bert8for3, check these out, it sounds much like what you're experiencing:

http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/6...o-drivers.html

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=2150617

I'm running an old ATI 9800 Pro All-In-Wonder card with drivers that are probably at least 3 years old and I'm able to play any game I load. My entire system is falling behind the techno curve, so I can't run some of the latest releases like SH4, but I gather that's not a show stopper :cool: . No matter what ATI says, there is a point that subsequent drivers no longer work well with older cards. Now that they've moved into the Radeon X2xxx series, your X1650 Pro may have fallen prey to this. My memory isn't what it used to be, but didn't I read somewhere that both SH3 and SH4 were limited to 1024x768 rez?

Why wont it install from the disc ?
Those are the driver you really need on

@ ibspectre and bbw

Yup, I'm just trying now with d/l'd older version of drivers and Catalyst. Will try with a few working back to early this year if I have to. Trying right now on a ver 7.5 from May (newest is 7.8 from August, which have tried already).

Beats the heck out of me why the disc won't run, but it just doesn't, I get a msge saying setup won't run.

I guess I shouldn't say this until I start up SH3 and see it's running ok, but what the heck ...

Yay! :sunny: . It's up and running. The ver 7.5 driver did it. I guess it just didn't like the more recent drivers/Catalyst versions that I'd been trying.

I've started up M2TW and works just fine. So the betting is good for SH3 I think. I can already hear the engine room boys starting to clap, so I should be hearing pretty soon that we're ready for sea.

I just want to say thanks to all of you for your help. I've said it a few times myself, and many others have said it, but it deserves being said again. This is a terrific community with people helping each other and being patient etc. :up: Hats off to all of you.

Woohoo! That's great news, indeed. At least you're able to play the game. My daughter ordered SH3 for me over a month ago from one of the internet's darling dot-coms. It was far in advance of my birthday to give plenty of time for arrival. A day or two after ordering, she got an email saying it wa on backorder. August and my birthday came and went...still no estimated shipping date for SH3. We're cancelling the order next week if no news. I'll order it from another company when their shipment arrives next Thursday. In the meantime, I've been reading all I can find (Community Manual, GWX manual, forums, etc.) so I'll be able to get going when it finally arrives. I'm glad to hear you've sorted it all out. Hope to set sail soon, myself.

Hope you get it soon, it's an absolute blast and esp with GWX. :up:

Glad you have it working at last

Tks, bbw.