Hey guy! ???


my grapics card: GeForce 4 mx 440

Alias the game name :) but not working :(

Minimum Requirements:

- Windows XP, ME, 2000, 98SE
- 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium 4, 2.6 Ghz Celeron, or better
- 256Mb RAM
- 1.2 GB HD Space
- 4X CD-ROM
- DirectX 8.1 Compliant video card
- Hardware Vertex and Pixel Shaders V1.1---I think too many pixel :(
- DirectX 8.1 Compatible Sound Card
- All DirectInput devices, keyboard and mouse


somebody help me please!
my mail: maci_16@NOSPAMmsn.com

edit : email "protected", remove NOSPAM if answer

You need a DX8 card for that game, your GF4mx is only DX7

You can try to start the game with 3D-Analyze, but I am not sure it helps...

The game needs pixel and vertex shaders, and these are DX8 features.

and any <GF3* cards are DX7, thus his card doesn't start the game.


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The GF4mx is also a DX7 card, being nothing more than a GF2mx on acid.

wrote on 17.06.04 at 19:55:00:

The game needs pixel and vertex shaders, and these are DX8 features.

note that vertex shaders 1.1 is dx7 stuff also ::) but you're right, the gforce mx series is dx7 only (that's why it's so cheap, isn't it? ;) ) nd therefore you got problems w/ most games requiring dx8 at least.

Vertex shader 1.1 is a DX8 feature, DX7 does vertex processing via TnL.

[not the best description, but i'm too tired to get technical on this :p]

guess what?!
thought TnL is nothing less than the name for shader processing works.. ::) but nobody uses it nowadays. please correct me if I'm wrong! ;)

You're wrong, i'm right, end of story ;D

sure..too lazy to explain or do you just DON'T KNOW?! :o

People who know me IRL, know that i'm too lazy to breathe.. lol  ;D

I actually hire a dude to sit all day and motivate me to keep living..

*lol*

Anyway :

T&L was first introduced in fixed Hardware T&L Units as supported in DirectX7.

Pixel Shaders saw their first light with DirectX8 or DirectX8.1 (not sure which).

it was dx8.0...dx8.1 comes w/ pixel shaders up to vers. 1.4..anyway, I'm talking about vertex shaders here & as I see it, vertex shaders 1.1 were introduced w/ dx7, commonly known those days as Hardware Transform & Lighting ::)

You're wrong amigo, VS 1.1 is DX8 spec.

yeah, sure, you said it several times.  ::) wanna know something? I say you're wrong - until you give me proof!

I'm right until proven otherwise :)

find me a single DX7 GFX card that clearly states "Vertex shaders 1.1" in it's specifications.

alright, searched a little bit & I have to apologize: you're right.
Here's a list of Radeon technology beginning w/ radeon 7000:
http://www.hardware-mag.de/hardware.php?id=141

excuse me, but you're one of the laziest guys I've ever met!  :P