5003 WMLi Half life 2 plays! No go on Farcry?

I do not have any expectations in playing the latest and greatest games. Just having fun to see what I can run on this basement priced lappy. Anyway, HL2 actually looks decent at 800x600 all eye candy set low. Frame rates are solid and had a blast playing demo (outside gets a little slower but very playable). Now Far Cry is a different story. It loads fine and mouse look seems smooth but all textures are bright blue. I turned everything down of course but still unplayable. Is there a setting Im setting too low or I have just hit the wall in playing to much game? I loaded the latest Video drivers from the Euro link and have my ram running at 400 with systool. No big deal, just would be neat to add Far Cry to my list of on the road entertainment.