Max Payne DirectDraw or Videocard Problem!

[farleyFan_1]

Hey I got Max Payne and after installing it I got this illegal operation:

DDHELP (Which I'm guessing is DirectDraw) caused an invalid page fault in module WINMM.DLL at 0177:bfe13531.
Registers:
EAX=00000003 CS=0177 EIP=bfe13531 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=83a8cf50 SS=017f ESP=00a1ff20 EBP=00a1ff6c
ECX=009b0000 DS=017f ESI=bfe13522 FS=3c07
EDX=8398b690 ES=017f EDI=dc731e30 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
89 41 10 ff 72 0c 68 bd 03 00 00 ff 72 58 e8 42
Stack dump:
00000000 bff85046 8398b690 dc731e30 000000c0 83a8cf50 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000001 8187877c 00000001 c17cc6c4 bff741fb 00a1fd50 00a1ffbc

ANYWAYS, so after that comes up, I usually get this error msg:

Max Payne requires a DirectX 8 compatible graphics card

Well first of all, I have the latest version of Direct X, and I have a 32meg Geforce MX2 video card that is one of the video cards that's supported by the game. So when checking the readme, I found this troubleshooting question/solution that seems to fit my problem perfectly, it says:

If you get an error message saying "Max Payne requires a DirectX 8 compatible graphics card", but you have a supported 3D accelerator, latest drivers and DirectX 8 installed, check that your Direct3D works in other games, or by using "DXDiag" application that comes with your system (Run->dxdiag; select Display tab, click on "Test Direct3D". You should get a "Direct3D test results: All tests were successful." message). If Direct3D does not work, there is something wrong in your system configuration. We recommend you reinstall latest DirectX and graphics card drivers and try again. If you still can't start Max Payne, make sure your desktop is in 16-bit color mode.

Well, I downloaded the latest version of Direct X 8.0a or whatever, my video card drivers are up to date, my color depth is 16-bit and all of my other games work (Including Soldier of Fortune, Unreal tournament, and various others) and I ran the dxdiag tests so I'm not sure what the problem is. The demo of Max Payne worked fine, and I uninstalled it before installing this version. Can anyone shed some light on my situation?

[dsmith3dr]

Yeah, I think so: you've been burned by 3D Realms and Remedy Entertainment. Join the club.