windows crash on startup

cappisman · Postby **cappisman** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:32 am

today, after much glee in the fact that i would be able to play defocon today, i downloaded the demo thorugh steam, installed it, and attempted to get it to run.
unforutunatley, after the screen goes dark, and looks like it's about to run, windows crashes.
i have a dell latitude c600 laptop, p3 750mhz, 256mb ram, plenty of hard drive space, and an ati mobility rage card..not sure much aobut the videocard, but i do have the latest drivers.

Mighty Santa · Postby **Mighty Santa** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:33 am

I would guess either your pc/card simply is not up to running the game...or your could try running it some kind of different resolution.

Steven · Postby **Steven** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:38 am

cappisman wrote:today, after much glee in the fact that i would be able to play defocon today, i downloaded the demo thorugh steam, installed it, and attempted to get it to run.
unforutunatley, after the screen goes dark, and looks like it's about to run, windows crashes.
i have a dell latitude c600 laptop, p3 750mhz, 256mb ram, plenty of hard drive space, and an ati mobility rage card..not sure much aobut the videocard, but i do have the latest drivers.

I hate to say this, but you desperately need a hardware upgrade!

cappisman · Postby **cappisman** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:45 am

i do need a hardware upgrade, this laptop is temorary.

anyways, this time i attempted to run the game at 1400x1050, the regular black screen came up, then a bsod flashed and then rebooted. also, a error window came up pointing the finger at the ati graphics driver, so i suspect and incompatibility.

i think the videocard should be just enough to run it, because it runs games such as halflife without much hassle.

Steven · Postby **Steven** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:48 am

Sorry, but Defcon is very graphically intensive. You really need to have fast hardware to run it.

cappisman · Postby **cappisman** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:49 am

Steven wrote:Sorry, but Defcon is very graphically intensive. You really need to have fast hardware to run it.

regardless, it is above the minimum requirements outlined in steam itself.

anyways, i checked the video card and it's specifically an ati rage mobility m3. not sure if it's 16, 32, or 64 mb at the moment.

Postby **NeoThermic** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:54 am

cappisman wrote:
Steven wrote:Sorry, but Defcon is very graphically intensive. You really need to have fast hardware to run it.

regardless, it is above the minimum requirements outlined in steam itself.

anyways, i checked the video card and it's specifically an ati rage mobility m3. not sure if it's 16, 32, or 64 mb at the moment.

Slightly incorrect. Any ATi card in a laptop that isn't prefixed by an X is about as good as a nVidia TNT, or not very good. ATi doesn't support them anymore themselves, so it isn't minimum spec.

NeoThermic

cappisman · Postby **cappisman** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:56 am

oh, ok, i just assumed that it was rougly equivilant to a geforce 2. i recently got this laptop from someone as a temporary fix as i work on my desktop, and i'm unfamiliar with ati's earlier cards.

Drakkenfyre · Postby **Drakkenfyre** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:20 am

Steven wrote:Sorry, but Defcon is very graphically intensive. You really need to have fast hardware to run it.

I am running it on a Voodoo3 2000 and it runs fine

I think the OP's problem is related to something else

-Drakk )))

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