Chad M. Collins

I just today purchased a game for my PC, and it will not run. I belive that the main reason, and probably the only reason for this is an obsolete video card, which I can partially understand, my video card is a few years old, it is a Voodoo III 3Dfx card, but for a game which I paid $20 for new, I hadn't thout that it would be a concern for it to run. The game is, and I also heard tonight that it isn't highly regarded, so please keep that opinion out of replies, Starsky And Hutch. It is produced by Empire Interactive And Gotham Games. When I attempt to load the game the screen goes black as if it were starting to load, however stays that way for approximately 30-45 seconds, then displays the audio/video setup screen, and no matter what quality/speed configuration I choose, When I click the PLAY GAME button it flashes a few times like a vertical hold on an older television set, the half of the screen goes balck with the other half diplaying the lower right half of my desktop, then in 30-45 seconds the audio/video setup menu returns. My PC is a home built unit, with the majority of the compnents less than a year old, and a very few are the only pieces that I was able to salvage from the old PC which litterally blew up. The system specs at a glance are: XP pro O/S DirectX9.0 AMD Duron 1.5G Processor Voodoo III 3Dfx Video Card AOpen AK77-333 Motherboard (houses a video card integrated video card which I am not using) Sound Card I am using is the integrated one 80G Western Digital HDD 256M RAM 32X CD-Rom iomega zip CD-R/RW besides video card only other salvaged component from old computer The system requirements for the game are as follows: minimum requirements Pentium II 450 Windows 98, ME, XP, 2000 NVIDIA TNT2 3D Card 128MB RAM 700 MB Free HDD Space DirectX 8.1 Mouse, Keyboard recommended system specs Pentium IV 1.5GHz GeForce2 3D Card 256MB RAM Has anyone encountered a similar situation that could confirm a Video Card conflict as the problem? If so, could you recommend a decent Video card that would be compatible if you would suggest one which may happen to not be one of the two listed in the software system requirements? Thank You Chad M. Collins GRA Technologies Waukesha, WI

The Current Drivers I Have Installed For My Voodoo III 3Dfx Card are Driver Version 5.1.2001.0 6/21/2001