PC Game won't play!

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PC Game won't play!, Please help

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fabguy12345 View Member Profile	Jul 25 2005, 07:10 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 25-July 05 Member No.: 28,674	My son has a PC game, Battlefield II, that he is experiencing some loading issues. There seems to be an incompatability between his video driver card and the game. He has a Sony VAIO computer with an ATI Radeon 9200 PCI video card. After downloading the game and trying to open it, the game crashes to the desktop after a full black screen. My question is whether it is possible to update this ATI driver so the game functions properly or is another ATI video card required? If another card is necessary for the game to function, can this driver be downloaded from online or purchased separately and installed in the computer? Any help would be appreciated.

jgweed View Member Profile	Jul 25 2005, 10:40 AM Post #2
Forum Addict Group: Global Moderator Posts: 20,642 Joined: 11-April 04 From: Chicago, Il. Member No.: 113	You video card may not be supported: "Battlefield 2 only supports the following video cards: Radeon X700 (PCIe), Radeon X600 (PCIe), GeForce 6600 (PCIe), GeForce PCX 5900 (PCIe), GeForce 5800 Series (AGP), ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, ATI Radeon X800 PRO, ATI Radeon 9800 Series, ATI Radeon 9600 Series, ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX), ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700 Series, ATI Radeon 8500 Series, ATI Radeon X300 Series , NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra, NVidia GeForce 6800 GT, NVidia GeForce 6800, NVidia GeForce FX 5950 Series, NVidia GeForce FX 5900 Series, NVidia GeForce FX 5700 Series " http://www.ggmania.com/full.php3?show=5742 Regards, John -------------------- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one should be silent.

Grinler View Member Profile	Jul 25 2005, 02:37 PM Post #3
Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,461 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3	The latest drivers for ati cards can be found here: http://www.guru3d.com Note most of these drivers are not always supported by the manufacturer but are in fact beta drivers. There is a good chance that the game will not run that well using that type of video card unfortunately. -------------------- Lawrence

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