Im going mad, it wont work! :( :( | Forums

[cook93thomas]

Hi all,

I got my CoD this morning and all day i've been trying to get it to play but it hasnt worked The game will load but when i click on a game, it minimizes back to the windows screen but i can hear it, but but work come on. then i get a pop up saying "Display Driver failed but has recovered"

Here are the CoD requirements:
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows® 7 / Vista SP2 / Windows XP SP3
PROCESSOR: Pentium® Dual-Core 2.0GHz or Athlon™ X2 3800+ (Intel Core i5 2.66GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 2.6GHz recommended)
RAM: 2GB (4GB recommended)
VIDEO CARD: DirectX® 9.0c compliant, 512Mb Video Card (1GB DirectX® 10 recommended) - See supported List*
DIRECT X®: DirectX® 9.0c or DirectX® 10 (included on disc)
DVD-ROM DRIVE: 8X
SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c compatible
HARD DISK: 10GB
PERIPHERALS: Mouse, keyboard (joystick with throttle and rudder control recommended)
MULTIPLAY: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster

*SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS AT TIME OF RELEASE:
ATI® 4850/4870/5830/5850/5770/5870/6870/6950/6970
NVidia®: 8800/9800/250/260/275/285/460/465/470/480

Here is what i have:
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, build 6002)
Processor: AMD Phenom (tm) 9150e Quad-Core Processor (4-cpu's) ~ 1.8gHz
DirectX 11
RAM: 4GB

All the info i can find at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in Advance
Thomas

[cook93thomas]

forgot to mention, the game is running through steam

[x6BL_Brando]

Without knowing your graphics set-up it's not possible to advise.

[Tully__]

Without knowing your graphics set-up it's not possible to advise.

This, though from the symptoms you describe I'd guess your graphics card is not adequate.
I note your processor is below minimum spec for clock speed too.