i am having problems using opengl in Xp. when i try to play games such as Half life, Quake 3, and Unreal Tournament 2003, it crashes a few seconds into the game opening. i had windows 98 before this, and it played them fine, very smoothley. but xp seems to want to crash each time, even when not played in full screen. i thought i might be windows, so i formatted my whole PC, making backups obviously, but the problem still persists even after reinstalling xp, i downloaded the updates of the microsoft web site, and got my most recent drivers (Nvidia Geforce 4). but still i have the same problem, can anyone tell me how i can get around this? as i dont want to have 98 installed again.

ScoobyDoo69

 

try updating motherboard drivers maybe
guess you should have stuck with 98, it isnt that bad really

 

System specs please

 

i have a 800mhz Intel 3
geforce 4 mx460 128mb
256mb DDR

wat else do u need to know? and i wud prefer to use xp, and the blueyonder setup refuses to acknowledge that i have over 133mhz on windows 98:S

ScoobyDoo69

 

XP is cr@p 4 running games imoa

 

Have you tried setting the compatibility settings for the various games? Right click on <game>.exe select properties, compatibility tab and then change the compatibility mode setting to 'Windows 98'. Not sure if it'll work but it's worth a try!

Alex

 

It isn't overheating is it?

 

i dont think its over heating, because it works fine on 98, but i'll try wat was suggested.
keep the ideas coming tho

ScoobyDoo69

 

XP runs games just fine in my opinion