Video card error message

[Cadbury Jones]

I just bought a game made in 2004 for XP (I'm running Vista 32-bit) called Tribes: Vengeance. I've read online that being able to run the game on Vista is kind of hit or miss. And now I'm having some trouble with it.

When I start the game, I get the following message in a pop-up window:

Insufficient System Resources

The video card in this computer does not meet the minimum video requirements for this game. The minimum system requirements can be found in the game packaging and manual. (Info=444 0x8086 0x2A02 0x581)

Playing the game on this hardware is unsupported and not recommended. Do you wish to Continue?

I click continue, and the game plays normally (aside from some parts of cutscenes that look like someone turned the contrast waaaay up). However, at the same point, everytime, I click on a weapon to choose from my inventory, and then my screen turns black and starts flickering endlessly, as if it's being minimized and restored rapidly. The only way to get out of it is to press the Windows key, and then I see an alert in my taskbar that says:

Display driver stopped responding and has recovered

Display driver igfx stopped responding and has successfully recovered

Normally I would look for a patch, but Vivendi Universal dropped support for the game almost immediately after it shipped, so it's unlikely I'd find anything after their v1.01 patch (which I've already installed). I've also updated my card's driver, and it still doesn't work.

Anyone care to help me out? I'm way too inexperienced with PC gaming to even know what to do (other than asking for help on a forum ).

 

[minotar]

I just bought a game made in 2004 for XP (I'm running Vista 32-bit) called Tribes: Vengeance. I've read online that being able to run the game on Vista is kind of hit or miss. And now I'm having some trouble with it.

When I start the game, I get the following message in a pop-up window:

Insufficient System Resources

The video card in this computer does not meet the minimum video requirements for this game. The minimum system requirements can be found in the game packaging and manual. (Info=444 0x8086 0x2A02 0x581)

Playing the game on this hardware is unsupported and not recommended. Do you wish to Continue?

I click continue, and the game plays normally (aside from some parts of cutscenes that look like someone turned the contrast waaaay up). However, at the same point, everytime, I click on a weapon to choose from my inventory, and then my screen turns black and starts flickering endlessly, as if it's being minimized and restored rapidly. The only way to get out of it is to press the Windows key, and then I see an alert in my taskbar that says:

Display driver stopped responding and has recovered

Display driver igfx stopped responding and has successfully recovered

Normally I would look for a patch, but Vivendi Universal dropped support for the game almost immediately after it shipped, so it's unlikely I'd find anything after their v1.01 patch (which I've already installed). I've also updated my card's driver, and it still doesn't work.

Anyone care to help me out? I'm way too inexperienced with PC gaming to even know what to do (other than asking for help on a forum ).

It sounds like the game is asking too much of your GFX card.
Sometimes it can be a driver issue but i believe its just that your graphics card isnt strong enough as usally when you get the "display drive has stopped working " message its becasue it cannot do what you have asked.

On the off chance that it may be Vista related,have you right clicked the game>properties>compatability>run in compatability mode for >select XP service pack 2 or 3

 

[Cadbury Jones]

Ah yeah, I forgot to mention that I had tried running it in Compatibility Mode (XP SP2), and I still get the same message.

Good to know it's probably a graphics card problem, though. I plan on buying a new laptop with Windows 7, soon, so it's really just a matter of getting a better graphics card with that one.

Thanks for your reply, minotaur!