Re: Links 2003 black screen problem

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From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 06:30:55 -0400

Hi Dave,

The Matrox doesn't meet the video requirements:
- Microsoft DirectX 8.0-compatible 3-D video accelerator
 The G400 is a Circa Windows 98 card for DX 6.1

As always, I recommend an inexpensive upgrade to the
GeForce 4 Ti4200 - It's cheap and it works with all games. 

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"Dave G" <daveyard99@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:41ac01c42b3f$0b7a1260$a001280a@phx.gbl...
|I recently purchased Links 2003 because I absolutely love
| 2001 and thought I would upgrade to the better version.
| Much to my surprise, every time after the initial time I
| started the game I opened up to nothing but a black
| screen.  I can hear the opening music but have absolutely
| zero video whatsoever.  I have a Matrox Millenium G400
| video card with 32MB on it.  I have tested the 3d
| acceleration and it appears to be working fine.  Does
| anybody have any resolution for this or seen this problem
| before?  I would really like to get this figured out so I
| can start playing.  Thanks.
|
| Dave G
| Louisville, KY

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