The Orange Box Error...

[ChumpnMing]

Hi Guys ive just bought the orange box and i get this error message ...
Is this because of my chipset (G31/G33) or is it because i dont own a graphics card ? Im gonna buy a NVIDIA 9800 GT will that help ?
This doesnt just happen on tf2 it happens on all of my mods ive downloaded and the other games in the Orange Box Package

[TippeX]

hmm, doesn't look like a driver issue, the crash addresses are from userland, if it was video card related you'd probably bsod

actually... seems it could be a valve game issue.. does this happen on other games too?

if not, try reading here.. it seems you're not alone -> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=825969 and http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9375312 and finally http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=825841

if it doesn't then heres a few steps i'd suggest

1. if your pc is overclocked then turn the clocking back to normal
2. get latest video card drivers (you're xp right?.. theme looked xp)
3. update direct x
4. if the crash persists, see if you can run the game in safe mode (think team fortress has an option like that)..
5. virus scan (could be something nasty.. the instruction address is quite irregular for a ring 3 application)
6. if all else fails i would suggest an os reinstall

hope that helps

[ChumpnMing]

Thanks for the info Tippex i called valve and steam and they said it part of the problem was my chipset and they said the other part couldve been the update but they recommended me to get a new graphics card to sort out the problem...

[ChumpnMing]

Im Going to buy a new graphics card today a NVIDIA Geforce 9500GT 1GB :D ,
and 650w power supply im hoping then i will be able to play all my mods and games on steam ... :)

[DABhand]

dont get 9500, get a 9600 or 9800 instead.