Geforce2 MX400 64 meg / Bug

[Zanth]

Game will run at default settings FPS mid to upper 20's.  Oddly no matter what resolution I change to in game this doesn't seem to change much  between 640x480 or 1600x1200.   Tried to set video resolutions from the higher menu option (not the in-game option) and now game wont run at all.  Now when i click on AH2 icon the "select Video Card" dialog comes up - once I press "OK", even at lowest resolution, I get a few balck screens then desktop with a error  dialog "Initialization failed with -3 mainGR3D_FAILED -1"

Can click on the regular Ace High (whew) and it (Ah classic) runs normally.

I do not like AH2, it will play with this system fps wise even at default settings but it is ugly and very dark.  There is a terrible general sparkling everywhere. - the same look you get in current game with mip mapping off. (Though I did have mip mapping on)  This is a no go.




Specs:

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
System Manufacturer: VIA694
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00P
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) processor,  MMX,  3DNow, ~1.4GHz
Memory: 256MB RAM
Page File: 93MB used, 526MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.13.0010.3082 (English)

Description: SB Live! Wave Device
Driver Name: emu10k1m.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3300 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 6/12/2002 09:46:06, 284288 bytes

[Zanth]

turn on ability to attch pictures and screen shots are available

[bizket]

Exact same problem


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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/15/2003, 16:59:15
       Machine name: MY-VL4HMA2ACBPV
   Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 3
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
       System Model: n/a
               BIOS: Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor,  MMX,  3DNow, ~1.0GHz
             Memory: 384MB RAM
          Page File: 129MB used, 791MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINNT
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 (4.09.0000.0900)
DX Setup Parameters: /Silent
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.0000.0900 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0110&SUBSYS_40151043&REV_A1
   Display Memory: 32.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0001.4345 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 3/20/2003 20:13:00, 3097098 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: No
  WHQL Date Stamp: None
              VDD: n/a
         Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
    Mini VDD Date: 3/20/2003 20:13:00, 1261418 bytes


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Sound Devices
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            Description: SB Live! Audio [FF80]
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80271102&REV_08
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
         Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0244 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 3/22/2002 13:09:40, 835636 bytes

[214thCavalier]

Well you both have the GF2 MX400 the worst performing model of the GF's you could have purchased.
It was never to be taken seriously for gaming even when first developed.
I would not be surprised if it actually falls below AH2 minimum specs.

But you never know HT may be able to help, on second thoughts why dont you help HT and consider buying a better graphics card ?

I know thats not possible for everyone but certainly worth considering.

[BZip]

I have a Geforce2 MX400 64 meg and I am not getting the same results as you.

Everything looks good but I have a celeron 466mhz and I'm getting horrible framerates.... expected.

[JB73]

Gforce MX440 here too...

posting new for skuzzy

[BZip]

NEVERMIND... CORRECTION...

I get the same problems "sometimes". "Initialization failed with -3 mainGR3D_FAILED -1"


I tried to recreate and it seems like this happens when I change any video settings like changing the resolution.

[bizket]

Originally posted by 214thCavalier
Well you both have the GF2 MX400 the worst performing model of the GF's you could have purchased.
It was never to be taken seriously for gaming even when first developed.
I would not be surprised if it actually falls below AH2 minimum specs.

But you never know HT may be able to help, on second thoughts why dont you help HT and consider buying a better graphics card ?

I know thats not possible for everyone but certainly worth considering.

Yeah I know but.................

Isnt the idea of beta to get the game working on as many different platforms as possible. GeForce 2MX is a pretty standard card, alot of newbies that come into the game are gonna have it. I would think that HTC would want to get this problem sorted out.

BTW i've been planning on getting a new card. This one has never given me any problems, I've had since I built the system in 2000. But a small performance boost would be nice.

[Roscoroo]

Working pritty good on my gf2 mx 400 64 mb card...

getting triangle textures flashing now and then  fps 15 low 35 avg  seen as high as 90fps looking up ..

See my beta test post for spec's

[Zanth]

Uninstalled rebooted reinstalled, game wont run anymore (won't go past the resolution selection screen without error I mentioned above).

This just isnt enough card or system to run this game (I hope AH 1 stays up for a while - on this machine it looks and plays better)

[Zanth]

Originally posted by 214thCavalier
Well you both have the GF2 MX400 the worst performing model of the GF's you could have purchased.
It was never to be taken seriously for gaming even when first developed.

Totally wrong as a visit to any reputable hardware site will easily bear out.  Sure it is an old card NOW (I got mine a long time ago and it even runs today's Call To Duty demo great).  However, it is indeed very much mainstream.  In fact there are probably still more machines with geforce2 in them than any other card even now - there was a MaximumPC poll on this earlier this year.)  

"NVIDIA is diversifying its product portfolio by offering a low-end and a high-end version of the GeForce2 MX. The MX 200 targets brand-conscious users without offering exciting 3D performance. At the high-end, the MX400"

I don't think they were talking at the time about high end of word processing.



Don't belive what people post, do your own homework.

[Innominate]

Originally posted by Zanth
Game will run at default settings FPS mid to upper 20's.  Oddly no matter what resolution I change to in game this doesn't seem to change much  between 640x480 or 1600x1200.

Assuming you have a slowish CPU(under 1ghz or so), this kind of thing is normal.  It just means that the cpu can't process fast enough for the graphics card to have any trouble keeping up.

[Frost]

I get the same error message using a Geforce3 Ti200.  Same message with older drivers and the latest Nvidia reference drivers.  Running Win98, DirectX 9 and an AMD XP1700.