Driver and Video Card problems

[maggot]

*wave* New here, I've never played any version of Doom before, am having problems with the new one. Is there anyone that knows anything about drivers and card downloads or errors?

The game installed fine but it won't start... I've installed nVidia GeForce 6800 from sparkle.com, but it still doesn't work. A blue message box comes up saying:

(sorry about the length, but in case someone knows what it could mean..?)
2190 MHz AMD CPU with MMX & 3DNow! & SSE
448 MB System Memory
64 MB Video Memory
Winsock Initialized
Hostname: Maggot
IP: 169.254.142.208
IP: 172.215.14.149
doom using MMX & SSE for SIMD processing
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
------ Initializing File System ------
Current search path:
C:\Program Files\Doom 3/base
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak004.pk4 (5137 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak003.pk4 (4676 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak002.pk4 (6120 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak001.pk4 (8972 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak000.pk4 (2698 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\game00.pk4 (2 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
file system initialized.
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----- Initializing Decls -----
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------- Initializing renderSystem --------
using ARB renderSystem
renderSystem initialized.
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4966 strings read from strings/english.lang
Couldn't open journal files
execing editor.cfg
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec DoomConfig.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
4966 strings read from strings/english.lang
----- Initializing Sound System ------
sound system initialized.
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----- R_InitOpenGL -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...registered window class
...registered fake window class
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'opengl32' ): succeeded
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetExtensionsStringARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglSwapIntervalEXT
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPixelFormatAttribivARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPixelFormatAttribfvARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglChoosePixelFormatARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglCreatePbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPbufferDCARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglReleasePbufferDCARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglDestroyPbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglQueryPbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglBindTexImageARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglReleaseTexImageARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglSetPbufferAttribARB
...calling CDS: ok
...created window @ 0,0 (640x480)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...attempting to use stereo
...PIXELFORMAT 8 selected
...creating GL context: succeeded
...making context current: succeeded
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetExtensionsStringARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglSwapIntervalEXT
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPixelFormatAttribivARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPixelFormatAttribfvARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglChoosePixelFormatARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglCreatePbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPbufferDCARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglReleasePbufferDCARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglDestroyPbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglQueryPbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglBindTexImageARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglReleaseTexImageARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglSetPbufferAttribARB

------- Input Initialization -------
Initializing DirectInput...
mouse: DirectInput initialized.
keyboard: DirectInput initialized.
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sound: STEREO
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
X..GL_ARB_texture_cube_map not found
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_add
X..GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_compression not found
X..GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic not found
...using GL_EXT_texture_lod
...using GL_1.4_texture_lod_bias
X..GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette not found
X..GL_EXT_texture3D not found
...using GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
X..GL_NV_register_combiners not found
X..GL_EXT_stencil_two_side not found
X..GL_ATI_separate_stencil not found
X..GL_ATI_fragment_shader not found
X..GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object not found
X..GL_ARB_vertex_program not found
X..GL_ARB_fragment_program not found
********************
ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features
********************
Error during initialization
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): success
...deleting GL context: success
...releasing DC: success
...destroying window
...resetting display
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
*ohmy* *sulk*

[Looney]

Go to http://www.nvidia.com and download the latest drivers from them. Uninstall the drivers you have loaded, and load the NVIDIA driver. I rarely use the drivers from a graphics card maker. It is best just to go strait to NVIDIA for yor drivers.

[maggot]

Same problem. :(

Damn it. Think, if it's possible, that it's my computer that isn't compatible with playing Doom.

Windows XP? Packard Bell... it doesn't say anything about that on the box.

[Looney]

I'm not sure what to say, I question the 64meg 6800 card. I didn't think they made a 6800 with less than 128meg

[maggot]

Really? I downloaded one with more meg's than that, but still not working... meh. Thanks for your suggestions.

Maybe this is fate's way of saying my exams in a month's time is more important than spending hours a day playing Doom *smirk*

[Doom_Dude]

Well the 64mb on the video is pretty low for running Doom 3. You also can't download more mb's.... so I'm not sure what you meant by that.

[Aliotroph?]

Maybe he meant the driver package was bigger than that. I'd be a bit surprised. The newest Catalyst one from ATI is only 30MB, and I don't remember the nVidia one being that big.

[Nuxius]

You need to disable your onboard graphics. (I can tell by the output file you haven't, as your computer is still trying to use it)