No Limits problem

Every time I launch No Limits its written: NO 3D HARDWARE ACCELERATOR FOUND what will I do to fix it?

You either A) have a horrible standard graphics card that was installed and you need to get a real one. or B) You need to re-install your drivers.

Since you are asking this question, my guess is that you do not have a real video card. Anything over $50 will make almost all tracks look beautiful. You can spend some real money on graphics cards, but I'd only get one of those if you have other top-of-the-line parts (mobo, CPU mainly).

Go to newegg or tigerdirect to buy a graphics card, best buy rips you off. Ask a nerd friend to help you install/pick one out, as they should know what they are talking about.

Originally posted by ragan

You either A) have a horrible standard graphics card that was installed and you need to get a real one. or B) You need to re-install your drivers.

Since you are asking this question, my guess is that you do not have a real video card. Anything over $50 will make almost all tracks look beautiful. You can spend some real money on graphics cards, but I'd only get one of those if you have other top-of-the-line parts (mobo, CPU mainly).

Go to newegg or tigerdirect to buy a graphics card, best buy rips you off. Ask a nerd friend to help you install/pick one out, as they should know what they are talking about.

so that means i need to buy a new graphics card?
(when i launch the game it has only one color its like blue green)

[Dirk_Ermen]

sounds like you'd better can buy a whole new computer

List your computer specs.

(assuming you have XP)

Go to start>control panel>system>General (default panel).

than copy/paste (feel free to delete who it is registered to and the serial number (actually, please delete this).

than go to the panel labeled Hardware. Go to device manager (the top one) and click Device Manager. A new window will open, and expand the tab of display adapters and than type in what it is (or screenshot it).

We'll tell you than what you need to do to make your computer run NL well.

do this:

^Your high definition audio driver and most likely the Nvidia raid controller are both missing.

Originally posted by ragan

List your computer specs.

(assuming you have XP)

Go to start>control panel>system>General (default panel).

than copy/paste (feel free to delete who it is registered to and the serial number (actually, please delete this).

than go to the panel labeled Hardware. Go to device manager (the top one) and click Device Manager. A new window will open, and expand the tab of display adapters and than type in what it is (or screenshot it).

We'll tell you than what you need to do to make your computer run NL well.

do this:

SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Computer:
Intel(R)
Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80 GHz
2.80 GHz, 512 MB of RAM
Physical Address Extension

Display Adapters:
RADEON 9200 PRO Family (Microsoft Corporation)
RADEON 9200 PRO SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation)

with a 9200 in there, it deffinetely sounds like a driver issue. While ur at it, by another gig or two of ram to pump things up. ram is cheap these days.

Originally posted by dj-dj

^Your high definition audio driver and most likely the Nvidia raid controller are both missing.

They are installed... Underneath sound.
But plrac tmv is right. Driver issues, and for 40-60 bucks buy 2X1 or 2X2 DDR2 Ram. 512 is horribly slow. Its a difference of night and day from >1 to <2. Since you have SP2, you might want to download SP3, but SP2 will support up to 3.5GB of RAM as well. Eitherway get some more ram, and you might as well get 2X2 though, its worth the money.

Originally posted by ragan

Originally posted by dj-dj

^Your high definition audio driver and most likely the Nvidia raid controller are both missing.

They are installed... Underneath sound.
But plrac tmv is right. Driver issues, and for 40-60 bucks buy 2X1 or 2X2 DDR2 Ram. 512 is horribly slow. Its a difference of night and day from >1 to <2. Since you have SP2, you might want to download SP3, but SP2 will support up to 3.5GB of RAM as well. Eitherway get some more ram, and you might as well get 2X2 though, its worth the money.

I can download SP3 and update my Sp2?

[Dirk_Ermen]

update drivers and add some RAM memory to your computer. But before doing that check out how much your motherboard supports. You don't wanna buy some RAM which eventually won't work in your computer.

He doesn't really need any extra hardware for NL. I used to run it perfectly fine on a Pentium 3, 600mhz, 256meg sdram and a TNT2 Ultra display adapter.