Author Topic: Video adapter does not support AHII (Read 317 times)

LtPillur · « **on:** May 24, 2004, 10:24:57 AM »

After a grueling 6 hour download of AHII Beta 35 (yes I love dialup ) I loaded the program and got this error message:"Your video adapter does not support Hardware T&L. It will not be able to run AHII".

I have a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 video card and zero money to add to this or any other computer. So am I out of luck? Any suggestions?? Thanks much in advance.
Pillur

After getting no responsesfrom my original post I thought I'd try here.

moot · « **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2004, 10:45:41 AM »

about time you updated.
GF2s, the min. requirement, can be found for 40-50 bucks on pricewatch.com.

btw:) http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116874

Pyro · « **Reply #2 on:** May 24, 2004, 11:57:31 AM »

You will need a new card to run AH2. Here's a link to pricewatch where you can look at prices on various cards.

http://www.pricewatch.com/menus/m37.htm

The absolute minimum card to get would be a GeForce2 MX400 with 32 MB. That is the card I currently have installed on my work machine and it will run AH2, but texture sizes have to be turned down. It would be the cheapest card to get, but it's not the best value.

Here are some prices (shipping included) for cheap cards to consider.

$26 - GeForce2 MX 400 w/32 MB - absolute minimum
$28 - Geforce2 MX 400 w/64 MB - 2 bucks more for double the memory is well worth even if you're going for the cheapest card possible.
$37 - GeForce4 MX 440 w/64 MB - Better performance for only $9 more.
$46 - Geforce4 MX 440 w/128MB
$54 - GeforceFX 5200 w/128 MB

You can find some benchmark tests for the above cards in these articles:

http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/index.html
http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html

LtPillur · « **Reply #3 on:** May 24, 2004, 02:00:53 PM »

I guess I can stop drinkiong coke for a day or two and save $26. Thanks for the reply.
Pillur

Reschke · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2004, 07:27:19 PM »

Heck if I didn't need my GF4 Ti-4400 for a little while longer (till the fall at least) I would sell it to you but I gotta have something till I can spring for the new ATI card that will be obsolete this fall when something better comes out.