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How do I configure my graphics card?
I built this system myself (beginner-geek) and I can't seem to get games to
work. Most of my WIN98 games didn't work so I thought it was an XP thing.
I've downloaded some XP compatible game demos that support my graphics card
and they don't work either. I was somewhat stumped until I tried Fifa 2005 -
"Fifa 2005 requires hardware graphics acceleration".
Any tips?


Thanks in advance,
-Brian


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Asus P4P800SE
Intel P4 3.00 Ghz
Asus (ATI) Radeon 9200SE 128MB
1 GB RAM (2x512)
XP SP2

"Cherokee-Ltd" <> wrote in message
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> How do I configure my graphics card?
> I built this system myself (beginner-geek) and I can't seem to get games
to
> work. Most of my WIN98 games didn't work so I thought it was an XP thing.
> I've downloaded some XP compatible game demos that support my graphics
card
> and they don't work either. I was somewhat stumped until I tried Fifa
2005 -
> "Fifa 2005 requires hardware graphics acceleration".
> Any tips?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Brian
>
>
> --
> Asus P4P800SE
> Intel P4 3.00 Ghz
> Asus (ATI) Radeon 9200SE 128MB
> 1 GB RAM (2x512)
> XP SP2
>
>

Have you installed the motherboard drivers???
Have you installed the graphics card drivers.
Have you installed the latest direct x???

"Cherokee-Ltd" <> wrote in
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> How do I configure my graphics card?
> I built this system myself (beginner-geek) and I can't seem to get
> games to work. Most of my WIN98 games didn't work so I thought it was
> an XP thing. I've downloaded some XP compatible game demos that
> support my graphics card and they don't work either. I was somewhat
> stumped until I tried Fifa 2005 - "Fifa 2005 requires hardware
> graphics acceleration". Any tips?

Depends on the card, how old, how much video DRAM, etc. Many games require
a graphics accelerator card like a GeForce or nVidia.