Contrast problems with CIV 3

[CraftyWarden]

I cannot see the menu properly unless i turn the contrast knob to max brightness, even then it is hard to see well. I have everything up to date and using win xp. Have tried changing the colours 8 bit 16 bit etc, also resolution, windows compatibilty mode, 256 colour,. Also fixed the refresh rate to 60 Hz in Dxdiag and vcard properties.So the only think i can think of is the monitors is too old for CIV 3 which would be weird considering that Doom 3 runs fine, Vampire Bloodlines same, CIV call to power 1, and a hole heap of other new games run without this problem i did have the same problem with a children of the nile demo, but this is more annoying due to it being a full version. Oh installed the latest patch to from civ 3 site too which fixed one problem being the main menu not displaying after the video intro (which was just a mess of green blur).

SyStem Specs
amd 64 3500
ASus a8n sli deluxe mboard
Nvidia 6200 128 mb PCI express
Win Xp home

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated cheerio, CraftyWarden

 

[CraftyWarden]

Found the solution on Skootie Tech up top sticky
added to the Civilisation 3 ini the following.
Refresh=60 stopped it trying to use a higher refresh rate than monitor could handle
KeepRes=1 dont know if it was necesary but doesnt hurt keeps res to 1024 x 768
Anyway i suggest if people have a problem to read the sticky threads first as normally the problem can be found. Normally it is a refresh error so try the above first is my suggestion.
Also thanks to the people on this forum as though you may not of had the problem i had your responses all helped