pvrX2 opens a window with nothing in it

[panelrodder]

Hello,

This is my first post and as far as I can find, it is a doosey.

I have a system that exceeds the minimum requirements to run this software, according the main page. It is a AMD 1.9ghz, just under 1gig RAM, and plenty of HD space. The only area it might suffer in is the build in video, more on that in a second though.

Here is the problem, I install the .Net stuff, the updated file in the .zip file found under 'System files', and made sure I had Direct X9. I also did a couple Windows Updates just to make sure. Then I load the GBpvr software. I set it up according to the Quick Start Guide and then try and run the pvrX2. The only display setting that will even do anything is the Overlay Manager but all it does is open a window, the frame with the standard Windows icons in the corner, and that's it. Nothing ever comes up inside the window.

I tried checking out everything software wise again and it all checks out. So I go running down to BestBuy and get a Vision Tek Radeon HD2400 pci card... since my Mobo only has pci slots. I've beat my head against this card for almost a week and I can't even to get it to run consistently... whole different story... during one situation were the card did work, I still was completely unable to get pvrX2 to load any further than described above.

I will be taking the card back to BestBuy, exact opposite of my experience with this 'buy', and hope to find an alternative that might actually stay working. In the mean time I hoped to find a possible solution here since it almost seems as though the problem is not related to my onboard or pci video.

Any thoughts?

Also, I'm running WinXp, a fresh copy installed on a fresh format just for this system and a fresh download of Sp2

-panelrodder

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The frame with nothing in it occurs when the user is running video card that isnt up to the 3D requirements of the app. This is usually reported with old geforce MX cards, and can be fixed by upgrading the drivers. Some other old card might not be as easy to fix though.

The Radeon HD 2400 drive should be up to the 3D needs, assuming you can get the card working. The AGP version of it certainly is (even though its buggy and not the best card for video, the UI is working).

[bowlerdude09]

Hi, I don't know if this is the right way to go about this, bumping an old topic. But I have the same issue, but only if I have my screen resolution set to 1680x1050. If I drop down to 1600x1200 it works. And I noticed that even at the highest working resoltion, the choppiness is worse than when I had my old monitor with a max res of 1024x768. Is this a compatibility issue with PVRX2 and these high resolutions, or does this mean I just need to spend the money to update my graphics card? Thanks for your help.

[whurlston]

You probably need to update your graphics card. The higher the resolution, the harder your graphics card has to work and 1680x1200 is almost double the resolution of 1024x768 which means it's pushing almost 4 times the number of pixels.

[bowlerdude09]

Thanks for that answer, Now does anyone know a good yet affordable graphics card that would work with a Dell Dimension 2400? PCI is the only interface I have. From what I've read, it's almost not worth it... better to just buy a new computer. But I don't know.