Error when starting Quake 3

[SI/\/O]

Can someone please tell me what the hell this means, when starting quake 3 pc freezes and gives me this error message.

Win2k, 256ram, athlon 900mhz


alling CDS: ok
...created window@0,0 (640x480)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
...35 PFDs found
...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
...35 PFDs found
...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT
...restoring display settings
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3)
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
...assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver
...initializing QGL
...WARNING: missing Glide installation, assuming no 3Dfx available
...shutting down QGL
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
-----------------------
GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

[Floppyman]

Hi,

What videocard and drivers are you using?

[SI/\/O]

NVidia Riva TNT2 i dont know about the driver where can i go and check

[cobra]

Download and try
http://guru3d.com/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?W2K-776.zip

[Floppyman]

Hi again,

Been down the same road before (TNT2 Ultra and Win2k)...go here and try those steps, should fix it.

http://www.3dchipset.com/beta/nvidia/530/win-2k.html


Hope this helps.