Dressler Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 I'm about to place my order for CMBB and was wondering if it will run OK on my system. Here's what I've got: Athlon 900MHz processor 16MB NVIDIA TNT-2 Vanta Graphics Accelerator 320MB RAM Windows ME I'm thinking all should be sufficient except maybe the graphics accelerator? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 It should run on that graphics card, but I would defintiely consider upgrading it. It weighs on an otherwise reasonably quick system like an anchor. WWB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dressler Posted October 10, 2002 Author Share Posted October 10, 2002 Thanks for the reply. Any recommendations for a good replacement? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeWary Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 Your processor is pretty good for now, so I'd just upgrade the video card to a GeForce4 Ti 4200. They're a pretty good bang for the buck right now. You should be able to get one for around $120 or less with shipping. I like www.newegg.com. They have good prices and service. Plus I haven't gotten any bad hardware from them yet. Check out www.pricewatch.com for more comparisons. www.bizrate.com for ratings of online stores. BeWary 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dressler Posted October 10, 2002 Author Share Posted October 10, 2002 Well, I went out on my lunchbreak and got a $40 32Mb Radeon 7000 card as a stopgap. That's about all I could afford at the moment. Christmas is coming up soon, though. With the 32Mb card, I really couldn't notice a whole lot of improvement at a cursory glance graphics-wise... maybe smoke seemed to billow more naturally, but the images didn't look much crisper or more detailed. Load time seemed maybe a little shorter, but that could just be a placebo effect. I didn't really have time to mess with it much, just to delete the old drivers, install the new, and make sure CMBO ran ok. [ October 10, 2002, 04:53 PM: Message edited by: Dressler ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dressler Posted October 10, 2002 Author Share Posted October 10, 2002 And AFTER I got it, I found out about the ATI "no fog" issues. Looks like I'll be going back to CompUSA for a 3rd time today (the first time I picked up an AGP instead of a PCI card). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dressler Posted October 11, 2002 Author Share Posted October 11, 2002 Either this card sucks or I don't have it configured right. While it works fine for CM, my old 16MB card handled MOHAA better (except for the Radeon's meager 3D rendering, which actually makes me a little dizzy). I get weird multicolored rainbow graphics on some objects and the smoke looks like a screen door. **Well, it always helps to check the drivers, eh? I dl'd the newest drivers and upgraded to Directx 8.1b and things are working a lot better. I suppose it'll do for a few months. [ October 11, 2002, 01:47 AM: Message edited by: Dressler ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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