My horrifying computer problems again to be solved by you :P

}TCP{aLICe · Post by **}TCP{aLICe** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:47 pm

No ideas, no clue, no anything.... My computer is so old I don't worry about that new games are releasing

Post by **}TCP{Wolf** » Tue May 04, 2004 4:06 am

Hmm... try Unreal without DirectDraw? (there's an option in your advanced display settings)

Worth a shot...

}TCP{Cee · Post by **}TCP{Cee** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:18 am

Do games usually use DirectDraw then ? I always thought d3d would be some better thing than directdraw, which would be some desktop thing

.It has to be something directx related at least since my videolan quite often now freezes on me when I use Hardware directX overlay output, but still works fine with Windows GDI output..But you cant resize the windows then, hell

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:28 pm

i gonna sell my computer for 3000

cause its so old...and the mainbord is so old that it cant get more than 20 gb lol...so i gonna sell that ( if it was a good computer

then i would been seeling it for 7000 :O )

then im happy

Xavious · Post by **Xavious** » Tue May 04, 2004 3:13 pm

7000 what? dollars?

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Tue May 04, 2004 3:55 pm

YEAH ITS DOLLARS TEH :O ITS KR

}TCP{aLICe · Post by **}TCP{aLICe** » Tue May 04, 2004 4:17 pm

}TCP{Cee wrote:Do games usually use DirectDraw then ? I always thought d3d would be some better thing than directdraw, which would be some desktop thing

Not exacly. DirectDraw is part of DirectX for 2D graphics acceleration. So if you run Unreal in software mode, you can get better performance turning it on. You can accelerate GDI too. I think most of 2D games use DirectDraw.

Xavious · Post by **Xavious** » Tue May 04, 2004 9:38 pm

whats KR?

}TCP{Cee · Post by **}TCP{Cee** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:07 pm

KR is Kronen, with which you pay in Norway and Sweden :/

Anyways, since Unreal works without problems in software mode, that means directdraw is alright ?

But then why does the directx directdraw test crash my computer ? ;_;
One day I'll just throw this whole thing outta the window and then jump afterwards to collect the bits..eating the bits.. this was even funny in 2 ways ;_;

}TCP{aLICe · Post by **}TCP{aLICe** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:36 pm

And do you have 'use directdraw' setup to 'true'?
If yes, no clue why dd test crashes. Throw it, but don't jump! Just unmount harddrives first.

}TCP{Cee · Post by **}TCP{Cee** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:49 pm

Ya, Directdraw is true

So which card to recommend for somebody like me ? ;_;

}TCP{aLICe · Post by **}TCP{aLICe** » Wed May 05, 2004 4:18 pm

dunno, if it would be my decision I would buy card based on ATI Radeon.

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Wed May 05, 2004 4:20 pm

norway they say Kroner and in sweaden kronAr

Post by **}TCP{Wolf** » Wed May 05, 2004 4:50 pm

Kaplah

Xavious · Post by **Xavious** » Wed May 05, 2004 4:59 pm

erm.....i dont think wolfs avatar is working.

if it were me, id justog read a book, forget about the damn pc.

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