GregC Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 I recently upgraded from Win98 to Win 2000. Trying to run CM:BO, I got the select a resolution screen, but the only options were software acceleration. I updated my drivers, and now I get a flashing grey screen when I try to run. This is similar to the behaviour I get if I try to set my desktop resolution to greater than the monitor can support. The graphics card is a GeForce, running NVIDIA's 4.4.0.3 drivers. I've run DXDIAG with no graphics failures. I have toggled anti-aliasing with no success. CM:BB presents the same behaviour, though I didn't try it before "updating" the drivers. Greg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 Did you delete the CMBBprefs file? Try that first, and it should ask you what resolution to play in when you start the game. Rune 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregC Posted May 21, 2003 Author Share Posted May 21, 2003 Thanks for the tip, Rune. I tried that and deleting/re-installing with no luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregC Posted May 26, 2003 Author Share Posted May 26, 2003 I've been trying different drivers, including 29.42 with no more luck. I've also tried installing DirectX 8. Is there a known good combination of drivers and DirectX versions for Windows 2K and a GeForce card? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Make sure and totally remove any old driver remnants. There are several utilities available at www.guru3d.com that will allow you to do that. Next, install the 30.82 drivers (other more recent drivers will work but you may need to disable FSAA so thats why I still recommend 30.82 which have no issues). Make sure and delete the CM Prefs file then go ahead and relaunch the game. My guess is you have some old driver remnants still resident which are causing the conflict. Madmatt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregC Posted May 30, 2003 Author Share Posted May 30, 2003 Thank you MadMatt. I just tried that with no luck. I don't think it's hardware-related, since this worked fine under Win 98. Is there a recommended video card for the CM games under Win 2K though? Greg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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