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I have recently purchased Need For Speed Underground 2 for the PC. I have a P4 1.7GHz, 256MB RAM, and a nVidia Riva TNT2 graphics card. When I run the game, some graphics do not display correctly, e.g. where there should be buttons with text, there is just squares. I am running the latest nVidia drivers and have DirectX 9.0c.
I looked on the EA Games website and I think it was saying that you need a GeForce 2 card. Would this be why I am experiencing these problems? If this is the case, will a GeForce 2 MX card be okay? I do not really know much about graphics cards, so any help would be much appreciated.
Archived from groups: alt.games.need-for-speed (More info?)
> I have recently purchased Need For Speed Underground 2 for the PC. I have
a
> P4 1.7GHz, 256MB RAM, and a nVidia Riva TNT2 graphics card. When I run the
> game, some graphics do not display correctly, e.g. where there should be
> buttons with text, there is just squares. I am running the latest nVidia
> drivers and have DirectX 9.0c.
TNT2 is a very old card... new games no longer support it. If you want to
play new games, you have to upgrade.
> I looked on the EA Games website and I think it was saying that you need a
> GeForce 2 card. Would this be why I am experiencing these problems? If
this
> is the case, will a GeForce 2 MX card be okay? I do not really know much
> about graphics cards, so any help would be much appreciated.
Technically, yes, but a GeForce2MX is a very weak card... cheap, yes, but
you won't be able to see what your purchased game really look like. You
would be turning resolution and the eye candies all the way down. If you're
looking for realistic driving experience but not eye candy, then you should
be playing other games (e.g. NFS Porsche unleased isn't perfect, but much
better than U2).
Get one up-to-date card... it will cost more, but will last much longer
(means support more future games as well as peform better and looks better)
than a GeForce2MX ever will be.
Archived from groups: alt.games.need-for-speed (More info?)
instead of spending money on nfsu2, spend money on getting a better video card
"Ben" <ben@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:41a4c0a6$0$39203$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
>I have recently purchased Need For Speed Underground 2 for the PC. I have a >P4 1.7GHz, 256MB RAM, and a nVidia Riva TNT2 graphics card. When I run the >game, some graphics do not display correctly, e.g. where there should be >buttons with text, there is just squares. I am running the latest nVidia >drivers and have DirectX 9.0c.
>
> I looked on the EA Games website and I think it was saying that you need a > GeForce 2 card. Would this be why I am experiencing these problems? If > this is the case, will a GeForce 2 MX card be okay? I do not really know > much about graphics cards, so any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ben
>
Archived from groups: alt.games.need-for-speed (More info?)
This is just a stab in the dark, but does it require Hardware T&L?.. if so, I don't think the TNT2 has it... if that is the case.. that may be your problem. I can't really say because I own the Xbox version. However, I have played the demo on my system and even though it's a high-end machine, it should play very well on even.. say.. a 9700Pro (ATI) which you can get now for real cheap since the X800's are out. I would upgrade to a 9700Pro (which I owned before this X800 Pro).. it worked great for me and prob. still would if I wasn't so power-hungry. =)
My screaming orgasm in a box:
Athlon 64 FX-53
X800 Pro
1GB
36GB 10,000RPM SCSI HD
>I have recently purchased Need For Speed Underground 2 for the PC. I have a >P4 1.7GHz, 256MB RAM, and a nVidia Riva TNT2 graphics card. When I run the >game, some graphics do not display correctly, e.g. where there should be >buttons with text, there is just squares. I am running the latest nVidia >drivers and have DirectX 9.0c.
>
> I looked on the EA Games website and I think it was saying that you need a > GeForce 2 card. Would this be why I am experiencing these problems? If > this is the case, will a GeForce 2 MX card be okay? I do not really know > much about graphics cards, so any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ben
>
Archived from groups: alt.games.need-for-speed (More info?)
Hi
Do you think an x700 X16 256meg card would be ok too?
Thanks!
Gary
"Drew C" <drew@drewclayton.com> wrote in message
news:co68k4$enfc$1@news3.infoave.net...
> This is just a stab in the dark, but does it require Hardware T&L?.. if
so,
> I don't think the TNT2 has it... if that is the case.. that may be your
> problem. I can't really say because I own the Xbox version. However, I
have
> played the demo on my system and even though it's a high-end machine, it
> should play very well on even.. say.. a 9700Pro (ATI) which you can get
now
> for real cheap since the X800's are out. I would upgrade to a 9700Pro
(which
> I owned before this X800 Pro).. it worked great for me and prob. still
would
> if I wasn't so power-hungry. =)
>
> My screaming orgasm in a box:
> Athlon 64 FX-53
> X800 Pro
> 1GB
> 36GB 10,000RPM SCSI HD
>
>
>
>
> >I have recently purchased Need For Speed Underground 2 for the PC. I have
a
> >P4 1.7GHz, 256MB RAM, and a nVidia Riva TNT2 graphics card. When I run
the
> >game, some graphics do not display correctly, e.g. where there should be
> >buttons with text, there is just squares. I am running the latest nVidia
> >drivers and have DirectX 9.0c.
> >
> > I looked on the EA Games website and I think it was saying that you need
a
> > GeForce 2 card. Would this be why I am experiencing these problems? If
> > this is the case, will a GeForce 2 MX card be okay? I do not really know
> > much about graphics cards, so any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Ben
> >
>
>
