need help w/hardware acceleration prob!

[msivie]

I upgraded from a Voodoo 3 2000 video card to the MSI G3Ti200 Pro-VT (64 MB DDR) about 4 months ago. The problem is that a game of mine, (Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare) worked fine on the Voodoo card, but keeps coming up with the following error message now:

"This games requires hardware OpenGL acceleration to run."

I have tried DirectX 8.0 and 8.1, and I have downloaded so many different sets of drivers (from NVidia and MSI), that I've lost track. I currently have the newest Detonator drivers from NVidia loaded. I am at a loss now as to what I should do. ?( I know I could remove the MSI card and use the Voodoo card until I complete the game, but I purposely bought this MSI card for gaming, and do not think I should have to go through all that trouble. (As if there hasn't been enough time wasted already. )

Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Here is some of my system info if it helps.

AMD Thunderbird 1.0 Ghz, ASUS A7V133 mobo, 512 MB SDRAM, Windows 98se, Soundblaster Audigy Gamer, Ethernet 10/100, Creative DVD 12x (w/PCI card)

Thanks!

 

[vinod]

Do other OpenGL games work ? Check for the verison on OpenGL (sissoft sandra can help u) ?My guess is that if the game is an old one they may not recognize the newer versions of opengl .In that case you might have to install one of the older verison of the driver

 

[msivie]

Thanks so much for the response!

Something must have been really puckered up with my computer. I repartitioned and reformatted my C: drive, and reloaded my video and sound drivers, and somehow the game is working now!

I'm not sure what was wrong...maybe a registry code or something dumb...

Anyway, thanks again for responding! I really do appreciate it! 8)

 

[Assaf]

It is very common to have problems with 3dfx to nVIDIA upgrades.