AH2 Video Card

[BTAirsol]

I'm currently running a Dell Dimensions 4100 with Windows ME. The Video card is an ATI 16 MB Ragepro 128. Can you advise what card would work on my system for AH2? I checked the Dell video support and got several choices; nvidia 32mb geforce2 mx, or 64mb geforce2 GTS or Ultra?

[Roscoroo]

ignore the dell support those cards are at the bottem of the pool and wont play ah2 .

you could get by with a gf 2 mx 400 64 mb .

but id suggest at least a fx 5200 128 mb   providing that you have an AGP port .  you need to open the case and look .
A fx 5600 or ati 9550 / 9600 would be better .

some system spec's would be nice to know too , cpu size ,ram amount, operating system.

[BTAirsol]

My system specs:

Windows ME 4.90
Intel Pentium III 860mhz
128 MB Ram
I have AGP Port.
4X on graphic
Will the FX 5200/5600 run on this?

[Roscoroo]

oh yea  drop a 5600 in it if thats in your budget ... that way when you upgrade later you'll have a pritty decent  card for the new system later

i would add some ram too, 128 is alittle low n slow

[BTAirsol]

Thanks, but I have a stupid question. My AGP is 4X and isn't the FX5600 8X? how can this be compatable or does the upgrade on cpu from 128 to 512 take care of this?

[zmeg]

The bottleneck is gonna be you're CPU, The performance gain going from 4x to 8x AGP is not that much anyway and with your current CPU you wont even be using the full potential of 4X.

[DAVENRINO]

I may be wrong, but I think most 8x cards are backwards compatible all the way to 1x AGP slots.

DJ229 - AIR MAFIA

[Roscoroo]

the ram upgrade will give it more memory for running programs and your pc's basic operating stuff (the more stuff you have running in the start up the more memory you will need )

AE win 98 needs 32mbs of ram to run
win me uses from 32 - 56 mbs to run
win XP uses 96-120 mbs to run

mainboards with onboard video use 32-64mbs of this ram also .

add a antivirous program and a firewall there goes anouther 5-30mbs .

without enough ram when you start larger programs they fill up your ram and have to wait for the ram to refresh or they just lock up your pc .

 the 8x video cards run in 4x mode when thats all the mainboard is set up for , you get some performance loss  but its not that big of a deal .

[Happy1]

Hello Roscoroo  

Presently I'm unable to play AH2 as the msg states I don't have Hardware T & L.    My computer specs are as follows:

Dell Dimension 4300                    Windows XP Home Edition
Video:  16MB ATI RAGE 128 ULTRA
MaxRes: @16bit @ 75Hz
Chip Type:  RAGE 128 PRO II (AGP4X/PCI)
DirectX9.0b
RAM:   256MB
PROCESSOR: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1600MHz

Planning to purchase & install (first timer):

ATI Radeon 9600/325MHz 128MB DDR/400MHz
Bus:  AGP 1X/2X/4X/8X
MaxRes:  @32bitColor 2048X1536 @ 85Hz
Support 3D API.   DirectX9.0   OpenGL 2.0


Would this Video Card be able to run AH2?  Is this a good deal?

Thx for ur assist & advice  

Cheers,

Happy1  

[Roscoroo]

Yes Happy that card will run AH2 just great .

also check out the 9600 pro card its been on sale alot for 99- 130 dollars .  (its a little faster )

Now i have a 9600 pro in my pc @ work and it plays ah2 just fine
the only thing i notice is it has a little lower fps then my ti4600
But then again it may have to do with the old 21 in monitor that i run with it . (its about 15 fps less in a furball )

amd 2500+ oced on water cooling
1 gig ram
9600 pro cat 4.5 drivers dx 9.0b  (i think the fps was better w/ 4.3's  but ah2 was still freezing back then its way better now)
dual 36 gig scsi hd's
80 gig storage hd
10 gig hd with xp on it (getting close to dumping this and running linux on it instead just for the hell of it  )
98se w/ sp 1.5 is the normal os
Auto cad 2004 (thanks Boss )

so in my opinion the 9600 card runs just fine but i think the nvidia based cards have a small edge still in ah2 .

[A1000]

I am on the verge of buying a graphics card to run AH2 but i have no clue when it comes to things like that.
What would be best for my system?

E-Machines 160
Intel celeron 1.3ghz
40gb Hard drive
384mb sdram
3D AGP Graphics, Intel direct AGP

Thanks Guys

[Happy1]

Say hey Roscoroo     Thx ever so much for ur promptness in replying to my queries.  That was exactly the kind of info I needed
to know to make an educated purchase, which I might add that I did buy the ATI Radeon 9600/325MHz 128MB DDR, an hour ago
from http://www.atacom.com for $89.95 + tax + S&H.  Molto Grazie


Cheers,

Happy1  

[Roscoroo]

Originally posted by A1000
I am on the verge of buying a graphics card to run AH2 but i have no clue when it comes to things like that.
What would be best for my system?

E-Machines 160
Intel celeron 1.3ghz
40gb Hard drive
384mb sdram
3D AGP Graphics, Intel direct AGP

Thanks Guys

open up your case and check to see if you have an AGP slot (ussually brown and and offset alittle more forward from the white pci slots)

[StarOfAfrica2]

Ok, I've been to the stores locally and now have purchased 2 new video cards based on advice Ive gotten either here in the BBS or online in the game.  Neither card has worked for me and before I go and have another knockdown/dragout fight with a store clerk to get my money back and try something else, maybe someone can give me some advice that works?  Here goes.

I have a homemade system running a 1.5 Ghz Athalon processor (1800 XP+).  512 MB of DDR RAM (2700 series), SB 5.1 Live! Soundcard, and a Nvidia GeForce MX440 64MB video card (4xAGP).
Win98SE, and (possible suspect) 300W power supply.

This setup WILL run AHII.........but only with everything video-wise turned way down and heaven forbid I actually want to fight someone.  Framerates drop into the toilet.  And yes, I downloaded the newest drivers from Nvidia (5-2004).  So, I thought, I've had the video card for about a year, no real harm in upgrading.  I saw advice in the BBS that steered me away from any Radeon based cards, and reccomended the Nvidia ones.  Since I already had one, simple matter to buy a newer version with more RAM and a hotter processor.  So I bought the FX5700.  Installed it, and AHII still ran like crap.  Matter of fact, it ran worse.  It would have a slight freeze and then give a staticky "pop" and surge forward.  Almost made me ill watching it.  So I asked for help, figuring maybe I missed something on the install or setup.  Then I hear people telling me how bad the FX series cards are and no wonder it wont work and blah blah blah.  GREAT.  I just blew 200 bucks for someone to tell me I was stupid.  Even the people who didnt agree with the assessment couldnt help me.  So I took the card back, argued with the store and got my money back (since all they sold were FX based Nvidia cards and ATI Radeon cards).  Went to the gamer's store downtown, found a deal on an MX4000 card with 128MB of RAM.  Bring it home, install all the drivers, make sure everythign is working right, and try to play AHII.  Now the game reboots my comptuer when I try to launch from the runway!!  If anyone can come up with something, I'd love to hear it.  Oh, and the icing on the cake............while sitting in the tower, my fps on this new MX4000 are in the 20s.  Even my 440 does better than that.    Thanks.

[101ABN]

here is mine:

HP Pavilion 061
Intel Celeron CPU 2.70 Ghz
246 MB RAM
DirectX 9.0b

Intel Corp.
Intel 82845G Graphics Controller
64 MB

is this chip ghetto? i used get somewhere a long time ago on the Beta, as the beta version number got higher i ran into the ground.  Now when i try to run AH2, it says that my video adapter wont run it.  Now im not at all smart with computers, can someone help me figure it out?