Midnight Club2 and Call of Duty problem

[johnnirmal0611]

Hi...
I'm kind of new to this graphics thing. I have a AMD Athlon Xp 3000+ with 512MB of Ram and 160Gb of hard drive space. A few months back i updated my via (64mb) graphics card to VIA/S3 UniChrome IGP. I recently tried to play Midnight Club 2 on my computer but the game crashes to the desktop after I start it. Is there any way i can fix this?

Also, i installed a Call of Duty Burnville Demo on my computer but right after I click on it it crashes to the desktop and shows a window displaying: "GL_ARB_texture_compression not found"




Recommended Hardware Requirements for Midnight Club 2

Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP processor
256(+) MB of RAM
16 speed CD / DVD drive
1600 MB of free hard disk space
64(+) MB video card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers ("GeForce 3" / "Radeon 8500" or better)
DirectX compatible sound card with surround sound
Gamepad (USB or Joystick Port)
Keyboard
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Minimum System Requirements for Call of Duty:
· 3D Hardware Accelerator Card required – 100% DirectX® 9.0a compatible 32MB Hardware T&L- capable video card and drivers*
· Pentium® III 700 or Athlon™ processor or higher
· English version of Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
· 128MB of RAM
· 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and drivers
· 181MB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 200MB for Windows swap file)
· 100% DirectX® 9.0a compatible 16 bit sound card and drivers
· 100% Windows® 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and drivers
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[amnell71]

From the sound of it, I am running the same system (or very close). Mine came with the VIA/S3G Unichrome IGP. It will not run many games at all (for me it's RollerCoasterTycoon3). I am in the process of updating myself, so I can't offer more, but I hope this helps some.

[johnnirmal0611]

So will updating the VIA/S3 IGP help?

[amnell71]

IMHO - Nope. I have tried updating, I have looked for new drivers, all to no avail. I have contacted Atari (makers of RTC3) they said I had to get a new video card, that the one I have won't support their game. I'm not an expert, but I'm gonna guess that this will be your only fix as well.