So how about this this a tale of woe and trepidation, I got my 6600 graphics card through the post and was very excited about getting it installed and getting going with AoE3.
The card was AGP! - My Dell PC only has a PCIe slot!
I took this a sign from the gods (AoM reference) that the guys on this forum know what they are talking about so when I sent it back I got a full refund and paid up for an NVIDIA 6800GT.
When this arrived, I was even more excited, not for long though...
On rebooting my machine I got a windows error which, it turns out, is due to a hard drive fault. The second one in three months (Thanks Dell).
Now I have to wait for a new hard drive, reinstall XP, and reinstall all my software before I can even try my new toy!!
Sympathy welcome...
[This message has been edited by Dr Spanner (edited 09-22-2005 @ 04:33 AM).]