Problem with ATI Radeon 9700

[rayman]

Hi, I have an ATI Radeon 9700, 768 RAM, and a P4 2.4 ghz processor. Anyways, when I try to play a game above the resolution of 1280 x 1024, the game exits and says

"...hardware acceleration found
...PIXELFORMAT 3 selected
...creating GL context: succeeded
...making context current: succeeded
...WARNING: fullscreen unavailable in this mode
...setting mode 9: 1600 1200 FS
...using colorsbits of 16
...calling CDS: failed, bad mode
...trying next higher resolution: failed, bad mode
...restoring display settings
...window already present, CreateWindowEx skipped
Initializing OpenGL driver
...WARNING: fullscreen unavailable in this mode
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
...assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver
...initializing QGL
...WARNING: missing Glide installation, assuming no 3Dfx available
...shutting down QGL
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
-----------------------
GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem "



Anybody know what's wrong and/or how to fix it?? Thanks alot

-Ray

 

[Rick]

Does this happen in all games? Windows XP? The more inormation, the better...

 

[rayman]

It does occur in all games and I do have XP.

 

[aoj145]

What version of the drivers are you running?

 

[cslord15]

Does your monitor support that mode?

 

[rayman]

I think I'm using the most up-to-date drivers (version 6.14.10.6343), or CATALYST version 3.4.

I'm not sure how to tell if my monitor supports that mode, but the error message dealt with OpenGL, which is part of the video card - that's why I think theres a problem with video card, not the monitor. However, I'm naive when it comes to these things, so my monitor is the Dell E171FPb - it's a flat panel.

Thanks for the help so far.

-Ray

 

[acidosmosis]

It is always a good idea to lower settings for your video card first. If you haven't already try this, give it a try:

Right click on desktop, click Properties, Settings, Advanced, SmartGart; Set AGP speed to Off or 1X, and Fast Writes to Off.
Reboot your PC, and try loading a game as before.

If that doesn't work, set SmartGart back to where it was then try this: Under Advanced again, and set everything in the OpenGL and Direct3D tabs to the lowest settings.

Also, you may want to try turning Hardware Acceleration down a notch, and then load a game.

Let me know how that goes.



It seems that a lot of people, including me have had issues with AGP settings, I think which is usually due to things such as your motherboard not correctly support the right AGP specs, or something along the lines of that.

 

[bretty]

Does it happed in Direct3D mode too?

 

[MrGaribaldi]

Which game is it you've posted the info from?

And did you have a 3dfx card before?
If yes, did you remember to change the settings for your game(s) to use the standard ogl driver, and not a mini-gl?

Just wondering since I can't see what
"assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver "
is doing in there...

 

[Th3M1ghtyD8]

Originally posted by rayman
It does occur in all games and I do have XP.

Somehow I think not, seen as though that looks exactly like the startup console from Quake 3 and Quake 3 Based Games.

"assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver "

is a standard part of the Quake 3 Start-Up.

 

[rayman]

First - I tried lowering all the settings, but I still got the same responses.

Second- I'm not sure, but how do you change those settings in the game?

Third - The only games I have that offer a higher resolution than 1280 x 1024 are Allied Assault and Return to Castle Wolfenstein, and they both give me that message.

Thanks for the help so far

-Ray