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  • #16
    You're right Nemo, but DirectX 8.0a has a significant beta element that makes it a little tempremental on older/non standard graphics cards like mine.

    Dear Santa,

    I've been no so bad this year (well week anyway), could I please have a new geforce card for xmas.

    David
    So I'm thirty-five, but I ain't that proud.
    "War: A by-product of the arts of peace." Bierce

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    • #17
      IIRC they said that all animations should be able to turn off, but that was a while ago, and things might have changed.
      Creator of the Civ3MultiTool

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      • #18
        17 in college.........Check
        No Income...........Check
        £12 a week bus fairs...Check
        Loaded dad, who won't give me any money.....Check
        Grandfather with Athlon 1.2 ghz, TNT2 Video card ...Checkmate

        Though he did agree to a new comp, until my mum ordered new furniture

        That my friends, is my never ending strife

        Though the story is long here is a quick update on my current situation.
        We had 2 PC's a P1 200mmx and my P2 300. A RAM chip melted on the P 200 and Fu*ked up the Mother board, but the Vid card in it supported DX7. Now we have the P2 300 in the front room and bits and pieces of one in my room. Dad got a £1200 bonus and agreed to get a new PC for me until mum stepped in.
        I suppose i'll wait until I get civ3 then try the Vid card from the other PC, if that don't work then i'll moan until I get a new comp and play at weekends until it arrives. Although my dad is a little tight fisted, he does give in in the end (he's one of those 'I made my money, You make yours' kind of people).

        And don't reply GET A JOB. I have tried, but no-one wants to take on someone part time
        "I know not with what weapons WWIII will be fought with, but WWIV will be fought with sticks & stones". Albert Einstein
        "To Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all life's problems"- Homer Simpson

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        • #19
          Amd 1700 + - Check!
          Geforce 3 - Check!
          512 megabytes of RAM - Check!
          19 " screen - Check!
          4 mb of dedicated Internet capacity - Check!
          High end desktop theater system and advanced soundcard - Check!

          Ahhh....

          I agree; life is all about priorities.

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          • #20
            Let's see... my priorities.
            1. Food and lodging for wife and 3 kids, ..actually, my teenager counts as an adult the way they eat.
            2. Keeping 2 cars running and insured.
            3. Getting one car out of shop after accident.
            4. Braces for daughter.
            5. Son's birthday this month.
            6. .....
            21. New computer.....yeah right,...or maybe a DirX8 compatible video card if my system will handle it. I have an AMD K6, with 64MB RAM. Can I make that work with DirX8? Please advise.
            An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
            hoping it will eat him last.
            Winston Churchill

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            • #21
              Hope my Celeron 700, 256Mb runs the damn game.
              - "A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it still ain't a part number." - Ron Reynolds
              - I went to Zanarkand, and all I got was this lousy aeon!
              - "... over 10 members raised complaints about you... and jerk was one of the nicer things they called you" - Ming

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              • #22
                "4. Braces for daughter"

                ouch. doesn't work have a dental plan that pays for it?
                "Wait a minute..this isn''t FAUX dive, it's just a DIVE!"
                "...Mangy dog staggering about, looking vainly for a place to die."
                "sauna stories? There are no 'sauna stories'.. I mean.. sauna is sauna. You do by the laws of sauna." -P.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Maccabee2
                  Let's see... my priorities.
                  21. New computer.....yeah right,...or maybe a DirX8 compatible video card if my system will handle it. I have an AMD K6, with 64MB RAM. Can I make that work with DirX8? Please advise.
                  Need to know what you have now , check in system properties under Display Adapter.
                  "The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."--Victor Hugo

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Swissy
                    Need to know what you have now , check in system properties under Display Adapter.
                    ...and the model of you monitor (just in case )

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                    • #25
                      Well I've got some 700 Mhz and 128 megs of ram, though I only have a celeron. I say, bring on those unit graphics! And Civ III, I really want Civ III now...

                      But I would buy a new computer if I had to
                      Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
                      "We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld

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                      • #26
                        OT for Science Fiction fan

                        Originally posted by moominparatrooper
                        Surely Lord Vorkosigan can deal with trifles like that, eh, "Adm. Naismith"?
                        But you are speaking about my clone brother, Mark. He's the financial genius. I was know as a military leader, but now my Imperial Auditor role force me to keep my hands clean and my morality clear as a diamond, or His Majesty Gregor The Emperor will end asking my head ...
                        "We are reducing all the complexity of billions of people over 6000 years into a Civ box. Let me say: That's not only a PkZip effort....it's a real 'picture to Jpeg heavy loss in translation' kind of thing."
                        - Admiral Naismith

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by CyberbugFredrik
                          Amd 1700 + - Check!
                          Geforce 3 - Check!
                          512 megabytes of RAM - Check!
                          19 " screen - Check!
                          4 mb of dedicated Internet capacity - Check!
                          High end desktop theater system and advanced soundcard - Check!

                          Ahhh....

                          I agree; life is all about priorities.
                          All that could be still shaked by a "compatibility issue/bug", as happened with SMAC...

                          Just to let you sleep afraid, my friend...
                          "We are reducing all the complexity of billions of people over 6000 years into a Civ box. Let me say: That's not only a PkZip effort....it's a real 'picture to Jpeg heavy loss in translation' kind of thing."
                          - Admiral Naismith

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                          • #28
                            System properties

                            Thanks. My display adapter is a Trident 211, 9600 or 9300 series. My monitor is a Hitachi "SuperScan Supreme 752".
                            Thanks for asking.
                            I would hate to buy the game and then find out m y s y stem woj n 't work . P a rd on the s ip el ling.g ggMy 3 yr o ld son is hel pin g nmenn n n t yp e . ? (Cut i t out , son.!)
                            An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
                            hoping it will eat him last.
                            Winston Churchill

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Col Bigspear
                              Grandfather with Athlon 1.2 ghz, TNT2 Video card ...Checkmate
                              The TNT2 is a sad vid chip by today's stardards. I don't understand how you can have a powerful system with such a lousy video card.
                              (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                              (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                              (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                              • #30
                                Re: System properties

                                Originally posted by Maccabee2
                                Thanks. My display adapter is a Trident 211, 9600 or 9300 series. My monitor is a Hitachi "SuperScan Supreme 752".
                                Thanks for asking.
                                The monitor is fine,all the Hitachi 19" monitors support well over the minimum rez for Civ3.

                                The display adapter I can't tell. If it is a Trident 9600 series chip, then it doesn't support DirectX. You would have to rely on the DirectX software to render the 3D effects. Not a problem with sufficient RAM, but it will be slower going.

                                To see what version of DirectX you have and how well it works:

                                Search for files or folder and type in: DXDIAG.exe
                                It is in different folders depending on the version of Windows you have and how you originally got DirectX.

                                When you find it, run it. It is the DirectX diagnostic program. It will tell you what version of DirectX you have and have a bunch of tests that will show you how well DirectX does(or doesn't) work on your system.
                                "The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."--Victor Hugo

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