Display problem

[nooby52]

Yesterday my coputer at work suddenly would not dislay/run the game. I am posting some DIAG and a screenie. I don't play the game on this archaic POS but I like to use it just to keep tabs on what's going on while I'm at work. NOTE: this is running Dx11. I get very similar results in Dx9.
From my DxDIAG:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/2/2016, 07:16:05
       Machine name: HISD-E8896P0
   Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_ldr.161007-0600)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
       System Model: HP Compaq Pro 6300 MT
               BIOS: Default System BIOS
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
             Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4040MB RAM
          Page File: 1722MB used, 6356MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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          Card name: NVIDIA NVS 310
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: NVS 310
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_107D&SUBSYS_094E103C&REV_A1
     Display Memory: 2231 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 467 MB
      Shared Memory: 1764 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (59Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: HP E241i
         Monitor Id: HWP3124
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1200(p) (59.950Hz)
        Output Type: Displayport External
        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0012.9708 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.17.12.9708
        DDI Version: 11
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 7/28/2012 09:43:00, 17682280 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: n/a
    WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-533D-11CF-6056-42291FC2C535}
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE
          Device ID: 0x107D
          SubSys ID: 0x094E103C
        Revision ID: 0x00A1
 Driver Strong Name: oem103.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6 .1:Section032:8.17.12.9708:pci\ven_10de&dev_107d&subsys_094e103c
     Rank Of Driver: 00E60001
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C
   Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                     {F9F19DA5-3B09-4B2F-9D89-C64753E3EAAB}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                     {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalSt retch
                     {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                     {F9F19DA5-3B09-4B2F-9D89-C64753E3EAAB}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX

[Skuzzy]

I am a bit surprised it ran at all.  It is about half the performance of the baseline 9800GTX we require as a minimum.

[nooby52]

Sounds like you're saying if it was a horse it should be shot. 

[Bizman]

Nooby, that's a pretty good computer, or more specifically - for CAD. I just bought a used one for my daughter for that purpose. Now your experience makes me wonder how she'd be able to play her Steam games...

[nooby52]

It was running the game just fine enough for me to get a glimpse of terrains, see what was goin on in the MA, etc, at 6-15 fps. So serious game play was out of the question, I get that, but THIS??? I guess I was just running on borrowed time? BTW, I could play AH2 on this machine forever without any problems. I was just wondering what happened to cause the things I'm seeing (or not seeing) now.

[Skuzzy]

Aces High III is substantially different from AH2 in the way it deals with graphics.

AH3 offloads the graphics work to the video card, where AH2 used very little of the processing power of the video card.

If you can get the main screen up, go into the "Video Settings", set the "Maximum Texture Size" to 512.

Next, at the main screen again, select "Graphic Detail" and disable everything you can, along with setting the environment map slider to "None".

It might work.

[nooby52]

Skuzzy, I did as you suggested and in VIDEO SETTINGS, the field was blank. Don't know how that happened. I put in 1024, restarted the game and voila....it worked fine. Thanks for setting me in the right direction.