Beach Life - Problem with ATI cards + Catalyst Drivers "DDraw Surface Error"

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28 November, 2002

If you are experiencing a problem on Beach Life, with ATI cards that are running "Catalyst Drivers" please be aware that you need to have the latest ATI drivers installed which is available to download from www.ati.com/support


You can find out what graphics card you have by running Dxdiag on your PC.


  1. Press the Start Button and go to RUN.

  2. Type in "Dxdiag" and press OK.

  3. Once the Diagnostics tool has finished loading, click on the Display Tab

Here you will find information on your graphics card and driver version. The latest version of the Catalyst drivers is version 6.4. If your driver version is below this, it is advised that you update.

Perhaps these related FAQs may be of help to you:

General FAQ

General FAQ

Operating System - Important FAQ



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