G3 and Video Card Sadness

[bwillhite]

I downloaded the G3 demo, but it will not run on my PC! I am getting a texture (?) error.

Well I finally looked at the G3 compatible video card list, and guess what! my NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 isn't supported!

What would be a good choice for a replacement video card to run G3 nice and fast? My current video card is AGP and I have an 19" LCD screen, so I want to be able to run G3 at a high resolution and frame rate.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Brian

[GBR2]

EVGA and BGF both produce AGP 6600, 6800 and 7800 video cards if you are looking for some of the latest Nvidia based cards. Recently got an eVGA 6800 from Tiger Direct. Thing is though, you need to make sure that your AGP slot and motherboard can support these newer cards. AGP will probably be gone by years end, so it also might be a time to just get a new computer or update with motherboard, memory, video card, etc..

[bwillhite]

Drats! That is what I was thinking...time for a new PC!!! My birthday is coming up! I will make sure the video is on the supported G3 list.

Thanks for the reply!

Brian

[kushal_22]

I just got G3 setup and have been getting "Creating Shadowrecievdirectionalgrass" Error

The Video Card I have is a NVidia Riva TNT2 M64/64 Pro 1999 It has the 64 that others have why will this not work? Is there Maybe a Patch i could download to make this work?

Thanks
Mal

[rutat]

I suspect a DX9 issue.

[kushal_22]

So what can i do?(I am no computer Man)

Regards
Mal

[rutat]

Buy a new video card. Seriously. The Riva is not DX9 compatible so you are mostly kippered. You could try emulating DX9 - download the DirectX 9.0c drivers, but that card is old. Here's a decent card for under $100 CAD shipped to you: http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.php?PageTag=&page=file&memx_menu=EmbedProductDetail.php&DisplayProductID=4900&SID=

[kushal_22]

Hey Thanks!
Right now that card is even outta reach for me But i have seen one at London Drugs for 55 bucks it the Gforce 6200TC. I see it is on the G3 compatable list. This is probbaly what i will get. The Next Upgrade will likley be a New PC

Regards
Mal

[rutat]

No worries. Watch carefully at Future Shop etc. since they might have something at least as good for less. Is there a Circuit City in the 'Loop yet?

[kushal_22]

Not sure about the circuit city but i know we have the future.

Mal