Need For Speed High Stakes using a GeForce2 MX card

[Wynner2]

I just found NFS High Stakes in my CD stack and thought I would play for the first time in a while. When I originally played it I had a Voodoo3 3000 in my computer and the graphics were accelerated and the game kicked ***. Now I have a GeForce2 MX card and I can't get the graphics any better than software mode.

I downloaded a patch to see if their was any Nvidia support but no luck. Is their a patch or something I can download so I can play NFS High Stakes with GeForce support?

[Gomez Addams]

I recommend patching NFS-HS to v3.43 and NO higher. The later revs prohibit using downloaded non-EA cars. You can get it at http://nfsgarage.racerplanet.com/hs/ .

Also, run the 3D setup program that comes with the game and chose the primary display device. Your GF2 MX might not be listed as an option so just pick the primary one. I have an MX and a GF3 and NFS-HS works fine with both of them.

If you still have problems, give the message board at http://www.totalnfs.net a try.

Best of luck.


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Friends don't let friends buy P4s.

[Wynner2]

I clicked on 3d Setup and I keep getting an error message saying

Could not get 'HardWareKey' value.

[Gomez Addams]

It sounds like something is hosed in the registry. Try reinstalling the game and then patch to v3.43.


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Friends don't let friends buy P4s.

[Huge]

I remember having a problem last year with my GF2MX, but eventually it worked and looked nice. Just keep at it and yell for help if you still need it.

[Wynner2]

Son of a B****!!!! I just can't win. I re-installed it, patched it, and changed the 3D setup to direct x and now it just goes black and drops me onto Windows desktop. I changed it back to software and it worked fine.

Any suggestions??

It might not matter but I'm using DirectX 8 with Nvidia's det driver 11.??

[fls]

Try this:
Uninstall it.
Then enter into the registry and search for EA keys (this can be done by pressing F3 in the registry)
Delete them.
Install it again.
I don't have that patch installed.
I'm currently using the 10.80's but I know that the 7.58's also did a good job.
Don't use any older drivers or NFS may crash. At least at my system.