£D Prophet 4000XT PCI

[Conrad11]

Hi there,

Whilst i am waiting for my other gfx card to arrive I am using this one. Whenever I try and do stufff that requrires Directx is doesn't work. Is it that it is not directx compatible or that I need to reinstall directx or something....

Thanks...

 

[sja360]

check dxdiag, start->run->dxdiag (then press enter)

 

[Conrad11]

Hi there,

OK I have done that, I run the DirectX Features tests I could see:

DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful.
Direct3D 7 test results: Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device): HRESULT = 0x80004005 (Generic failure)
Direct3D 8 test results: Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device): HRESULT = 0x8876086c (error code)
Direct3D 9 test results: Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device): HRESULT = 0x8876086c (error code)

Got those errors, what do i do? Is this why it isnt working?

Thanks...

 

[HangTime]

yOU NEED to install the latest drivers.

Am I right in thinking that is a Kyro based card of some description? Might be hard to source dx8/9 drivers for it, but there should at least be dx7 compatible ones.

 

[Conrad11]

Well I have downloaded the latest drivers from the Herculeas website?

Do I need to reinstall DirectX? I am currently on 9.0c i think?