ATTN Remedy: MP2 video requirements question

[j]

Has any new game for like, a year or so, had support for software T&L?

[YicklePigeon]

You (wxpoet22) might like to buy a new motherboard and real graphics card (not an intergrated graphics CHIP).

Chances are your motherboard doesn't have an AGP slot. In any case, you might like to do some research:-

www.tomshardware.com (http://www.tomshardware.com) & www.anandtech.com (http://www.anandtech.com)

Seeing as you have an Intel CPU, you best go to your personal bank account (actual in credit bank account, parents, friends, what-have-you) and take out $200. Upto $100 for a DECENT new motherboard and the remainder for a decent AGP graphics card.

Anyways, if you want more information go to those sites or private message me on these here forums. Hope this all helps.

Regards,

Yickle.

[theHunted]

Originally posted by Remedy:
The MINIMUM requirements are posted on the site!!!

1Ghz PIII/Athlon or 1.2Ghz Celeron/Duron processor
-> 32MB AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting support <-
256MB RAM
1.5 GB hard drive space
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
DirectX 9.0
Keyboard and mouse <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">what is there not to understand?

[Specialist]

Originally posted by wxpoet22:
I understand that Max Payne 2 requires a
32MB AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting as a minimum and I take it that a 64MB version will be recommended. I have a higher end celeron 2 Ghz machine with 512MB RAM and 64MB Intel Extreme Graphics integrated video. From Intel's site, I was given a solution

"Intel® graphics products do not have hardware support for T&L. In most games, transform and lighting calculations can be performed on the processor with acceptable performance. A small number of games that specifically check for hardware T&L support may fail to run. "

My question to Remedy is will Max Payne 2 cut us some slack by not checking for T&L thereby allowing us to run the game at an acceptable performance or will we be forced to use a PCI video or even change our motherboard? <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Maxpayne 2 does not deserve to be run on that computer...

[biXen]

Compaq has those graphics chips, they are made for office use, not gaming, so I'm thinking it won't work.

[wxpoet22]

I understand that Max Payne 2 requires a
32MB AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting as a minimum and I take it that a 64MB version will be recommended. I have a higher end celeron 2 Ghz machine with 512MB RAM and 64MB Intel Extreme Graphics integrated video. From Intel's site, I was given a solution

"Intel® graphics products do not have hardware support for T&L. In most games, transform and lighting calculations can be performed on the processor with acceptable performance. A small number of games that specifically check for hardware T&L support may fail to run. "

My question to Remedy is will Max Payne 2 cut us some slack by not checking for T&L thereby allowing us to run the game at an acceptable performance or will we be forced to use a PCI video or even change our motherboard?

[FullMetalJacket]

Hmm, it's kinda funny, your processor and RAM are fine, but your video card was only acceptable by gaming standards two years ago. A 128MB card would balance out your system. images/icons/smile.gif

But I don't know how MP2 would work. The first game let you use softward T&L, so...

[Guest]

Does the RADEON 9800 support T&L?

[dark_angel]

^^^^^
lol ! of course !

[j]

Originally posted by JDM19:
Does the RADEON 9800 support T&L? <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Of course not, don't be silly. images/icons/rolleyes.gif

[dark_angel]

^^^^^^
Helloooo J !

Are you feeling OK !

[MarkusRMD]

Wxpoet,

Max2 runs both on i845G and i865G integrated graphics if you have a fast enough CPU to do the transform and lighting.

And with minimum details I might add.

i810/i815 (Pentium 3 integrated graphics) will not be sufficient.

[hemlock_0]

Lol...evidently not.

[wxpoet22]

Originally posted by MarkusRMD:
Wxpoet,

Max2 runs both on i845G and i865G integrated graphics if you have a fast enough CPU to do the transform and lighting.

And with minimum details I might add.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Thanks. My neighbor has an i845G chipset for that machine so I'll try out Max Payne 2 demo on that one. I take it that we still have a chance to settle for software T&L instead of hardware T&L. Like myself, my neighbor also settled for a budget pc so we put up with everyone laughing at our PC as far as gaming goes.


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i810/i815 (Pentium 3 integrated graphics) will not be sufficient. [/QB][/QUOTE]

Ah, you got me on that one. My PC has the i810e chipset in addition to Celeron 800 with 256 MB RAM. I did some research on the T&L and looked back at Max Payne 1. It seems that I was able to squeak by since we were then given the choice between hardware T&L and software T&L upon running the game. I was under the impression on the minimum specs of MP2 that those of us with integrated video systems were shut out.

P.S.: If I switch back to win98se from winxp pro, will I be able to play mp2 a little smoother on either or both my machine and/or my neighbor's? The reason I'm asking is win98se obviously takes up less resources than winxp pro in general and I take it that win98se is better at gaming than winxp pro.

[FullMetalJacket]

Um, aside from eating up a little more RAM, XP is leagues ahead of 98. XP makes better use of your PC's resources, so it's in fact better for games.

[j]

Originally posted by FullMetalJacket:
Um, aside from eating up a little more RAM, XP is leagues ahead of 98. XP makes better use of your PC's resources, so it's in fact better for games. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Depends on the game and how much memory you have. 512 and over and XP/W2K is the right choice, with less than that I'd go with '98SE.

[j]

dark_angel: Ever hear of sarcasm (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sarcasm)?

[FullMetalJacket]

I have over a gigabyte of DDR RAM, so I think XP is fine for me. images/icons/smile.gif