magicfly Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted 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 directXhelp help i need for speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 you'll need a better system to handle newer games mate, especially NFSU2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted 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,settingsadvancedtroubleshootand 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted 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,settingsadvancedtroubleshootand 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 cachei 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 greaterNVIDIA GeForce2 or greaterWhile 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 9.0cIt 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 olderthan Catalyst 4.10. It is highly recommended this driver or a morerecent version be used. As the latest Catalyst driver for Win98/MEwas 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 here a screenshot...look the road...you see all those squares... is it normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted 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..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 well don't get shocked but it works on my both computers1. 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolfenstein Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted December 14, 2004 well don't get shocked but it works on my both computers1. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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