Ok, I'm stupid...but does this card work?

BoiseXJ · 07-07-2003, 09:40 PM

I got the demo of bf1942 (my full version is in the mail, on the way) and am wondering now if my ATI Radeon 32mb SDR PCI vid card will work? It fails on the demo... is it gonna fail on the full version too???

yetix · 07-07-2003, 09:46 PM

yeah Bf'42 is a bee-atch on comp resources. i would get a new video card and have at least 512mb ram. can you see the startup screen, play any in SP?

BoiseXJ · 07-07-2003, 09:49 PM

My wife just got me this vid card for my birthday

(on ebay)....
My monitor clicks back and forth from a black screen to the desktop, back and forth, and then gives me an error... "Failed to create 3D device"

yetix · 07-07-2003, 10:08 PM

well i had an older Rage 128 Pro and had to get a new vcard for this game. but yours should have HT+L (hardware transform and lighting).
try dowloding the latest drivers from ati.com and make sure that directx is running the right driver/settings etc.
run>dxdiag

BoiseXJ · 07-07-2003, 10:11 PM

I had already run dxdiag...directx is fine...
Does the readme say anything about this card not working?
I'll try to find a new driver... my ram is only 128mb, but I'd like to know if this card will work before I spend the money to upgrade my ram...

JeanFrancois · 07-07-2003, 10:15 PM

The original version of the demo didn't work with older Radeon cards. I know because I had a Radeon 32 DDR at that time. I don't remember if there was a patch that fixed this (I think that was the case) but I was finally able to play the Wake demo, so don't despair.

That is if it's a pure Radeon 32 SDR, and not a Radeon VE which is missing the TnL part of the core. The readme should say something, but it was so long ago that I don't remember, sorry.

The game will work with 128MB of RAM, but maps will take a while to load. So leave your hardware the way it is, and see if it runs the game (patched up). If it does, then you can work on improving performance.

BoiseXJ · 07-07-2003, 10:51 PM

Ok, the new ATI driver allowed me to load the game... BUT, now it gets 2/3's of the way thru loading the map and it disappears. Suddenly I'm back on my desktop, no errors, but my display is all jacked. The game, before it exited, changed all my display settings to the poor resolution the game was using... is this a RAM issue? Or a known bug???

yetix · 07-08-2003, 12:21 AM

BoiseXJ, have you checked out:
http://www.rage3d.com ?
there are some serious gearheads in their forums and know Bf'42 well.
then again maybe someone here knows the answer to this.
GL-hth

solomon · 07-08-2003, 03:05 AM

maybe i'm off base but he said his card
was pci.could it not have enough bandwidth?
i'm not familiar with ATI to know the rest of
the equation but could my 2 cents have value? :P

07-07-2003, 09:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
BoiseXJ Private Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 13	Ok, I'm stupid...but does this card work? I got the demo of bf1942 (my full version is in the mail, on the way) and am wondering now if my ATI Radeon 32mb SDR PCI vid card will work? It fails on the demo... is it gonna fail on the full version too???

07-07-2003, 09:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
yetix Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bob's Panzer Garage, BFE Arkansas Posts: 3,191	yeah Bf'42 is a bee-atch on comp resources. i would get a new video card and have at least 512mb ram. can you see the startup screen, play any in SP? __________________

07-07-2003, 10:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
yetix Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bob's Panzer Garage, BFE Arkansas Posts: 3,191	well i had an older Rage 128 Pro and had to get a new vcard for this game. but yours should have HT+L (hardware transform and lighting). try dowloding the latest drivers from ati.com and make sure that directx is running the right driver/settings etc. run>dxdiag __________________

07-07-2003, 10:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
JeanFrancois Chief Warrant Officer First Class Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,039	The original version of the demo didn't work with older Radeon cards. I know because I had a Radeon 32 DDR at that time. I don't remember if there was a patch that fixed this (I think that was the case) but I was finally able to play the Wake demo, so don't despair. That is if it's a pure Radeon 32 SDR, and not a Radeon VE which is missing the TnL part of the core. The readme should say something, but it was so long ago that I don't remember, sorry. The game will work with 128MB of RAM, but maps will take a while to load. So leave your hardware the way it is, and see if it runs the game (patched up). If it does, then you can work on improving performance. __________________ Don\'t feed the trolls.

07-07-2003, 10:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
BoiseXJ Private Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 13	New problem Ok, the new ATI driver allowed me to load the game... BUT, now it gets 2/3's of the way thru loading the map and it disappears. Suddenly I'm back on my desktop, no errors, but my display is all jacked. The game, before it exited, changed all my display settings to the poor resolution the game was using... is this a RAM issue? Or a known bug???

07-07-2003, 09:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
BoiseXJ Private Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 13	My wife just got me this vid card for my birthday (on ebay).... My monitor clicks back and forth from a black screen to the desktop, back and forth, and then gives me an error... "Failed to create 3D device"

07-07-2003, 10:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
BoiseXJ Private Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 13	I had already run dxdiag...directx is fine... Does the readme say anything about this card not working? I'll try to find a new driver... my ram is only 128mb, but I'd like to know if this card will work before I spend the money to upgrade my ram...

07-08-2003, 12:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
yetix Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bob's Panzer Garage, BFE Arkansas Posts: 3,191	BoiseXJ, have you checked out: http://www.rage3d.com ? there are some serious gearheads in their forums and know Bf'42 well. then again maybe someone here knows the answer to this. GL-hth __________________

07-08-2003, 03:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
solomon Specialist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Wichita ,Ks Posts: 249	maybe i'm off base but he said his card was pci.could it not have enough bandwidth? i'm not familiar with ATI to know the rest of the equation but could my 2 cents have value? :P