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Article #276849Re: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading
From: richard stclair
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:52
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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