Strange video card problem (Splinter Cell Double Agent)

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Post by **lifeisbetterwithketchup** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:09 pm

My friend installed Splinter Cell Double Agent on his computer. However, it refused to play. It claims his video card does not meet the requirements for the game. It claims that his card has 1(!)MB of video RAM, and needs at least 128MB to run. He has an 8600GTS with 256MB video RAM.

Any ideas as to what could be causing this error?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:48 pm

Update ForceWare.

Sharp Sapphire · Post by **Sharp Sapphire** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:29 pm

Err... thats incorrect

try INSTALLING forceware.

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Post by **lifeisbetterwithketchup** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:39 pm

No dice.

Sharp Sapphire · Post by **Sharp Sapphire** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:43 pm

View what it says in Video section of dxdiag

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Post by **lifeisbetterwithketchup** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:21 pm

Sorry it took awhile to get back on this.

I ran all the DirectDraw and Direct3D tests and they were all successful. Splinter Cell still doesn't work. (Other games do.)

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:42 pm

Hmm. Sounds like either the card's bad, or it shares system RAM as VRAM.

Sharp Sapphire · Post by **Sharp Sapphire** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:03 pm

The tests should be successful-- it doesn't look like a DX problem. The card is either bad or its not installed, or whatever bic said.

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Post by **lifeisbetterwithketchup** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:32 pm

I'd think the same, but other games work fine.