Q1. I’m being asked for the version of the driver for my NVIDIA graphics card? How do I find it?
A1. You can find this in the display properties:
- Right click anywhere on your desktop > click properties > click settings > click Advanced.
- In the top right of that new window it will tell you your card name "geforce 2 mx" (or whatever type of card it is) Click that name to go into that tab..
- At the bottom of this window you will see a driver and version; the version will be along the lines of 6.13.10.4109
Q2. I’m running Windows XP and have a NVIDIA graphics card and I’m having problems with Windows changing the refresh rate.
A2. Windows XP has issues with changing screen resolutions for games if you use an NVIDIA graphics board.
It is a common problem with 9x games, and even games that officially support 2000/XP, that they display at a 60Hz refresh rate when in full-screen mode. This is caused by the way Windows XP interacts with software when the software asks Windows what screen resolutions and refresh rates it can use. In 9x, Windows uses your desktop refresh rate settings for each resolution. But in XP, Windows does not send those settings to software -- it expects software to choose an appropriate refresh rate on its own.
Unfortunately, very few applications have their own refresh rate setting option, nor do they try to use the highest available; they just default to the first one Windows gives them, which is usually 60Hz. This problem is universal enough that I really think Windows XP should have a function to set the default refresh rates that it passes to software, but alas, it does not.
There are pieces of software that will get around this here - http://www.ntcompatible.com/faq332.shtml
On a side note, anybody not using latest NVIDIA graphics drivers should upgrade to the latest set from www.nvidia.com.
Q3. Can the resolution be changed to 800*600
A3. Unfortunately the game was not designed to run in this resolution.
Please note, your graphics card and monitor must support 1024x768 resolution. If it does not you will need to either upgrade your system or return the game to the shop for a refund.
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