everytime i try to install older game demos such as aliens vs predator or dark forces II : jedi knight this message comes up:

(header) 16 bit windows subsystem

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. the system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Micorsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' To terminate the application.

             ('close' button) ('ignore' button)

even if i press ignore it still closes. Now, aliens vs predator definatly used to work on my pc, probably b4 i installed service pack 2. as did worms.

any suggestions?

thanx,
      sps

relax, all the fx2000 pici's ive seen(and ive seen quite a lot in my quest to find a decent pci card) have heatsinks only:). try the omega drivers for 3rd party drivers to give you some extra performance, but if ur happy with the frame rates ur getting at the moment,then i would stick with the nvidia ones.

Tick all the boxes that say "skip Pixel shader version" and under hardware limits tick emulate pixel shader caps.
i got it to run on my intel extreme integrated graphics, so it should work for you.gonna have to turn down the detail and resolution tho.

Gta probabbly isnt working cos it needs at least dx8.1. try re installing the game and installing dx8.1 at the same time;it should be on the disc.

xp is as only stable as the hardware that supports it. my old comp was as stable as a one legged mountain goat; it once crashed 11 times in an hour! but i did some  upgrading and i could play mafia for hours on end.......bliss:D...untill it started crashing again....peice of crap... anyway i got a new dell computer in february, and its running xp without a hitch:D

Would a geforce pcx card ( i.e. 5300, 5900) work on a normal pci slot?
Thanx,
      sps

i saw a  Voodoo 5 5500 64mb PCI goin on ebay for about £13 and was wonderin if it had hardware TnL
thanks,
sps

thanx for that. ill probbly just leave this dell comp alone for a year until the warrenty goes  and get a new motherboard + processer  4 the old one.

i  recently got a 2nd computer(dell), with 64mb of onboard graphic memory. however, it doesnt support HTnL, and the motherboard doesnt have any agp slots, so i cant transfer my 9200 pro. i saw a ati radeon 7000 pci 64mb ddr, which should suffice  as i spend less time on gaming and more on watching dvds.
                                   but i cant seem to find out whether it has HTnL.
thanks,
       sps

have u ever used this emulater before?

the thing is, my system spec is pretty grim (850MHz Duron,128mbRAM,32mb TNT2 M64 @ 160MHz with hrdware T+L emulated) and if my h T+L emulater really does work(my friend is lending me NOLF 2 to test it) id rather get more RAM to play the games i want to but cant for lack of T+l + RAM.
                                 those games are vietcong, unreal 2,splinter cell, + call of duty. and maybe hl2. if i get a new card instead, the only game that i want to play is soilder of fortune 2.

of course, if any of those games (bar SOF 2) dont work, you know which card ill be getting.

thats a good price for a 9600 non pro, but i am a little put off by amp_man's post. then again i could just get it directly from komplett.co.uk rather than through pricewatch.
what does 64 bit agp mean? or are they just two things im confuzing for 1...

yeah, i aint got that much dough. roughly $120 (£80). all i can afford is a 9600se, and scince some 1 advised me not to get a se card, im going for a 9200 (non-pro)

ive seen a sapphire 9200 256mb and a sapphire 9200se 128mb at pretty much the same price, + the ure saying the extra 256 mb is useless?!? (actully, the 256mb version is cheaper)

the slight problem with the 9500 is that u cant get it in the uk. ive also seen a 9600se 128 mb, so im confuzed for which card to get.

would dx 9 still work with a 9200?