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jonnybegood · Mar 26, 2006, 11:57 PM // 23:57

I have a ATI radeon 9200 card, with 256 mgs of Ram, and have directX 9.0 installed.

Ive recently been away from my PC for a month or two and I wanted to update my video driver, so I did and every thing seemed to go smooth.

Then I started the game Guild Wars and before it could start I had a message saying "could not initialize 3D output" and gives me a link to the DirectX 9.0c DL.

Does anyone know what can fix this problem? I used system restore and it brought back the oroginal drivers, but I want to use the new frivers and play my game. PLZ any help would be apriciated

My Specs are....

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Computer:
Operating System-------Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack--------Service Pack 2
DirectX----------------4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name----------LEDKINSPHOTO (Jonny)
User Name--------------Jonny

Motherboard:
CPU Type---------------AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz (15 x 133) 2400+
Motherboard Name ------FIC AM37 (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset----VIA VT8375 ProSavageDDR KM266
System Memory----------256 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type--------------Award (03/18/03)
Communication Port-----Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port-----ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter----------RADEON 9200 - Secondary (128 MB)
Video Adapter----------RADEON 9200 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator---------ATI Radeon 9200 (RV280)
Monitor----------------Compaq MV720 [17" CRT] (014CE43SD969)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter----------Creative SB PCI128 (CT4751) Sound Card
Audio Adapter----------VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller---------VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller---VAX347S SCSI Controller
Floppy Drive-----------Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive-------------WDC WD800EB-00DJF0 (74 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive-------------Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Disk Drive-------------Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Disk Drive-------------Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Disk Drive-------------Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Optical Drive----------JLMS XJ-HD166S (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive----------SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-248F (48x/24x/48x CD-RW)
Optical Drive----------SCSIVAX DVD/CD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS)--------------76316 MB (62928 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard---------------Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse------------------PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter--------Linksys Wireless-B USB Network Adapter v2.8 (192.168.1.101)
Modem------------------56Kbps Internal Modem

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller--------VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller--------VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller--------VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB2 Controller--------VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device-------------Linksys Wireless-B USB Network Adapter v2.8
USB Device-------------USB Mass Storage Device

Ghozer · Mar 27, 2006, 11:03 AM // 11:03

the 9200 isnt a directx 9 Card... so it will only use the directx 8 renderer...

however update your drivers, then download the Feb2006 editiion of the DirectX9c Redist, and install that.... should fix any problems..

DX 9.0c Feb2006 > Redist
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...ibutable.shtml

jonnybegood · Mar 27, 2006, 06:11 PM // 18:11

Seems to be working now, what exactly do u think the problem whas?

Josh · Mar 27, 2006, 06:18 PM // 18:18

You probably didn't have DirectDisplay renders enabled in dxdiag.

But installing it again enabled it automatically probably.

Ghozer · Mar 27, 2006, 09:54 PM // 21:54

The problem is, that ALL the latest Radeon drivers (Catalyst 6.3) require DX9c to function correctly, and the correct way of installing it, is update the GFX drivers, and then (re)install DX9c

jonnybegood · Mar 27, 2006, 10:34 PM // 22:34

OH OK I see