Cant run NFS Carbon collectors edition on Vista

Printed from http://www.compatdb.org/support/topics/178294_cant_run_nfs_carbon_collectors_edition_on_vista.html

Cant run NFS Carbon collectors edition on Vista - 07/19/07 09:45 AM

I need help..... i can't run my Need for Speed Carbon (collectors edition on Vista). It runs for a while then i get an error telling me that the display driver failed. but my driver is the latest available. please help!!!

Re: Cant run NFS Carbon collectors edition on Vista - 07/19/07 05:59 PM

As with a great deal of applications, Vista has issues with running programs that seemed to run just fine on XP. Check the developer's web site to see if they have released a patch which could address this issue. Worst case scenario, you could always try to run the application in a Virtual Machine, although I've never used a VM for video games. VMs are free for download at the MS site (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtualpc/default.mspx).


I'm not guaranteeing this will work, but it is a good start.

Re: Cant run NFS Carbon collectors edition on Vista - 07/27/07 03:16 AM

Interested also.

Re: Cant run NFS Carbon collectors edition on Vista - 07/27/07 01:05 PM

Have you tried these:
Need For Speed Carbon + Vista = Problems.

And there seems to be a new patch out, 1.4.:
http://www.nfscars.net/file/view/carbon/7078.aspx

("In version 1.4 of the game these conflicts with Windows Vista are solved, according to EA" - Wikipedia.)

Re: Cant run NFS Carbon collectors edition on Vista - 12/24/07 11:48 AM

also what video card are u using i had vista for a month but decided to put winxp back cuz i couldnt play duke nukem 3d awsum ms dos game if u get all the nude patches for it but i rented a pc and had on board vido 256 mb with pixal shader 2.0 but always crashed after the mouse pointer came on screen i am now running intel pentium d dual dore @3.00ghz 1 gb of ram and an ati radion x1950 512mb and ran perfectly on vista as v1.0 the original cd version.....we want quality not piece of shit hardware