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Re: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading

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From: richard stclair
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:52
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i run an 8mb card no problem i do run ver 1.16 i can even run a dedicated
clan server .note laggy due to slow cpu and 192ram
i have gotton the lockup but only when trying to load a mod such as ut or
generations since they dont work on 1.16 only 1.32
now as far as the card i dont have a lot to say about matrox
.least nothing good
do u have multiple installes of full ver?
if so u must us add remove programs
look for the q3pointrelease
"Forplay2k" <Forplay2k@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ViednZEficcEF5CiXTWJiQ@comcast.com...
> Your running a 8meg video card I'd start there as your problem. Low
setting
> or not. Your have a card that goes back to the P2 time. It time to
upgrade,
> also have you installed the lastest q3pointrelease_132.exe.
>
>
>
> "Thomas" <nospamhere@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
> news:_pk6a.4740$Yu6.39561236@news-text.cableinet.net...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am trying to install Quake 3.
> >
> > Have a P4(1.5Gb)/256Mb/Matrox G200 (8Mb)/40Gb HDD running Win 98SE.
> >
> > Tried to do a minimal install and everything seems fine until you try to
> > load Quake 3 and I get a white screen and a mouse arrow. Nothing else
and
> > the PC is locked up.
> >
> > Tried to do a full install. PC Locks up!!
> > Re-loaded DirectX (8.1) - DXDiag shows "no problem". PC Locks up!!
> > Used GLSet-up to re-install Matrox drivers. PC Locks up!!
> > (Have read somewhere that the G200 cannot be use din high res - but
cannot
> > find a command-line switch to run Q3 at lower res).
> >
> > Have tried all manner of desktop settings - running in 16bit, 24bit,
> 32bit,
> > 800*600, 1024*768, 1152*864 - every combination and still the PC locks
and
> > crashes with this white screen
> >
> > Strange thing is - the same PC used to run the Quake 3 demo no
problem...!
> >
> >
> > Anyone offer a clue as to how to sort this out.(Have tried searching
> "google
> > groups" and visited many Quake 3 websites, but none have shown a
solution
> to
> > this problem.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> >
> > (Posted to a.g.q3, r.g.c.q.m, u.g.c.q3)
> >
> >
>
>
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