Halo initializing Direct 3D error Sis 300 video card

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Lou M - 30 Mar 2006 00:46 GMT

I am trying to run Halo 1.0 on an Acer Veriton 7200D with a SIS 300/305 video
card... Don't ask... it will not run...

The error I get is....
"A problem occured initializing Direct 3D. Hardware acceleration may be
disabled, please run DXDIAG"

I run the DXDIAG and everything looks good... I have run the latest Halo
update 1.07 I think it is... I have installed the latest SIS driver from Acer
dated 10/2002...

Still no go... same error.... Bummer.... Any one make Omaga Drivers for
this card? any other ideas?...

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Jimmy S. - 30 Mar 2006 01:06 GMT

Hi Lou M,

You really should upgrade to a recent model video card with
at least a little "oomph" if you want to play games like Halo. :-)

I'm not extravagant. My really inexpensive nVidia Ti4100 64MB
card runs the game with a fairly decent FPS at 800 x 600 res.

Your card isn't supported for Halo according to:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/829478#EWADAAA

Others have tried to get your card to work with Halo and failed:
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?s=87c670c50cc395bdb61073ff1f
4b4841&p=834485#post834485

Do yourself a favor and pump-up your puter some! :-)

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Lou M Wrote:
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| I am trying to run Halo 1.0 on an Acer Veriton 7200D with a SIS 300/305 video
| card... Don't ask... it will not run...
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| Still no go... same error.... Bummer.... Any one make Omaga Drivers for
| this card? any other ideas?...

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Solomon_Man - 30 Mar 2006 20:43 GMT

My machine is way different then yours...

So I dunno if this will help or not but I had the same error when I
installed Halo last night and it turned out that my graphics card
acceleration was not set all the way up.

Right click
Desktop->Properties->Settings->Advanced->Troubleshoot->Hardware
Acceleration

Set it all the way up.

Also I had to install the latest Direct X drivers 9.0c from Microsoft.

Hope this helps,
Chris

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