aceshigh9.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close

[nickel5]

 Welp for what its worth I'm trying one more time just to download Aces High III and check it out offline to see it. My old rig runs Aces High II just fine no problems but when I try to run III  I get a message aceshigh9.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close! I included my DxDiag last time and Skuzzy said I didnt have enough Ram to run the game, but it runs Aces High II fine. I wonder how many people like me that have played this game for many years or even new players that run into problems with Aces High III and just give up ? I know my Rig is old and out dated but it should at least run the game on the minimum settings.I would at least like to check it out and see if I like it before having to go out and buy a new PC just to play 1 specific game. I used to play Aces High II many many years but I never used the forums because I just played the game, now I read the forums just to keep up with the progress of Aces High III and maybe read comments from friends I had in the game, but I haven't played Aces High III since it has been released. I guess I'll try and enclose a copy of my DxDiag again and maybe I can figure a way to at least get III to download and run offline so I can check it out. I have read many comments about low numbers in the game so I thought I would put in my 5 cents worth. 

[Skuzzy]

There is no way you are going to get Aces High III to run on that computer.  I am sorry, but it is just to resource limited to run the new game.

Even with 4GB of system RAM it would be taxed.  Windows XP requires a lot more DX resources (twice as much) to run than Windows 7, or later does due to how Windows XP had to make two copies of everything in order for DirectX to work.  I would hate to suggest getting the extra RAM and then it not work.

That computer looks to be about 13 years old, just looking at the BIOS date and knowing that CPU shipped in 2003.

If you installed Windows 7, and included a system RAM upgrade to 4GB, then it would probably work, at reduced settings, offline.  Windows 10 might work on that system but Microsoft has been pretty emphatic that older hardware may not be supported.  Even then, you would need to go to 8GB of system RAM.

After adjusting all the graphic options to their minimums, offline, it might have a frame rate of 10, or so as the video card is really too slow to run the game well, assuming it is a 4670, and not a 4650.


Lastly, we did not just spring AH3 on everyone.  We had been talking about, publishing videos about it, and in open Beta for well over a year before we released it.  We did everything we could to give everyone time to find out how it would run on their computer.  I am not sure what else we could have done.

[nickel5]

Thank you Skuzzy for your prompt and very informative reply to my problem. It looks like you pretty much confirmed what I already knew , that I'm in need of a serious upgrade or even a new PC. I'll be turning 60 in May so who knows maybe a new PC will be in order! Thanks again!