What's Wrong?

[Batman]

The requirements say that I must have an ATI Radeon 8500 or greater. What I have is Radeon 9200 SE. What happens when I load the game is that all the movies play except the game doesn't show the menu, just the static screen before it. I can see the cursor and hear the music from the menu but I can't see the menu. What do I do? Also, will Radeon X1550 work for this game cause I'm willing to buy it?

EDIT: The error message I get is: VPU Recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands.

[sava700]

Re: What's Wrong?

prob driver installed? Direct X updated?

[Batman]

Re: What's Wrong?

Yes, I updated my driver and have direct x installed.

I updated with more info.

[Eagle101]

Re: What's Wrong?

i had a 9250 radeon but it got burnt (owned) by BF2 very week i guess what u should do is get a new mid-range card if not high end a 7600GT would do, i had my experiences with a 7300GT 512MB all maxed out except AA which was @ 4x only the 8600GT are at low prices budget cards r good for u.

[sava700]

Re: What's Wrong?

you can try installing older versions of ATI's drivers, setting your chip to run at 4x instead of 8x, turning of smartgart, installing new bios

Also try this

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_2367,00.html

Otherwise its your card..time for a new one cause that card isn't exactly top notch to play this game.

[Batman]

Re: What's Wrong?

ok, thank you I tried everything you suggested but nothing work, I guess I should get x1550, will that card work? oh and I have PCI only which sucks.

[JustMe0171]

Re: What's Wrong?

ok, thank you I tried everything you suggested but nothing work, I guess I should get x1550, will that card work? oh and I have PCI only which sucks.

how old is this system? no AGP or PCI-E ?

if your system is very old then a new card might just blow the engine so to speak. but that card you have the 9200SE just wont do the job IMO & i'd definatly upgrade.

what are you specs?

EDIT*** also check the card your looking at for power & other specs before you buy to make sure you system can run it, especially the PSU wattage

[Batman]

Re: What's Wrong?

Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.20GHz
2.19GHz
640 MB of RAM

Thats my specs other than my graphics card and that it has PCI only. I think this comp was made in 2004. Anyway, thx, I will check for PSU wattage. If the x1550 can run on my comp do you think it'll run BF2?

[JustMe0171]

Re: What's Wrong?

Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.20GHz
2.19GHz
640 MB of RAM

Thats my specs other than my graphics card and that it has PCI only. I think this comp was made in 2004. Anyway, thx, I will check for PSU wattage. If the x1550 can run on my comp do you think it'll run BF2?

I dont want to say "it will" but im pretty sure it will, i seen it requires a 420W or greater PSU
You only have PCI slots avaliable? no AGP?

I think you will need more RAM but it will run, just be easier of you had a couple gigs.

im no expert on cards & i dont understand this requirement
Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.

ask one of these tech guys on here like alex98 he is really savvy on these cards, tell him your system & all specs PSU included (sticker on inside of case on side of psu will tell wattage) and ask himwhat he thinks

GL

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: What's Wrong?

lol wats with all these pci video cards.

it should be able to run BF2 low/med settings but remember that PCI = slow

[Batman]

Re: What's Wrong?

ok thx, I think it actually requires only 250 watts and as long as x1550 runs BF2 then I'm good. I can't really do anything about the slots. It'll cost too much money with new motherboards and all.