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XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 26 May 2011, 00:08
by Navvarr
Hi there, i've been enjoying Warzone 2100 ever since it was first released for the old PS1 and PC.
10+ years later and its still a really great game.
Anyway, my problem is that I've just upgraded my graphics cards from a Geforce 7950 GT 512Meg - which allowed me to play Warzone 2100 -to a Radeon 4650 1GIG - and I now get a 'exception handler failed with error 1400 -unable to open window' -or something similar.
Anyone got a solution?
-Its obviously my new graphics card thats the problem - is there an issue with Warzone 2100 and Radeon cards?
Would appreciate any help- really want to be able to still play Warzone!!
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 26 May 2011, 04:32
by Fastdeath
On what System are you?
Do you have current drivers?
Do other OpenGL apps work?
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 26 May 2011, 07:14
by NoQ
is there an issue with Warzone 2100 and Radeon cards?
i think there are enough Radeon users here; i'm having no problems running even master builds on my low-end Radeon HD3450.
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 26 May 2011, 08:15
by Navvarr
Thanks for the quick answers.
Got an asrock 1689 motherboard with 2 gig of ram. Its running windows xp pro. The graphics card is an agp slot.
Everything used to run well before I changed the card. I'm assuming Its a card / driver problem since Thats the only change.
Can't say if open Gl applications work- is there an easy way to tell?
Cheers
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 26 May 2011, 09:55
by Zarel
Can you download and install the latest drivers from AMD?
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
Tell us if that fixes your issues.
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 26 May 2011, 18:55
by Navvarr
Hi, I tried that- downloaded the latest drivers and I'm getting a back 'dos' type box with
error :05:52:07: [Top Level ExceptionFilter] Exception handler failed to create file!
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 26 May 2011, 20:14
by Navvarr
I've unistalled the alpha- and reinstalled the latest beta.
All that happens now is that the screen goes black -like the game is going to launch -then it disappears and i'm back to my windows screen.
Tried it a few times- same thing every time.
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 26 May 2011, 21:12
by Navvarr
Just also installed the old PC release and updated it to 1.10- and it ran no problem.
Graphice look pretty awful though on a big screen!!
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 26 May 2011, 21:43
by matthewfarmery
got any firewalls or AV programs? I know some won't allow the game to run unless you allow them, try running the game ina window. create a shortcut to the exe, then go to the shortcut properties, then add
--window
after the text in the target text, you should have space after the comma, see if that helps, help to see what could be stopping it, I couldn't run the master trunk version for a while, as outpost pro needed my permission to run it, but the popup wouldn't appear untill after the game tries to load, but I couldn't see the popup at all, until I tried running the game in a window
if that doesn't help, not really sure, don't have an ati / amd card, but that is all I can think of
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 27 May 2011, 03:55
by Buginator
Navvarr wrote:Hi, I tried that- downloaded the latest drivers and I'm getting a back 'dos' type box with
error :05:52:07: [Top Level ExceptionFilter] Exception handler failed to create file!
What language are you playing WZ with ?
What is your profile directory named ? (need full path)
The above message wouldn't happen on a gfx card switch though, there must be something more that was done.
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 27 May 2011, 23:11
by Navvarr
Making progress now:
Uninstalled the 4650 drivers- deleted all the Nvidia folders.
Uninstalled various programs (like google earth -which stopped working)
-anyway- reinstalled AGP drivers - and graphics card drivers and then google earth (which worked)- then Warzone Beta 2.3.8- and its working- only thing is that its running slow -about 10th the normal speed- so i'll need to look further into this and report back.
Any help and suggestions appreciated. cheers
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 27 May 2011, 23:38
by Navvarr
aaarrgh -back to square one.
I updated my 4650 drivers to the latest drivers and Warzone refuses to launch.
I get a black screen for about a half second then nothing- no errors- just nothing launches.
Google earth is running fine though- so at least i've fixed something.
Any suggestions?
Re: XFX Radeon 4650 Graphics card problem.
Posted: 30 May 2011, 23:33
by Navvarr
Happy days- managed to get Warzone running on my PC again.
I took the plunge and did a full reinstall- formatted my PC- back up all my essentials and reinstalled Windows XP Pro.
-Seems that even though the graphics card was reports as working - and indeed was running Crysis 2- it just couldn't handle Warzone 2100