Need help, most games have the same problem.

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Hi Sumr85,

You might just need to update your Video Card Drivers:
Use this method: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/drivers.html

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"sumr85" <sumr85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0CA550F8-78C0-4A1F-ABCA-FCF99DE7572B@microsoft.com...
| Hey, Ive just recently got GTA and unreal tournament. With both games the
| screen is too dark. The screens brightness is on 100 and is fine with
| everything else and i tried changing to 256 colours but that didnt do
| anything. I dont know much about these kinds of things and its probably
| something pretty simple. Any help would be greatly apprieciated. Thanks

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In news:7E505D4B-E054-495B-B604-407ABCBCB549@microsoft.com,
sumr85 <sumr85@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hey, Sorry im having trouble finding the one i have NVIDIA GeForce2
> MX/MX400.. could u possibly give me a link to mine? cheers.
>
> "Jimmy S." wrote:
>
>> Hi Sumr85,
>>
>> You might just need to update your Video Card Drivers:
>> Use this method: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/drivers.html
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
>> Jimmy S.
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
>> http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
>> MS Games Help and Support Center:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
>> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
>> rights. _________________________________________________________
>>
>> "sumr85" <sumr85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0CA550F8-78C0-4A1F-ABCA-FCF99DE7572B@microsoft.com...
>>> Hey, Ive just recently got GTA and unreal tournament. With both
>>> games the screen is too dark. The screens brightness is on 100 and
>>> is fine with everything else and i tried changing to 256 colours
>>> but that didnt do anything. I dont know much about these kinds of
>>> things and its probably something pretty simple. Any help would be
>>> greatly apprieciated. Thanks

You probably want this one:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_77.72.html (It's the GeForce drivers.)

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