hey, i have a dimension 8300 with 512mb ram, 2,6ghz. videocard is an ati radeon 9800. the problem i have is, that several games just wont run on my system. i tried the dxdiag program to find out what it might me. in the direct 3d test i had an error message, because i can´t see the cube you´re supposed to see during that test. it says:

Direct3D 9 test results: Failure at step 32 (User verification of Direct3D rendering): HRESULT = 0x00000000 (error code)

what is the probem? i uninstalled the videodriver and replaced it with the newest one from dell. then i reinstalled directx 9.0b and i even updated the chipset drivers, but the problem just wont go away.

does anyone know what else i could do to fix my problem? ...

thanks, tosh