Crashes when attempting to start a new game

[kal3l]

Same problem as many other people on here really, I just bought the game and it installs fine. I can play tutorials but as soon as i start a new campaign I get that microsoft error message "COTN.EXE".

I've added my DXDIAG file so you can check what the problem could be, thx.

[MarkDuffy]

Welcome to our family, Kal3l! :)

One of our Tech Experts will be along shortly. Please see this thread while you are waiting --> S3 Graphics Card... Major problem!! (http://www.tiltedmill.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5390)

You have a S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR card & many cards will only play the COTN Tutorials & not the Campaign Scenarios. I was the same way, but with a different card.

:)

[kal3l]

I've just been checking out new graphics cards, tbh i'm not very technical at all when it comes to these things.
On the site I'm going to buy my card from, I clicked Nvidia and it's asking me to choose either PCI & PCI Express or AGP, I'm not quite sure which one I need.
I was thinking about the XFX Geforce FX 5200 256MB DDR (AGP)
I only play a few games series, like pharaoh/COTN and also Mir3 & FM2006, so tbh I dont really want to spend more than say £40-50 on a new card yet.

[kal3l]

Sorry to double post, but I failed to add that my wife likes to play game such as CSI and Law & Order, and the she had big graphic problems with the last one she bought too.

[Keith]

Your motherboard is probably equipped with a standard PCI slot (PCI Express is relatively new) and you may have a AGP slot.

I checked with HP and couldn't find a listing of a Pavillion 06, but using your model number of DF130A-ABU a110 I found the following info on the HP site for a HP Pavilion a110.uk Desktop PC (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&x=5&dlc=en&product=316781&lang=en&y=8&docname=bph07941), which has a 4x AGP graphics card slot.

An FX 5200 is obsolete. You should be looking at something like a FX 6600 minimum. Otherwise you'll be back in this same position next year.

You have to ask yourself "what good is it to to have the money to buy a game if your system can't run it?"