Error: CReation failed: Could not match desired fullscreen mode

every time i try to launch the game i see the game loading and then it stops and shows this error message:

Initalize renderer failed. Check DirectX installation, latest graphics drivers and graphics settings parameters:
width=1024
height=768
flags=0xc
hwnd= 0x290222
adaptrid=0
deviceid=3
Error: CReation failed: Could not match desired fullscreen mod

i dont know what to do!someone help me,please!

 

i get exact same erroe help!!!!!!!!

 

i think that the main problem is the screen resolution.maybe we have to change the width because it probably runs with the width bigger than the height.but i cant find a programme that can do such work.besides it s useless to try to change the screen resolution in the normal way(with right click on desktop,properties,etc).
i really want to play!i need some HELP!

 

Have you:
- installed the latest DirectX?
- installed the latest graphics drivers?
- patched the game to 1.61?
- tried running the game in a window (ini file option)?

 

i got the first three points.how can i try the last one?i m not able to find that ption....please explaine me.thanx

 

To create the ini file, you have to run the game successfully at least once.. Hmm. Have you tried this: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=135019#2

 

Everybody says that this error occurs only with ATI graphics cards but I have got the same problem with a nVidia geforce 6800 Go on a laptop...

Is there a solution for nVidia cards ?

 

you maybe have to update your nvidia.however i got this error with my intel graphics card.

 

i have the same deal as you nvidia geforce 6800 go on a dell laptop...
this started happening to me after I installed the blue marble terrain...and then uninstalled it, but it still kept happening

i wonder if it has to do with the fact that I have a widescreen (res = 1440x900)
the windowed mode works but I don't want to have to play in a window...or maybe I do? bleh. this pisses me off.