Rise of Nations - possible to play on 4MB of video RAM?

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Hi Ken,

In general some games will provide a "Safe Mode" shortcut in the
Start mode to start the game with minimum graphics. You can
use -safemode or /safe at the end of some shortcut targets to
effectively produce the same results. However, your best bet is
to install a proper AGP video card into your system for gaming. :-)

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"Ken Woodard" <Ken.WoodardNOSPAM@NOSPAMhunterservices.com> wrote in message news:uUevw1szEHA.2040@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Sorry to ask a question about old hardware. I've got a machine with an old nVidia card with only 4MB of Video RAM. Rise of
> Nations installed with no errors, but screen goes to black when I execute the game. Does anyone know of a workaround to get a
> game that says 16MB video RAM minimum to work in 4MB?
>
> Reduce screen resolution? Change DirectX settings?
>
> Thanks!
>