Quake 4 probs

Bezinator · 18 Jul 2006 at 21:36

Just installed my new Radeon x1800 and when i try to run quake 4 it slightly loads then crashes. any ideas?

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DaveyD · 18 Jul 2006 at 21:42

What have you gone from? Uninstalled old drivers / installed DX9 etc? Reinstall Q4.

Bezinator · 18 Jul 2006 at 21:45

I went from a nVidia 7300GS to a Radeon, all my other games work fine.

Just trying reinstall now.

Bezinator · 18 Jul 2006 at 21:53

nah that didnt fix it

sanofi · 18 Jul 2006 at 21:56

Have you patched the game? Have the latest Cats?

Bezinator · 19 Jul 2006 at 07:33

sanofi said:
Have you patched the game? Have the latest Cats?

No and what are Cats?

Insanity · 19 Jul 2006 at 08:11

ATI drivers.

Bezinator · 19 Jul 2006 at 08:40

Insanity said:
ATI drivers.

I used the Omega drivers for ati, but the latest catalyst version from them.

sanofi · 19 Jul 2006 at 09:12

Try patching the game to the latest version to see if they fix any bigs/compatibility errors.

NutritioN · 19 Jul 2006 at 09:33

I had an issue going from nvidia to ati with opengl games not liking my forced refresh rates. Some games would quit out. Do you use any refresh rate forcing programs?

Bezinator · 19 Jul 2006 at 11:37

NutritioN said:
I had an issue going from nvidia to ati with opengl games not liking my forced refresh rates. Some games would quit out. Do you use any refresh rate forcing programs?

The drivers came with the control panel for Ati and i think Multi Res.

You think its best to look @ them for refresh rates?

NutritioN · 19 Jul 2006 at 11:44

Hmm, thinking about it, maybe not. If you havn't done it yourself.

What res is your desktop? Exectly how far does Quake get? What games do work and does anything elses act funny?

Bezinator · 19 Jul 2006 at 12:11

NutritioN said:
Hmm, thinking about it, maybe not. If you havn't done it yourself.

What res is your desktop? Exectly how far does Quake get? What games do work and does anything elses act funny?

My desktop is 1280x1024.

The game worked fine on 800x600 which i had to use on my old gfx card.

I think i might install the offical drivers from the ati site and try that?

BFMEII, CSS and all my other games work fine :/

NutritioN · 19 Jul 2006 at 12:14

Surprised no one has mentioned it yet: Completely uninstall all graphics drivers and use "Driver Cleaner" to sort it out in safe mode. Then you can try the official drivers.