Problem with new Geforce 6800GS AGP video card

Game hangs immediately

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I've checked knowledge base and asked around in #galciv. Sent an email to support too but I'd really like to play NOW (of course).

Anybody with this type of card got the game running?

I just installed the new card tonight. WoW ran fine. GC2 hangs immediately and I have to kill it in task manager.

I installed the 82.12 forceware drivers that came with the (EVGA) card, which I believe are beta drivers, but they support this new type of card.

HELP!
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Just installed a BFG 6800 GS OC yesterday using, I think, the same drivers as you have, and the game runs absolutely fine.

Edit: AGP as well.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Hmm. I wonder...I had selected an odd resolution for the game that my card doesn't seem to support (didn't see it when resetting my resolution to 1600x1200 after installation). I was running the game at 13xx x 1024 or something. I wonder if that's causing it to have this error:


Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
Debug Message: Entering WinMain
Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell *******
Debug Message: Going Fullscreen
Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings.
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_4_SAMPLES
Debug Message: Could not create the render device using default format. Switching to 16bit
Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE
Debug Message: Could not create the render device.
Debug Message: InitializeDirect3D Failed.
Debug Message: Now Fullscreen
Debug Message: Shell initialization complete


I'm gonna wipe my prefs or change the resolution and see if it fixes the problem.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Yup, that was the problem.

Son of a cockroach - self-inflicted carnage.

I like the 1360 x 1024 resolution as it's a bit kinder on the eyes...but apparently these drivers on the Geforce card don't support like my former 9800pro.

I changed it to the more standard 1024x768 and the game fired up just fine.

DOH!
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I have the same thing and it runs just fine.

I hav e an LCD screen though, so games only run smooth in 1280x1080 or whatever it is resolution.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
I run WoW at 1600x1200 but when I run GC2 at that resolution some of the already tiny interface elements cause my eyes to bleed, so I was going for something in between 1152 and 1600. The 1360 works really well on my 22" CRT.

Anyways...somehow I always manage to cause myself 1-2hrs worth of self-inflicted delays when I deal with hardware. I built both my mom and brother PCs recently and had 1-2 hour delays on both due to very tiny screwups that took me forever to track down. I should just stick to programming, or better yet, gaming, where I do much better.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I just put in a Geforce fx 5200 256mb PCI Bus card. And when I try to run it, it says....

The instruction of ''0x7c911c48'' referenced at ''0xfefffff8''. The memory could not be ''read''


I've emailed them about it and they told me to remove my drivers, reboot in safe mode, clean my drivers agian, then reinstall. DIDN'T WORK!

So any idea's?
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

My guess is you're running in 16bit color.  Remember the stickies here on the forum. They're your friend.

BTW, if you run the game in windowed mode you can then run it at any rez you want.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
I may give windowed mode a try but I never run games that way - it just doesn't feel right.