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NVidia not working

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  • 12-09-2003 11:26am
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    mickey_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭


    Hi I just tried to install BF 1942 on my machine. Its an Athlon 800, 382MB RAM, NVidia Riva 32MB AGP graphics card.
    When I load up the game the movie scenes run fine. However when I go to play it the whole thing is blue and the graphics are weird. Is there a fix for this problem or is my poor old graphics card just not able to cope with the game??
    Thanks.


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    CombatCow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭CombatCow


    Dont think that card has T&L ( transform & lighting ) which bf need's to run.Time for an upgrade.

    CombatCow


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    #3
    Winters
    Registered Users Posts: 14,761 ✭✭✭✭Winters


    mickey_t, your problem is your Graphics Card. It is not powerful enough to handle Battlefield.

    For BF to run you will need to upgrade your Graphics card to:
    nVidia Geforce 256,2,3,4 or FX. Or if you dont wanna be nvidia, ATI Radeon 7500, 8500, 9600 or 9800 and above. It also run on something called a "Matrox Parheila". Never heard of the thing though,

    You can pickup a Geforce4 MX for about €50 on Komplett.ie these days :) ..


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    Meadows
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭Meadows


    no T&L on that card :~(
    NVidia Riva will not work as it doesn't have this feature.
    buy more or less any card that was made in the last few years and it should be grand ;-)


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    Deadwing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭Deadwing


    I had the exact same problem on my comp at first too, as everyone said, its your card thats the problem. I upgraded mine to a GF4 mx440 for 50 squid, and its runs poifect.


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    mickey_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭mickey_t


    Thanks for all the replies guys! It looks like I'll have to upgrade alright. I've been just a bit too nostalgic to upgrade my old warhorse 32MB graphics card, especially since its struggled along with every game so far excep BF1942! Anyhow I think I'll get the FX 5200 off Komplett.


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    Meadows
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭Meadows


    well it appears your sorted then, the 5200 is a good old card and shall gve you many moments of joy ;-) ,enjoy your gaming.


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