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Kevin Byrd

Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 494
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:26 am Post subject: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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So many support posts have boiled down people having older Non T&L cards I decided this is a good thread to create.
OMF:BG requires that you're video card support Hardware Based Transformation and Lighting.
Common video chipsets that are [color="red"]NOT[/color] supported to run the game:
- 3DFx Voodoo, Voodoo II, Voodoo III, Voodoo 4, Voodoo 5 (never, ever, ever!)
- All ATi cards before the Radeon 7200
- All Intel motherboard chipsets
- All Kyro or PowerVR
- All Matrox
- ALL nVidia chipsets before the Geforce
- All S3
- All SiS
- All Trident
A 100% DirectXŽ-Compliant 3D video card is required. OMF:BG uses DirectX 9 to support 3D hardware acceleration. OMF:BG has been tested on many, but not all, of the major video cards incorporating the chipsets listed below:
- ATIŽ Radeon 7200
- ATIŽ Radeon 7500
- ATIŽ Radeon 8500
- ATIŽ Radeon 9500
- ATIŽ Radeon 9600
- ATIŽ Radeon 9700/pro
- ATIŽ Radeon 9800
- NVidia GeForce 256
- NVidia GeForce 2 MX
- NVidia GeForce 2 GTS
- NVidia GeForce 2 Ultra
- All NVidia GeForce 3/Ti series
- NVidia GeForce 4 MX
- All NVidia GeForce 4 series
- All Nvidia GeForce 4/ti series
- All Nvidia GeForce FX series
Hopefully this will be a shortcut for anyone experiancing an inability to load the game the first time.
There is a probram that will emulate Transformation and Lighting. This program is not supported or endorsed by us but some players have reported being able to play the game without a supported video chipset by using this program.
[color="red"]Be aware that by emulating T&L in software you will significantly slow down your computer and drasticly affect the games frame rate.[/color] _________________ [/b]!I fear no spoofed e-mails![/b] |
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TheUnknownFactor

Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 13825 Location: Netherlands, Drenthe, Assen
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:31 am Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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and some can use radeon 7000 without using it.. somehow.. _________________
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Sinkaro
Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 1239 Location: Welland, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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Yeah, but there's no reflectedy-goodness, nor decent shadows with 7000 that I can see. _________________ The original [filtered]  |
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FlamingMonkey

Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Posts: 8397
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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And some of us run it with the nifty 3d analyze, but without reflections or glow. |
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TheUnknownFactor

Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 13825 Location: Netherlands, Drenthe, Assen
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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lol.. do you think a "supported" gf4mx does shadows and reflections like a charm? _________________
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Wraiyth
Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 3075 Location: Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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It runs on a Radeon 9000 and a 9200, two of my friends have those cards and it plays fine... _________________ WHEE! NEW HOMEPAGE!
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Kilo24
Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 952 Location: In your head
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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Also, the respective Pro and XT versions of the Radeon 9500, 9600, and 9800. |
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jag-freak

Joined: 05 Feb 2001 Posts: 958 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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Well then I guess I better find out what ATI Radeon version I have, no use wasting the money. Glad this was posted and that I actually looked at it. _________________ Its all fun and games until someone gets smart.
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TheUnknownFactor

Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 13825 Location: Netherlands, Drenthe, Assen
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:11 am Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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ye in earlyer statements any radeon 7200 or above would work.. :\
(i wonder if 7500pci will work) _________________
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Zelig
Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 4178
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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The game should also work with the Matrox Parhelia, some of the Xabre cards, and the new SiS cards, I'll get exact models in a bit if no one else has. |
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salem

Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 1778 Location: Spain
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 5:51 am Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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There will be new graphic adapters from XGI, the Volari V5 and V8 so expect to put them on the list
As i have seen in some benchmarks those card will compete with the best cards of Nvidia and Ati, but they are still at beta both drivers and hardware. Let's see what depares to us those cards. |
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cool_mat_
Joined: 01 Jan 2004 Posts: 6 Location: some little hole in pluto....man it's cold
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 11:51 am Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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i am sorry that i am verry ignorent, can you please tell me the chip set rom nedded. i don't know what many of those cards are and the ones i do know are way to expensive for me, i am running a cheep diamond 3dfx III and it has 64 MB of VROM. is that enough??? |
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Spockmeat

Joined: 22 Oct 2000 Posts: 8163 Location: USA
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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probably not. I can't seem to find any real specifications for that card, but seeing as it's a 3dfx card, it probably won't work.
here's a big tip that seems to be causing many problems...
UPDATE YOUR VIDEO CARD DRIVERS
in caps so you won't miss it . A lot of the graphics problems people are having are fixed by updating their drivers, not only for the video card, but all other system drivers as well. _________________ "Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas." Joseph Stalin
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KnightRyder
Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 1204 Location: calEEfornia
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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My radeon IGP 345m card in my laptop can play it but no reflections though. At least I can play the game, even though the frame rate is still bad. |
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flamincows

Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 3259
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: **VIDEO CARD INFORMATION** !!PLEASE CHECK FIRST!! |
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I play great wit an GeForce3 Ti 200. |
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