if this will help but seein as im runnin vista, cud it not be a directx prob. i got directx 10 and im not sur that gta supports 10

 

[James234]

Lol, just helped a guy with this same problem 10 seconds ago.
Your graphics card cant handle the 3d graphics. I suggest getting a new and more advanced one.

BUT.

Your problem can be:Your RAM is too small.2gigs seems pretty small....and to hold GTA?Maybe the files didnt finish installing because of this.

:wave: BTW Welcome to TechSpot :wave:

Im using a nvdia 7300SE and it works fine....

 

[Sysem]

Any one?????

 

[mopar man]

This may sound stupid, but reinstall it back to the default location. That is a problem from the forums. If that doesn't work, try forcing it to run in DXLEVEL 9 or 8. That helps on other games, but I don't know about gta.

 

[Sysem]

how do i force it to run in DXLEVEL 9???

 

[Sysem]

hey i finally got it!!!!!!!!! if anyone wants to know, just pm me

 

[beef_jerky4104]

Lol, just helped a guy with this same problem 10 seconds ago.
Your graphics card cant handle the 3d graphics. I suggest getting a new and more advanced one.

BUT.

Your problem can be:Your RAM is too small.2gigs seems pretty small....and to hold GTA?Maybe the files didnt finish installing because of this.

:wave: BTW Welcome to TechSpot :wave:

Wow you know nothing about what you are talking about. The GeForce 8600 GT cards are brand new. 2GB of RAM is a fairly large amount of memory, not HDD space.

As for the solution, you should make it public. That way nobody has to PM you.

 

[Sysem]

well its kinda complex, but il try.

first start by runnin it but minimize it before it freezes. then click on it 2 open it again. it will run in a little window. if it doesnt work, u will be able 2 exit, but if not then it will go 2 a big screen and then it works

 

[sbgsus]

Lol, just helped a guy with this same problem 10 seconds ago.
Your graphics card cant handle the 3d graphics. I suggest getting a new and more advanced one.

BUT.

Your problem can be:Your RAM is too small.2gigs seems pretty small....and to hold GTA?Maybe the files didnt finish installing because of this.

:wave: BTW Welcome to TechSpot :wave:

the hell?

I can run BIOSHOCK with 2 gigs of ram and a 7900GTX... on high aswell!


GTA:SA isnt exactly the most graphically demanding game as it is...