Hi I messed around on this for two days for my son and here is what worked for me. I have Windows XP and here is the solution I found:
Run> dxdiag from the start menu (click on Run)
The first problem was that directx was not recognizing my savage pro driver. I downloaded a driver for my hardware and it worked.
I next ran dxdiag and under the display tab there is a Test Direct 3D button. It would sucessfully test Direct CD 7 and Direct CD 8 but would not test Direct CD 9 because it said my driver did not support it.
I closed that out and went to:
>my Control Panel,
>click on Administrative Tools,
>click Computer Management,
>click on Systems Tools
>click on Device Manager
>click on Display Adapters
>click on Driver Tab
>click on the Update Driver Button
It loaded a few files (did not catch the names) Then I
rebooted and it worked.
I hope this helps
