It wont play

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I tried GC2 for the first time... or I tried to. It blocked twice at the loading of whattever follows the screen where you pick your opponents.
First time: it just closed the program.
Second time: Froze everything (except mouse cursor... which could do absolutely nothing). Need to reset, alt-tab or ctrl-alt-del useless)


It's my parent's computer and they don't even know what a driver save a guy in a car. Still, I built this machine so it's no onboard buggy crap:
WinXP + DirectX 9
Athlon 700
256 SDRAM
TNT2 Ultra (32VRAM, or is it 16?), Guillemot's Xentor
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
don't reckon the TNT2 is DirectX 9 compatible. could be wrong but.......
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Make sure you'e updated to the most recient DirectX (I think they're at 9c ATM).  Also, if your card IS actually 16 megs vram I could see it dying pretty quickly. 
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

don't reckon the TNT2 is DirectX 9 compatible. could be wrong but.......




Yep the TNT2 Does not like DX9. Consider upgrading seriously, A few weeks ago I upgraded from the crap TNT2 32MB to a raedon 128 MB card for a mere $75 (+GST)

Not a bad deal, And you can run almost anything now.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
TNT2 Ultra is below the minimum game requiarements.   I think Geforce 2 or better is the minimum video requirement which is at least 2 years newer.  TNT 2 Ultra is a circa 1999 video card.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
:surprised:
Ok... Anti-Drengin Plan B: new laptop: Centrino, 64VRAM

But what's this thing about the TNT2 vs DX9 relation? Is DX9 the product of a conspiration to destroy TNT2s and bring nVidia some income?
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Not really, it's just the march of technology that forces gaming upgrades.