Rise of Nations won't Display!!

[Bob43]

I have a PC with an older Geforce2 MX 400 video card. Got Rise of Nations, and it updated my DirectX to DirectX 9.0. When I run the program, my monitor blacks out. I can tab back to the Desktop and close the program there, but I can't get it to display the game. Is my video card incompatible with DX9, or is this a monitor issue (a 17" no-name)?

[Aznmask]

update your video card driver.. or try change your color quality to 16bit...

[Dennis Bacon]

cool

[rmanet]

it's not your monitor that's for sure - but if it's an older one when you're messing with display resolutions don't use something that the monitor can't handle - then you WILL have a problem

[AllGamer]

you need to find a way to START the game at 800x600

either Your Monitor or Video card Can NOT handle 1024x748

[Aznmask]

no way.. even my Voodoo 4500 32MB can able to play Rise of Nations.. with 16bit color.. with 1024x748.

[cbh]

Originally posted by Bob43
I have a PC with an older Geforce2 MX 400 video card. Got Rise of Nations, and it updated my DirectX to DirectX 9.0. When I run the program, my monitor blacks out. I can tab back to the Desktop and close the program there, but I can't get it to display the game. Is my video card incompatible with DX9, or is this a monitor issue (a 17" no-name)?

Dude! You have the same problem as I have b4.

Search for a thread that talks about Monitor or Resolution in Display Cards and Monitors section in this forum. There will be people helping you out! I don't think it's your system's fault. I think it's your display refresh rate and resolution.

Try out lower refresh rates!

[Snix]

I'd upgrade the video card. Purchase an ATI Radeon 8500 which will run that came perfectly. Plus those cards are very affordable.

[cbh]

My monitor is old and outdated so I'll be getting a new and better one when the old one is spoilt.

[Bob43]

thanks all!

Yep - it was a monitor issue. I set the refresh rate a little lower manually, and it ran fine.

Need a better monitor I guess!

[cbh]

Wait! Can you try Warcraft 3 on your PC? I tried yesterday and my monitor can't show anything after the starting cinematics. I think there are some computer games that we can't play.

My lowest refresh rate is 60Hz. What's yours? I only have two resolutions to choose from. 800x600 and 1024x768! The maximum refresh rate is 85Hz.

I'm stuck here!

[AllGamer]

you can configure it INside WC3

try to use those nVidia Forced settings on your card

[cbh]

This is the resolution I have now! Two of them only!

[cbh]

I tried configuring the settings on the video driver settings but my monitor just can't show me the game menu. I can only hear the music and sound. My monitor goes to standby mode immediately. I can only use 72Hz on 1024x768 and I can't use further up than that. Anyway, I tried all the available refresh rates but I just can't play WC 3.

I think I'm screwed completely.