Hi eeryone, im new to the site but i have a problem running halo, when i
click to start it it comes up with a small box saying a problem occured
intializing direct3d. Hardware acceleration maybe disabled, please run
DXDIAG.

I have run dxdiag it says that acceleration is on, i have downloaded
directx 9.0 from microsoft and i have tried changing my resolution to
800x600 and 1024x748 but it doesnt work still, i am running on a ati
radeon 9550 256m, 2048mb ram and 3400mhz anyone have the same problem or
even an answer!?

thanks for your time

Downloaded ati drivers 5.1 catalyst still no prevail, please someone help i
LOVE this game

Hi Rudeboi15,

Here's the Microsoft article with solution for these issues:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829478

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| Hi eeryone, im new to the site but i have a problem running halo, when i
| click to start it it comes up with a small box saying a problem occured
| intializing direct3d. Hardware acceleration maybe disabled, please run
| DXDIAG.
|
| I have run dxdiag it says that acceleration is on, i have downloaded
| directx 9.0 from microsoft and i have tried changing my resolution to
| 800x600 and 1024x748 but it doesnt work still, i am running on a ati
| radeon 9550 256m, 2048mb ram and 3400mhz anyone have the same problem or
| even an answer!?
|
| thanks for your time
|