COD4 Alpha Blending

majik · 01-31-2008, 12:44 AM

so ive been doing some searching and it seems this is a common problem, found how to fix it on XP but im running vista

so im wondering if anyone knows how to fix this problem, while im still searching other forums.

Error during initialization:
Video card or driver doesn't support seperate alpha blend, glow will be disabled.

i have a nvidia geforce fx 5200, that should be good enough to run the game right? and its a brand new hp... well its less than a year old like 6 months... thanks for the help in advance. if i find anyhting else out i will psot back as well.

**emosun** · 01-31-2008, 02:38 PM

Your videocard is 4 or 5 years old actually. Yours is a 5 series while Nvidia went on to make a 6, 7 , 8 , and soon comeing 9 seires. Also there is a huge thread on this problem in the videocard section. The solution is to upgrade the video card to a newer more powerful one. post the make and model pc so we can see how far it can be upgraded.

majik · 01-31-2008, 03:38 PM

wow... why would they still be selling a video card that 5 yeasr old in stores.... theres a waste of money. wonder how old my computer is then lol.
its an HP Pavilion a6010n PC

cant believe that vidoe card was 100 bucks and its garbage, thanks for the info and help though

**emosun** · 01-31-2008, 04:13 PM

Yes if you go to bestbuy they have alot of old videocards that are very expensive. I looked up your pc specs and your pc is quite up to date and is very upgradeable. You have 1 pci-e 16x slot availible so you can upgrade to pretty much any card you want. Just name your budget and we can find you something that will play call of duty 4.

Also if you can take that card back and just say its DOA.

**emosun** · 01-31-2008, 04:16 PM

You might also need to upgrade your powersupply wich most people dont like to hear but newer high performnce videocards do require more then avaerage power.

majik · 02-01-2008, 01:17 AM

alright... thanks for the help so far.... but now, on to bigger problems lol...
went out and bought a radeon HD 2600PRO today... changed that out, works great... but now i get an error that tells me that iw3mp.exe has stopped working.

ive done a lot of searching on this... and ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling everything, renamed the .asi to .bak and back, plugged in headphones and microphones to every port i can find... still nothing, same error.
all that happened is now i have no sound from my computer at all now lol. so.. all this for a damn game, but its turned into an investment now so any more help would be GREATLY appreciated. thanks again

**emosun** · 02-01-2008, 01:36 AM

You get this error when you try to play cod4?

majik · 02-01-2008, 02:25 AM

yeah i can play single player... but multiplayer wont work....been trying to fix my sound... still nothing.... 200 bucks to have my sound turned off so far lol this is great

**emosun** · 02-01-2008, 02:34 AM

did you install the latest driver for both the card and motherboard and update your bios?

majik · 02-01-2008, 02:48 AM

well my friend decided we should try a system restore to 2 days ago.... so im reinstalling the grahicsa card and game... but, for some reason i still have no sound. this is turning into a different issue... should i post this elsewhere?

**emosun** · 02-01-2008, 01:28 PM

yea post in the video card or sound area now that the game actually plays.

salc · 02-16-2008, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by majik

so ive been doing some searching and it seems this is a common problem, found how to fix it on XP but im running vista

so im wondering if anyone knows how to fix this problem, while im still searching other forums.

Error during initialization:
Video card or driver doesn't support seperate alpha blend, glow will be disabled.

i have a nvidia geforce fx 5200, that should be good enough to run the game right? and its a brand new hp... well its less than a year old like 6 months... thanks for the help in advance. if i find anyhting else out i will psot back as well.

How did you fix Alpha Blending on XP ?

please help me

**emosun** · 02-16-2008, 04:11 PM

Welcome to tsf salc. Perhaps you could provide me with some information like the make and model pc you have and your budget for a new video card.

salc · 02-17-2008, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emosun

Welcome to tsf salc. Perhaps you could provide me with some information like the make and model pc you have and your budget for a new video card.

Hey.

My computer:
Intel pentium 4 CPU 3.00 GHz ?(2cpus)?
1024 MB
80 Gb
Nvidia Geforce Fx 5700LE

It cant run COD 4 or ? :)

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 02-17-2008, 09:00 AM

no it cant www.srtest.com can tell you the min and recommendced for many games

lordblacksuca · 03-06-2008, 12:06 PM

majik, How did you fix Alpha Blending on XP

please I need your Help

I am from Argentina........

Saludos

01-31-2008, 12:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
majik Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 24 OS: VISTA	COD4 Alpha Blending so ive been doing some searching and it seems this is a common problem, found how to fix it on XP but im running vista so im wondering if anyone knows how to fix this problem, while im still searching other forums. Error during initialization: Video card or driver doesn't support seperate alpha blend, glow will be disabled. i have a nvidia geforce fx 5200, that should be good enough to run the game right? and its a brand new hp... well its less than a year old like 6 months... thanks for the help in advance. if i find anyhting else out i will psot back as well.

01-31-2008, 02:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,013 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending Your videocard is 4 or 5 years old actually. Yours is a 5 series while Nvidia went on to make a 6, 7 , 8 , and soon comeing 9 seires. Also there is a huge thread on this problem in the videocard section. The solution is to upgrade the video card to a newer more powerful one. post the make and model pc so we can see how far it can be upgraded. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list Last edited by emosun; 01-31-2008 at 02:39 PM.

01-31-2008, 03:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
majik Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 24 OS: VISTA	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending wow... why would they still be selling a video card that 5 yeasr old in stores.... theres a waste of money. wonder how old my computer is then lol. its an HP Pavilion a6010n PC cant believe that vidoe card was 100 bucks and its garbage, thanks for the info and help though

01-31-2008, 04:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,013 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending Yes if you go to bestbuy they have alot of old videocards that are very expensive. I looked up your pc specs and your pc is quite up to date and is very upgradeable. You have 1 pci-e 16x slot availible so you can upgrade to pretty much any card you want. Just name your budget and we can find you something that will play call of duty 4. Also if you can take that card back and just say its DOA. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

01-31-2008, 04:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,013 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending You might also need to upgrade your powersupply wich most people dont like to hear but newer high performnce videocards do require more then avaerage power. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

02-01-2008, 01:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
majik Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 24 OS: VISTA	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending alright... thanks for the help so far.... but now, on to bigger problems lol... went out and bought a radeon HD 2600PRO today... changed that out, works great... but now i get an error that tells me that iw3mp.exe has stopped working. ive done a lot of searching on this... and ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling everything, renamed the .asi to .bak and back, plugged in headphones and microphones to every port i can find... still nothing, same error. all that happened is now i have no sound from my computer at all now lol. so.. all this for a damn game, but its turned into an investment now so any more help would be GREATLY appreciated. thanks again

02-01-2008, 01:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,013 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending You get this error when you try to play cod4? __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

02-01-2008, 02:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
majik Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 24 OS: VISTA	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending yeah i can play single player... but multiplayer wont work....been trying to fix my sound... still nothing.... 200 bucks to have my sound turned off so far lol this is great

02-01-2008, 02:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,013 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending did you install the latest driver for both the card and motherboard and update your bios? __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

02-01-2008, 02:48 AM	#10 (permalink)
majik Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 24 OS: VISTA	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending well my friend decided we should try a system restore to 2 days ago.... so im reinstalling the grahicsa card and game... but, for some reason i still have no sound. this is turning into a different issue... should i post this elsewhere?

02-01-2008, 01:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,013 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending yea post in the video card or sound area now that the game actually plays. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

02-16-2008, 04:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,013 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending Welcome to tsf salc. Perhaps you could provide me with some information like the make and model pc you have and your budget for a new video card. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

02-17-2008, 09:00 AM	#15 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending no it cant www.srtest.com can tell you the min and recommendced for many games __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

03-06-2008, 12:06 PM	#16 (permalink)
lordblacksuca Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	Re: COD4 Alpha Blending majik, How did you fix Alpha Blending on XP please I need your Help I am from Argentina........ Saludos