gta sa help please

please help me i know i am a bit stupid but i have bought gta sa for my kids for xmas along with a brand new pc to play with..problem being it installs just fine but when i try to start the game the pc just goes back to the windows screen every time..this is a brand new packard bell pc so i presume it's good enough to run the game..p4 3.2 ghz etc..i have run the game on my laptop which is a couple of years old p4 2.4 ghz...but it runs in slow motion...as i am don't know much about grafics and the like i just presume i have done somthing wrong..please help me santa will be here soon....thanks in advance..mark.. :thumbup:

Such problems are usually when:
- You have old/corrupted graphic drivers (but i think not in this case)
- Background program dont like your game (shut off all background programs)
- You have problems with video codecs (try update Windows Media Player, install QuickTime, install FDDShow)

PS. Are there no more educational games than GTA:SA? :P

media player codecs :Oo:

dude you have an outdated video card you most likely will have to buy a good new one

media player codecs* :Oo:*

Its because at the beginning of game there is short movie. Very often this can cause game crash.

dude you have an outdated video card you most likely will have to buy a good new one*

Usually computers with 3 Ghz processor have good graphic cards
But of course he could tell us what card he have

Go into the options menu of GTASA Video<Advanced & do the following:

Make sure mip-mapping is OFF

Reduce the draw distance

Lower the video quality to Medium

Make sure frame Limiter is ON

If you do have a VidCard, disable anti-aliasing. Sounds crazy, but it works & doesn't make a huge difference anyway.

Update your drivers.

Originally posted by TheDookie@Nov 19 2005, 03:44 AM
Go into the options menu of GTASA Video<Advanced & do the following:

He wrote, he can't run game