NFSU2 Big Trouble

**magicfly** · December 12, 2004

Hello guys. i bought for this christmas a pack of very good titles such as TOCA RACE DRIVER 2 and NEDD FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 2.

But unfortunately i got a trouble with the last one. in general my 3dfx acceleration doesn't work..it seems this game is going with software acceleration....i don't understand where's the trouble cause the game installs correctly and runs fine but in game (and on the menu of course) i see this damned 3d software rendering....and it goes too too too slow...

please help me to play this fine....my gfx is on my signature (SAPPHIRE ATI 9000 PRO) with latest drivers and directX

help help i need for speed

**bledd** · December 12, 2004

you'll need a better system to handle newer games mate, especially NFSU2

**magicfly** · December 12, 2004

mmm...but the system requirements are at least the same of NFSU 1...and however the latest games such as doom3, half life2 or toca2 runs perfectly...

i forgot to mention that a friend of mine has a very new pc, p4 3.2 GHZ with ATi 9550... and he has the same problem...

**XtremeMaC** · December 12, 2004

they both work on my gf 4 440mx, though on low config...

read the readme's maybe they've issues with your card or something like that..

i haven't heard of "software acceleration" for long while now, last i saw that i think i was playing nfs 4 or 5:)

how do u know its working on software accel?

anyways try looking into

display properties,

settings

advanced

troubleshoot

and look at hardware acceleration and set it to full also enable write combining..

other than this i can only suggest u to get new drivers, maybe new drivers for your mobo chipset etc....

and find write cache

**magicfly** · December 12, 2004

they both work on my gf 4 440mx, though on low config...
read the readme's maybe they've issues with your card or something like that..
i haven't heard of "software acceleration" for long while now, last i saw that i think i was playing nfs 4 or 5:)
how do u know its working on software accel?
anyways try looking into
display properties,
settings
advanced
troubleshoot
and look at hardware acceleration and set it to full also enable write combining..
other than this i can only suggest u to get new drivers, maybe new drivers for your mobo chipset etc....
and find write cache

i can tell you that because i see textures as i was playing to nfs 4 or nfs 5...

it's so strange and very tiring!!! i can't play nfsu2 anyway...

i quote what's on readme file:

<<

VIDEO CARD SUPPORT

==================

Although Direct3D is supported, this support is only officially

extended to certain 3D accelerator devices. The following major D3D

chipsets are supported.

ATI Radeon 7500 or greater

NVIDIA GeForce2 or greater

While Direct3D supports a wider variety of 3D accelerator devices, the

behavior of NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 2 cannot be predicted in these

situations. In extreme cases, running NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 2 with

a Direct3D device that is not officially supported can lead to an

unstable PC environment.

VIDEO & GRAPHICS PROBLEMS

=========================

If you are experiencing performance problems on the default graphics

settings, try lowering some of the settings or the game resolution.

This game requires DirectX 9.0c

It is available for download by going to:

Directx 9.0c www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/

Graphic Cards: Graphical settings and features available in-game are

dependant on Graphics Card capabilities. Settings not supported by your

Graphics Card hardware are disabled in the Options Menu to prevent

adverse effects on the game and your computer.

ATI Cards: All supported ATI cards were tested using Catalyst driver

version 4.10 (Win2k/XP) and 4.7 (Win98/ME). It is highly recommended

this driver or a more recent version be used when running

NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 2.

Known Issues: Currently there is a problem with the anti-aliasing

functions in NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 2 and drivers older

than Catalyst 4.10. It is highly recommended this driver or a more

recent version be used. As the latest Catalyst driver for Win98/ME

was 4.7 when NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 2 was released,

Anti-Aliasing functions are not available for ATI cards

under these O/S's.

<<

sorry for this long post, but everything is according to the readme....and i don't know what to do....

**XtremeMaC** · December 12, 2004

check and reinstall dx9c and did u try what i told u about the display properties..

other than this, if u have time, reinstall xp (onto another partition) and see if that works, if not i dunno

**magicfly** · December 12, 2004

directX seems to be installed correctly and about the display properties is fine. it's strange because i play toca2 on full details )with 3d engine of course) and nfsu2 like an old driving game for DOS

**magicfly** · December 12, 2004

here a screenshot...look the road...you see all those squares... is it normal?

**XtremeMaC** · December 12, 2004

can't answer that, that's the first time i've looked at that part of the road, so it might be like that on mine too.. anyways how about getting a new graphics card (whatever u do don't get an mx card..)

**magicfly** · December 12, 2004

for example what kind of pc do you have?

my friend has a p4 3.2ghz with ati 9550... and it goes slowly as mine

**XtremeMaC** · December 12, 2004

well don't get shocked but it works on my both computers

1. laptop, 512mb ram, geforce 4 440go 64mb, p4 2.0

2. desktop, 512mb ram, geforce 4 440mx 64mb(will be replaced with 6800gt next week!!!), athlon xp 2500+

i mean my comps are not even good as yours, so there must be some problem , ide drivers? ati drivers, i dunno anything, or u're just running on very high quality?

**rolfenstein** · December 14, 2004

here a screenshot...look the road...you see all those squares... is it normal?

@magicfly: I experienced the same Problem with a GF6800 GT in NFSU2. I just installed the newest NVidia drivers and everything worked fine again. Did you install the newest drivers for your graphics card already?

**magicfly** · December 14, 2004

well don't get shocked but it works on my both computers
1. laptop, 512mb ram, geforce 4 440go 64mb, p4 2.0
2. desktop, 512mb ram, geforce 4 440mx 64mb(will be replaced with 6800gt next week!!!), athlon xp 2500+
i mean my comps are not even good as yours, so there must be some problem , ide drivers? ati drivers, i dunno anything, or u're just running on very high quality?

my last chance is catalyst 4.12 released this morning

can you please post me the ghx details you used to play the game? (resolution, anti-aliasing...etc etc...all levels of details) THANKS

**magicfly** · December 14, 2004

here a screenshot...look the road...you see all those squares... is it normal?
@magicfly: I experienced the same Problem with a GF6800 GT in NFSU2. I just installed the newest NVidia drivers and everything worked fine again. Did you install the newest drivers for your graphics card already?

which gfx details you used to play the game? please post them, so i can set them to the same level as yours....and see what's wrong..

**magicfly** · December 14, 2004

ehi boys...also with catalyst 4.12 it gives me some squares on the road and on the sky....

ok: i've used 800x600 resolution (very crappy default) and without blir motion, fog, no antialiasing...is there a setting it uses GFX card so much i need to toggle?

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP

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