D3D problems... games won't work

[Superbman]

Hey guys,
long time lurker... first time poster. You guys seem like you always know what you're doing... so here is a bugger of a problem for ya. Long story short, I recently moved to south korea and brought my BFG 6600gt with me to throw in a system over here. Get here, get my system set up (specs below) and I get home to start playing some games. I install windows/mobo drivers (AGP, LAN, etc) and then reboot and install the vid card drivers. Reboot again, expectin gthe "New hardware found msg" but don't see it. Meh, I figure to myself... seems to have installed alright. So, I go ahead and install a few games along with directx and game won't work (all Valve games to be specific, HL2, Lost Coast, CSS). Install FEAR, and I get a "Unable to enable proper video mode" or some such thing like that. Anyway, I reformat and go through the whole process again... same errors. BUGGER! So, I open up dxdiag to test my direct3D settings and I get this:
No problems found.

DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful.
Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful.
Direct3D 8 test results: Failure at step 6 (No hardware supported display modes found): HRESULT = 0x80004005 (Generic failure)
Direct3D 9 test results: Failure at step 6 (No hardware supported display modes found): HRESULT = 0x80004005 (Generic failure)

Soo... seems like D3D 8 and 9 are broken... whatever that means. Why is this? I am also getting the device showing up as a PCI device under device manager. Grrrrrr. Why can't this stupid thing just work? It worked fine in Canada before I came over, and there doesn't appear to be any damage to the card. The card is also in all the way.
CPU-Z info below:

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CPU-Z version 1.35
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CPUID Output
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of CPUs 1
APIC ID 0
Name AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Code name Venice
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
Family/Model/Stepping FF2
Extended Family/Model F/2F
Brand ID 4
Package Socket 939
Core Stepping DH-E6
Technology 90nm
Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64
Features NX
Clock Speed 2000.0 MHz
Clock multiplier x10.0
HTT Bus Frequency 200.0 MHz
P-Rating 3200+
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 2000.0 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 128 bits

eax ebx ecx edx
Function 00000000 00000001 68747541 444d4163 69746e65
Function 00000001 00020ff2 00000800 00000001 078bfbff
Function 80000000 80000018 68747541 444d4163 69746e65
Function 80000001 00020ff2 0000010a 00000001 e3d3fbff
Function 80000002 20444d41 6c687441 74286e6f 3620296d
Function 80000003 72502034 7365636f 20726f73 30303233
Function 80000004 0000002b 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000005 ff08ff08 ff20ff20 40020140 40020140
Function 80000006 00000000 42004200 02008140 00000000
Function 80000007 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000003f
Function 80000008 00003028 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000009 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 8000000a 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 8000000b 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 8000000c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 8000000d 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 8000000e 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 8000000f 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000010 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000011 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000012 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000013 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000014 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000015 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000016 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000017 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000018 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

edx eax
MSR C0010041 00000001 0000060C
MSR C0010042 12040606 040C0C0C
MSR C0010015 00000000 0C000000


Chipset
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge ALI ID1689 rev. 00
Southbridge ALI M1563 rev. 70
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Revision 3.0
AGP Transfer Rate 8x
AGP SBA supported, enabled
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 1024 MBytes
Memory Frequency 166.7 MHz (CPU/12)
CAS# 2.5
RAS# to CAS# 3
RAS# Precharge 3
Cycle Time (tRAS) 8
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 11
DRAM Idle Timer 16
Command Rate 2T


Memory SPD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR
Manufacturer (ID) Samsung (CE00000000000000)
Size 512 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz)
Part number M3 68L6523CUS-CCC
Serial number F2239A4A
Manufacturing date Week 34/Year 06

Attributes
Number of banks 1
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no
EPP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 166 200
CAS# 2.5 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 3
RAS# Precharge 3 3
TRAS 7 8



DIMM #2

General
Memory type DDR
Manufacturer (ID) Samsung (CE00000000000000)
Size 512 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz)
Part number M3 68L6523CUS-CCC
Serial number F2239A49
Manufacturing date Week 34/Year 06

Attributes
Number of banks 1
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no
EPP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 166 200
CAS# 2.5 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 3
RAS# Precharge 3 3
TRAS 7 8

Thanks for any help you guys can provide!

 

[sovindustry]

You must to buy , an good real video card ,Nvidia or Ati (originals), and install after the last driver posible , incuded direct x Jul 2006

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Reinstall DirectX 9.0C and then reboot. Remove the video drivers and let windows recognize the card as a Standard VGA Adaptor or whatever and then when it asks for the drivers, click cancel and install the latest Forceware drivers(version 91.31 is the latest). If it doesn't work then report back. Also, have u tried removing the card and reseating it?

 

[Superbman]

Reinstall DirectX 9.0C and then reboot. Remove the video drivers and let windows recognize the card as a Standard VGA Adaptor or whatever and then when it asks for the drivers, click cancel and install the latest Forceware drivers(version 91.31 is the latest). If it doesn't work then report back. Also, have u tried removing the card and reseating it?

Just tried that... no good. Reseating the card makes no difference either. Any more suggestions?

PS - thanks for the help

 

[Superbman]

up we go...

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

No problemo. Could u try Everest Home Edition or SIW and get information from it regarding ur video card? Does it show up correctly there?

 

[Superbman]

yeah, just installed everest... seems like everything checks out in that...
here is the relevant parts from a report generated by everest:

--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name ANIRUDH
User Name Anirudh Garg

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3200+
Motherboard Name ASRock 939A8X-M (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset ULi/ALi M1689, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (07/11/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (122316843009)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter ULi/ALi M5455 AC'97 Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller ALi M5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller A347SCSI SCSI Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller ALi SATA/RAID Controller (M5289)
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic USB MS Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic USB SM Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic USB CF Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y080M0 SCSI Disk Device (80 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Disk Drive WDC WD25 00JB-00REA0 USB Device (232 GB, USB)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10N
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 78152 MB (71100 MB free)
I: (NTFS) 238472 MB (83418 MB free)
Total Size 309.2 GB (150.9 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter 802.11g Wireless LAN Card (192.168.2.101)
Network Adapter Microsoft TV/Video Connection (0.1.0.4)

Peripherals:
Printer Adobe PDF
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller
USB2 Controller ULi/ALi M5273 USB 2.0 Host Controller
USB Device ATI RemoteWonder
USB Device Äڽà ¿È´Ï È*»óÄ«¸Þ¶ó CPC300
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device


[ Windows Video ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT ]

Video Adapter Properties:
Device Description NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Adapter String GeForce 6600 GT
BIOS String Version 5.43.02.41.00
Chip Type GeForce 6600 GT
DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
Installed Drivers nv4_disp (6.14.10.9131 - nVIDIA ForceWare 91.31)
Memory Size 128 MB

Video Adapter Manufacturer:
Company Name NVIDIA Corporation
Product Information http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=products
Driver Download http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp


--------[ PCI / AGP Video ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP Video Adapter
nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP 3D Accelerator


--------[ GPU ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ AGP 8x: nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP ]

Graphics Processor Properties:
Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
GPU Code Name NV43GTAGP
PCI Device 10DE / 00F1
Transistors 143 million
Process Technology 0.11u
Die Size 150 mm2
Bus Type AGP 8x @ 8x
Memory Size 128 MB
GPU Clock 299 MHz
RAMDAC Clock 400 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 8
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Vertex Shaders 3 (v3.0)
Pixel Shaders 1 (v3.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v9.0c
Pixel Fillrate 2392 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 2392 MTexel/s

Memory Bus Properties:
Bus Type GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 526 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 1053 MHz
Bandwidth 16.5 GB/s

Graphics Processor Manufacturer:
Company Name NVIDIA Corporation
Product Information http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=products
Driver Download http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

nVIDIA GPU Registers:
nv-000000 043000A4
nv-100000 00000000
nv-100200 43003021
nv-10020C 08000000
nv-101000 A2CEC09F
nv-680500 00000000
nv-680504 00000000
nv-680570 00000000
nv-680574 00000000
nv-68057C 80000701
nv-001540 001F0703
nv-004000 C001001C
nv-004004 07021303
nv-004008 01C00000
nv-004020 E030001C
nv-004024 1A030902
nv-004028 80000CC9
nv-00C040 3C03C333


--------[ Monitor ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] ]

Monitor Properties:
Monitor Name Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]
Monitor ID @HA0101
Model SC Series
Manufacture Date Week 23 / 2002
Serial Number 122316843009
Horizontal Frequency 99 kHz
Vertical Frequency 99 Hz
Gamma 2.51
DPMS Mode Support Standby, Suspend, Active-Off

 

[Superbman]

and directx info from everest:

--------[ DirectX Video ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ Primary Display Driver ]

DirectDraw Device Properties:
DirectDraw Driver Name display
DirectDraw Driver Description Primary Display Driver
Hardware Driver nv4_disp.dll
Hardware Description NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Direct3D Device Properties:
Available Local Video Memory 121852 KB
Available Non-Local Video Memory (AGP) 120831 KB
Rendering Bit Depths 16, 32
Z-Buffer Bit Depths 16, 24
Min Texture Size 1 x 1
Max Texture Size 4096 x 4096
Vertex Shader Version 3.0
Pixel Shader Version 3.0

Direct3D Device Features:
Additive Texture Blending Supported
AGP Texturing Supported
Anisotropic Filtering Supported
Bilinear Filtering Supported
Cubic Environment Mapping Supported
Cubic Filtering Not Supported
Decal-Alpha Texture Blending Supported
Decal Texture Blending Supported
Directional Lights Not Supported
DirectX Texture Compression Supported
DirectX Volumetric Texture Compression Not Supported
Dithering Supported
Dot3 Texture Blending Supported
Dynamic Textures Supported
Edge Antialiasing Supported
Environmental Bump Mapping Supported
Environmental Bump Mapping + Luminance Supported
Factor Alpha Blending Supported
Geometric Hidden-Surface Removal Not Supported
Guard Band Supported
Hardware Scene Rasterization Supported
Hardware Transform & Lighting Supported
Legacy Depth Bias Not Supported
Mipmap LOD Bias Adjustments Supported
Mipmapped Cube Textures Supported
Mipmapped Volume Textures Supported
Modulate-Alpha Texture Blending Supported
Modulate Texture Blending Supported
Non-Square Textures Supported
N-Patches Not Supported
Perspective Texture Correction Supported
Point Lights Not Supported
Point Sampling Supported
Projective Textures Supported
Quintic Bezier Curves & B-Splines Not Supported
Range-Based Fog Supported
Rectangular & Triangular Patches Not Supported
Rendering In Windowed Mode Supported
Scissor Test Not Supported
Slope-Scale Based Depth Bias Not Supported
Specular Flat Shading Supported
Specular Gouraud Shading Supported
Specular Phong Shading Not Supported
Spherical Mapping Supported
Spot Lights Not Supported
Stencil Buffers Supported
Sub-Pixel Accuracy Supported
Table Fog Supported
Texture Alpha Blending Supported
Texture Clamping Supported
Texture Mirroring Supported
Texture Transparency Supported
Texture Wrapping Supported
Triangle Culling Not Supported
Trilinear Filtering Supported
Two-Sided Stencil Test Not Supported
Vertex Alpha Blending Supported
Vertex Fog Supported
Vertex Tweening Not Supported
Volume Textures Supported
W-Based Fog Supported
W-Buffering Not Supported
Z-Based Fog Supported
Z-Bias Supported
Z-Test Supported

Supported FourCC Codes:
 Supported
AI44 Supported
AIP8 Supported
AV12 Supported
AYUV Supported
DXT1 Supported
DXT2 Supported
DXT3 Supported
DXT4 Supported
DXT5 Supported
IA44 Supported
IF09 Supported
IV31 Supported
IV32 Supported
NV12 Supported
NV24 Supported
NVBF Supported
NVCS Supported
NVHS Supported
NVHU Supported
PL16 Supported
PLFF Supported
RAW8 Supported
UYVY Supported
YUY2 Supported
YV12 Supported
YVU9 Supported

 

[Superbman]

and opengl info:

--------[ OpenGL ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OpenGL Properties:
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce 6600 GT/AGP/SSE2/3DNOW!
Version 2.0.3

OpenGL Features:
GL_ARB_color_buffer_float Supported
GL_ARB_depth_texture Supported
GL_ARB_draw_buffers Supported
GL_ARB_fragment_program Supported
GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow Supported
GL_ARB_fragment_shader Supported
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel Supported
GL_ARB_imaging Supported
GL_ARB_multisample Supported
GL_ARB_multitexture Supported
GL_ARB_occlusion_query Supported
GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object Supported
GL_ARB_point_parameters Supported
GL_ARB_point_sprite Supported
GL_ARB_shadow Supported
GL_ARB_shader_objects Supported
GL_ARB_shading_language_100 Supported
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp Supported
GL_ARB_texture_compression Supported
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map Supported
GL_ARB_texture_env_add Supported
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine Supported
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 Supported
GL_ARB_texture_float Supported
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat Supported
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two Supported
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle Supported
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix Supported
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object Supported
GL_ARB_vertex_program Supported
GL_ARB_vertex_shader Supported
GL_ARB_window_pos Supported
GL_ATI_draw_buffers Supported
GL_ATI_texture_float Supported
GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once Supported
GL_S3_s3tc Supported
GL_EXT_texture_env_add Supported
GL_EXT_abgr Supported
GL_EXT_bgra Supported
GL_EXT_blend_color Supported
GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate Supported
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate Supported
GL_EXT_blend_minmax Supported
GL_EXT_blend_subtract Supported
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array Supported
GL_EXT_Cg_shader Supported
GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test Supported
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements Supported
GL_EXT_fog_coord Supported
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object Supported
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays Supported
GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil Supported
GL_EXT_packed_pixels Supported
GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object Supported
GL_EXT_point_parameters Supported
GL_EXT_rescale_normal Supported
GL_EXT_secondary_color Supported
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color Supported
GL_EXT_shadow_funcs Supported
GL_EXT_stencil_two_side Supported
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap Supported
GL_EXT_texture3D Supported
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc Supported
GL_EXT_texture_cube_map Supported
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp Supported
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine Supported
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 Supported
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic Supported
GL_EXT_texture_lod Supported
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias Supported
GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp Supported
GL_EXT_texture_object Supported
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB Supported
GL_EXT_timer_query Supported
GL_EXT_vertex_array Supported
GL_HP_occlusion_test Supported
GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip Supported
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat Supported
GL_KTX_buffer_region Supported
GL_NV_blend_square Supported
GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color Supported
GL_NV_depth_clamp Supported
GL_NV_fence Supported
GL_NV_float_buffer Supported
GL_NV_fog_distance Supported
GL_NV_fragment_program Supported
GL_NV_fragment_program_option Supported
GL_NV_fragment_program2 Supported
GL_NV_half_float Supported
GL_NV_light_max_exponent Supported
GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint Supported
GL_NV_occlusion_query Supported
GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil Supported
GL_NV_pixel_data_range Supported
GL_NV_point_sprite Supported
GL_NV_primitive_restart Supported
GL_NV_register_combiners Supported
GL_NV_register_combiners2 Supported
GL_NV_texgen_reflection Supported
GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc Supported
GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 Supported
GL_NV_texture_expand_normal Supported
GL_NV_texture_rectangle Supported
GL_NV_texture_shader Supported
GL_NV_texture_shader2 Supported
GL_NV_texture_shader3 Supported
GL_NV_vertex_array_range Supported
GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 Supported
GL_NV_vertex_program Supported
GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 Supported
GL_NV_vertex_program2 Supported
GL_NV_vertex_program2_option Supported
GL_NV_vertex_program3 Supported
GL_NVX_conditional_render Supported
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap Supported
GL_SGIS_texture_lod Supported
GL_SGIX_depth_texture Supported
GL_SGIX_shadow Supported
GL_SUN_slice_accum Supported
GL_WIN_swap_hint Supported
WGL_EXT_swap_control Supported

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Woah, huge posts! But the odd thing is, if it comes out okay in Everest, what seems to be the problem? Wait awhile, KingCody or wolfram will be able to help u out better. I'm outta ideas.

 

[sovindustry]

Some mistake games with this sistem anyway , you tried an good video card , update to direct x ,i believe problems , comes from the 64 tehnology , not work any aplications under 32 , or hardware problem with incompatibility , i really don't know why ! You tried , don't work ?Leave this and play another game. Best regards from Sovindustry

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

None of the things u recommended are of any help. Keep such useless comments to urself. Try to find a way to help him, not telling him to "go play another game".
@Superbman, did u try removing the drivers(all of them) and re-installing them? That's the only thing I can think of.

 

[Superbman]

hey rage,
yeah, i tried doing a complete format, didn't work...
well, hopefully someone has an idea of how to fix this?
Is is maybe the motherboard? Is the ALi chipset flaky with nVIDIA cards? I don't think it should be... but who knows?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

I'm really out of ideas. I'm afraid only wolfram or KingCody or someone else can help u now.

 

[KingCody]

sorry, but the only thing I would have suggested would have been trying other drivers, and you've already done that.

good luck

 

[Superbman]

shizza... tried contacting asrock support... they gave me this:
Dear Sir,

Thank you for purchase ASRock product.

Please follow the steps for try.

1. Update BIOS P2.10 (We recommend to use windows BIOS.)

Please refer 939A8X-M BIOS download page. (Download here)

2. Enter the BIOS, press F9 load BIOS default setting.

3. Enable "AGP P2P Deep Fifo" function with below path.

Advanced -> Chipset Configuration -> AGP P2P Deep Fifo -> Enable

4. Press F10 save changes and exit BIOS.

5. Install different versions of forceware VGA driver (84.21, 81.98…etc)

(Before install VGA driver, please remove elder VGA driver first.)

6. Change another VGA card on your PC and set your VGA card on another PC for test.

7. Change powerful power supply

8. Reinstall OS.

(1.Please use normal windows setup CD; 2. Do not use ghost to recover your OS)

Didn't work... sigh... guess I'm not meant to play games here. Regardless, it's a pain cuz this system is basically a gaming system (mid range) but gaming nonetheless. Doing the vid card swap is kinda hard cuz other systems aren't easy to come by here. shizza shizza shizza!
Well, thanks for the help anyway guys!

 

[wolfram]

Is your card properly recognized by Windows? Check that in the Device Manager. Check the Display adapter tab. It should say Geforce 6600GT or something similar.

If not, install your AGP 8X drivers (sorry if I didn't read that before) from Asrock.

And, just a single thing:

Have you connected the power plug to the video card itself?

Please report back, and we'll do our BEST to help you.
Good luck!

 

[kitty500cat]

Do all video cards support DX9? I was thinking that on Newegg's website, some cards only had DX8 or 7 or 6. Is that just what's preinstalled, or does the card only support an earlier version?

 

[wolfram]

Do all video cards support DX9? I was thinking that on Newegg's website, some cards only had DX8 or 7 or 6. Is that just what's preinstalled, or does the card only support an earlier version?

Not all cards fully support DX9 features. DX9 cards are backwards compatible with DX8, DX7 etc.
However, a DX8 card for example, is not fully compatible with DX9. While some games that require DX9 cards MAY work with DX8 cards, it should run sluggish or have video errors.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

I think Radeon 9500\9600 onwards all support DX9. As for GeForce, I think it's the FX series onwards which supports DX9. So his card definitely should support DX9 hardware-wise.

 

[Superbman]

Is your card properly recognized by Windows? Check that in the Device Manager. Check the Display adapter tab. It should say Geforce 6600GT or something similar.

If not, install your AGP 8X drivers (sorry if I didn't read that before) from Asrock.

And, just a single thing:

Have you connected the power plug to the video card itself?

Please report back, and we'll do our BEST to help you.
Good luck!

Yup, shows up as 6600gt under device manager and AGP drivers are installed properly. Just tried switching the power connector (thought maybe that was bad) but nope, no good. Same thing.

Also, I know this card supports all DX versions up to 9 because I had been playing HL2/HL2:LC/CS:S all before I left for Korea. I wish I could get my hands on a second AGP system to test this card... but taht's more or less impossible here.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Finally! I have a good solution to ur problem. It seems the problem is caused by ur updated chipset drivers. Check out this thread here.
http://www.ntcompatible.com/Weird_Direct3D_problem_6600GT_t34157.html

 

[wolfram]

If Rage's solution doesn't work, we're completely out of ideas. Hopefully, changing the chipset drivers will solve your problem.

Good luck!

 

[Superbman]

frig, no good mates... i guess i'm outta luck then
i'll see if i can pick up a cheap agp card around here to see if i can troubleshoot this problem but still, sucky that i even have to do that.
thanks a lot for the help guys! really appreciate it!

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Didn't mention earlier that while doing BIOS update I also updatet few chipset drivers. So the solution was to go back to Forceware 77.77 and also to install Uli 2.13 chipset drivers.

Are u sure u did the above step with the same versions of the drivers as stated above. If so, then I don't know what else to do.