D3d Issues

[bertoz85]

hi
i have a Matrox G400 16MB card, and I downloaded the last certified drivers from website.
My problem is that some D3D games don't work:
- Colin McRae Rally 2 crashes on startup
- Mobil1 Rally Championship says that i haven't a d3d accelerated video card or that is has less than 8mb memory.
- think that some other games will not work (!!)

I tried Windows XP built-in drivers and they worked now for these games but a little slower. Maybe the last beta drivers resolved the problem?

my computer:
Matrox G-400 16MB
serial# LAI64938
PowerDesk 6.82.013
MGA bios: 1.5 b22
no motherboard patches (none available)
Intel Pentium-III 500MHz
Award Bios 4.51
Windows XP build 2600
desktop at 1152x864 (24-bit)
DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0810)
HDD: Seagate U4 ST38421A 8.4GB UDMA33,
Samsung Winner-III WN32163A 2.0GB multiword
DMA
no scsi
sound: C-Media CMI8738 chip - 5.12.01.0632
monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 753s
Cd-rom: Compaq-CRD8322B; Acer CRW6432A
no network card
IRQ: non shared level 11 to video card

[ayoub_ibrahim]

desktop at 1152x864 (24-bit)

try using 16 or 32 bit for your desktop as OGL games won't work with 24 bit desktop!

[bertoz85]

d3d, no OGL!

i haven't ever played an OGL game
my problem is in d3d!

[Ant]

It applies, or at least used to, to D3D as well, switch to either a 16 or 32-bit desktop.

[Kruzin]

Still applies.
24bit color has no hardware acceleration for any 3D.
16 or 32bit is a must...

[bertoz85]

Thanks!
it was that!
just switched to 32bpp and now all games works

With Windows' drivers games worked simply because
they won't allow to switch to 24bpp.

i was mantaining 24bpp because menu fade in XP was a bit slow, but i prefere playing games!