CIV IV Demo freezes

[xarver]

Hello, I'm currently on my Mac but have a problem with my PC.
I downloaded the Civilization IV demo, and installed.

Then I went to the tutorial, and waited.
It loaded up, and the music is all slow and such.
1 or 2 minutes later, the music stops and the game freezes.
Then I have to restart the computer...

I retried by starting a new game, and a new tutorial game at least 5 times.
I re downloaded the demo and installed it, and it won't work.

My computer is at the recommended requirements, and I don't see whats wrong.
I have a Sony Vaio PCG-GRV670,
1GB RAM,
Pentium 4 2.7GHZ I think,
and ATI Radeon 9000

What is wrong?

Any help appreciated!
~ Xarver

P.S>
I know this is a duplicate topic;
But I realized this is the right section.

 

[ori]

is this windows vista or xp?

 

[xarver]

This is Windows XP.
It doesn't give me any errors; it just freezes.

 

[xarver]

Sorry for the double post, but...

I would really like to try this game,
because if it is good I will buy it.

Any help appreciated!

 

[ori]

have a look in the windows event manager to see if that gives any error message in there - also please post your dxdiag results file as a file attachment

 

[xarver]

I don't know how to do that...
How do I check the events, and what is dxdiag?

 

[ori]

event manager:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

dxdiag:
click start
click run
type dxdiag
hit enter
click save results
come here
below the reply box click go advanced
click manage attachments
attach the file
post

 

[xarver]

Ok, I got both the files.
The first one is for application errors and second for direct x thing.

Help.

~ Xarver

 

[ori]

you computer *should* be able to handle it, two things I'd try:
install this:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en
update your graphics driver:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/radeon-prer300-xp.aspx

 

[xarver]

INF Error. Video Driver Not found.

Setup was unable to complete the installation.
Try to set up your display adapter with a standard VGA driver before running setup.

What is wrong?

The first installer did nothing, the second gave these errors...

 

[ori]

sorry I won't be able to deal with this until tomorrow - If I don't post by then please remind me

 

[ori]

just checking: this is a laptop or a pc?

 

[xarver]

This is a laptop computer;
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3.

 

[ori]

apparently the ati website tries to give you a driver that no longer supports your graphics card - you apparently need
catalyst 6.5 - but ati's website does not offer that anymore and I hesitate to link you to one of the sites I find with google since I do not know which of them are trustworthy
But my hunch is that unless you update the driver that neither the demo nor the game will work - 2002 is simply too old for a graphics driver to work with this game

 

[xarver]

Aw man...
I really want to play the Civ IV demo.
Is there any other way? :|