I take it you have direct x's latest version installed? Have you updated your graphics cards drivers too?

The Freelancer CD contains a whole HOST of graphics card stuff on it. Insert CD, exit the "autosetup" when it appears - then go to your "my computer" and right click on your CD drive containing the disk. Click "explore" and then find the documentation. I don't remember where it is exactly - but have a search around for a word document or something like that

Anything else - erm, well - could try all the graphics cards threads - as nearly every card has been done on here at some point or other!

u tellin me outta all the ppl that have read my msg no1 has ne helpful info????

Another thing I jus thought of is it a problem that FL didn't recognize my vc??

My vc crashed twice last nite while just surfing the net on a site that had the usual text/pics nutin special...the 2nd time was rite after boot up after the 1st crash......

Edited by - SteelWolfe on 9/10/2004 1:24:21 PM

Edited by - SteelWolfe on 9/10/2004 1:30:40 PM

crashing after a period of time under load usually means something is wrong with your hardware.

So time to check for poor air flow in the pc case, as I would guess your PC's case is too hot when playing so the Video card / motherboard ram and cpu all get hot, in some cases too hot so trigger a crash.

So if nothing is blocking the vents, then:

1. check all fans for dust and clean them, you don't remove them unless there caked in dust but use a fine brush or ideally a air blower to remove the dust.

2. check all fans are secure, if they can be moved or feel Loose then that could be why, as that causes extra heat if the heatsink isn't in contact with the video cards GPU/Ram and or the main CPU.