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03-26-07, 09:51 AM
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Saint of the seas
 Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Sorrento, Louisiana
Posts: 1,320
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Liars!!!!
Before the game came out, I asked if my video card would be able to run it, and was told unequivicably, absolutely, positively no way!!! Not just that it would be slow, but that it wouldn't run at all!
Well lo and behold this morning, I get a message from the Yahoo SH group that lists the supported video cards, and mine is on the list!!! So I go to UBI's website, and I find a program that will check your system's compatibility for the game. This is what it showed for my video card: Video Card Minimum: 128 MB RAM DirectX 9-compliant video card capable of rendering Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 6200+ / ATI Radeon 9600+) You Have: RADEON X300/X550 Series (Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series (0x5B60))  </IMG>PASS Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card  </IMG>Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 128.0 MB</IMG>Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes</IMG>Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes</IMG>Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0</IMG>Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0Top end, no. But still above the minimum, and thus playable!! And that's what I'm mad about. Because of what I was told, I cancelled my pre-order. If I hadn't, I could've been playing the game by now!!!  I'm so mad right now I could shoot survivors in a lifeboat!! 
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03-26-07, 09:58 AM
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Sea Lord
 
Join Date: Sep 1998
Posts: 1,846
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Sooooo..
Because the developers were able to optimize the code to work on your card... OR Because the Publisher listed the specs conservatively to try and keep people's expections at a realistic level... You call them liars and complain that it will work on your system? Man! Do I ever wish I could be a Simulation Developer/Publisher. Or maybe I'll just sit here in my office and whack myself in the head repeatedly with a blunt metal object. I have the feeling that it would be much the same experience. JCC |
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03-26-07, 10:11 AM
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Undetectable
 Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Colorado
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I read that and took it as Fred calling the guys here liars. There were guys here before the game ever came out recommending upgrading this or that based on their own assumptions as to what the game would need to run smoothly.
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03-26-07, 10:13 AM
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Mate
 Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Ukraine, Kharkiv
Posts: 53
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Could you please provide link for that application which checks hardware for compatibility.
Thabk you. |
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03-26-07, 10:15 AM
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Sonar Guy
 Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Denver, CO USA
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http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/ Cheers
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03-26-07, 10:17 AM
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Lucky Jack
 Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Finland
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I wouldnt expect too good performance from x300/x500 card. I had x600 once and it sucked major butt. Yeh, the game works, but the FPS will most propably be very low.
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03-26-07, 10:24 AM
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Mate
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Ukraine, Kharkiv
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03-26-07, 10:25 AM
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Medic
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03-26-07, 10:30 AM
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Watch Officer
 Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Abu Dhabi
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03-26-07, 10:45 AM
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Sea Lord
Join Date: Sep 1998
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Because you guys are a bunch of well known liars. JCC |
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03-26-07, 10:50 AM
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Watch Officer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Abu Dhabi
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I'm liking the cut of your jib.
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03-26-07, 10:52 AM
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Sea Lord
Join Date: Sep 1998
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Would you like to subscribe to my Newsletter?
(inside joke for devotees of FARK.com) JCC |
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03-26-07, 11:09 AM
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Born to Run Silent
Join Date: Jan 1997
Location: Cougar Trap, Texas
Posts: 21,385
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03-26-07, 11:20 AM
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Ocean Warrior
 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Georgia, USA
Posts: 2,674
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When the poster tries to play the game using his current card, and when the game makes his card as welcome as a fart in a space suit, I wonder who he'll blame then?
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03-26-07, 11:28 AM
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Seasoned Skipper
 Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 676
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 </IMG>CPU Minimum: Pentium 4 or Athlon or better You Have: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+</IMG>PASS </IMG>CPU Speed Minimum: 2 GHz You Have: 2.45 GHz Performance Rated at 4.00 GHz </IMG>PASSI'm not even overclocking. Must be the benifit of using XP in Classic mode. Video Card Minimum: 128 MB RAM DirectX 9-compliant video card capable of rendering Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 6200+ / ATI Radeon 9600+) You Have: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE (GeForce FX 5700LE)  </IMG>FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. Upgrade to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options.Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card </IMG>Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 256.0 MB</IMG>Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes</IMG>Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes</IMG>Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0</IMG>Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0 Funny, Card passed everything but still fails:hmm: . Nice to know the rest of the system past with flying colors  I just need to look for a GeForce 7800 Series Card and I'l be happy.
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