Tuesday, November 08, 2005 ;
3:52 PM
Haihz. I couldn't believe that i had missed out one check before i went to the do the last resort.
Originally, my problem was that i can't start Civ4. I need Directx 9.0c installed but whenever i tried to install... it din install. So i thought maybe it's my video driver that can't support it. Got and installed the new one. Still cannot. So it must have been some other thing, not directx since no matter how i try to install the directx it's still the same thing over and over again. So tried on my laptop. It could start but it gets overheated 5 secs later and shuts off. I had cracked my brain over it for 3 days straight. So i think the next best way is to get myself a new graphics card. I actually wanted to get FX5500 but since no more stock.. so i got Radeon 9550. The installation of ATI drivers are really a crap case. The latest driver actually couldn't be installed!! Haihz, wasted an hour on trying to make it work. So i finally resorted to the CD that came with it. Installed, now try again. Same problem. Haihz. Went to lowyat.net to check. Then i found out a crucial step that i had missed. I din check my com whether it's directx 9.0c. Checked - 9.0b. Haihz. Then i buy the graphics card for what. Wasted RM276.
Now i got a few more other ways to tackle the problem. Just hope it turns out that i still need the card after all... just to let me feel that i had not wasted it..
light my way ♥