I purchased a HP AMD64 3500+ computer and installed a 256mb ATI X700 Pro PCIE video card. When I attempted to play a game "American Conquest - Three Centuries of War" the screen goes black and I get the following message.
Loading error (2)
Unable to initialize Direct Draw
It is possible that the hardware acceleration is turned off.
I ran the windows diagnostic program and everything checked OK and shows that the acceleration is turned on. I have basic knowledge on computers so I I asked the computer guru at work what he thought the problem may be. He said he had never heard of Direct Draw. I went as far as to run the recovery disks and reinstall windows in case there was a problem when first loaded at the factory. Didn't correct the problem. I have always had Intel systems and was wondering if this is a quirk with AMD since the game worked on my old Intel 933 system.
Thanks for any assistance.
Clay
Loading error (2)
Unable to initialize Direct Draw
It is possible that the hardware acceleration is turned off.
I ran the windows diagnostic program and everything checked OK and shows that the acceleration is turned on. I have basic knowledge on computers so I I asked the computer guru at work what he thought the problem may be. He said he had never heard of Direct Draw. I went as far as to run the recovery disks and reinstall windows in case there was a problem when first loaded at the factory. Didn't correct the problem. I have always had Intel systems and was wondering if this is a quirk with AMD since the game worked on my old Intel 933 system.
Thanks for any assistance.
Clay