unreal tournament locks up! (must be a hardware problem)

[frag]

Hi, this is frag again!

I have problems running Unreal Tournament on my machine.
If I start UT in Direct-3D mode it locks up right at the beginning of the intro. The screens stays black and the music locks.

I already did these things:
- reinstalling UT (about 5 times) X-(
- installing patches
- installing latest drivers for my geforce
- installing latest drivers for my soundblaster live! player

The result was: UT still craches
By the way... the same thing happens with MechWarriorIII!!!

Any ideas??

cya

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[Comtech]

DirectX upgrade? Cheers,
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[frag]

Hi Comtech!

I have installed DirectX 7.0a and I don't want to use any DircetX 8.0 beta stuff. Or has Microsoft released a new DirectX 7.x version?

cya

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[Comtech]

Nope, 7a is the stable one...fishing in the dark X-)
How about going back a step or 2 on the GEforce? A newer driver may not be what it needs. Cheers,
Jim
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[frag]

Hi Comtech!

My first try was the 'original' driver from ASUS which was delivered with the card (an older one).

I think this will stay an unsolved mystic secret of UT!
Gosh, why haven't they implemented a stable OpenGL option?!?
All you get is this buggy beta one.

I have to keep playing Quake III Arena, which is better anyway!!

But thanx for your try!

frag

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