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crazyclown1337
05-24-2004, 07:50 PM
Hi i have an NVIDIA GEForce4 MX 420 (64 mb) on a 512 mb ram 2.4 ghz pentium 4 windows xp. whenever i load the game splinter cell 2, after i choose multiplayer or single player, the game just dissappears. I've searched the faq's and I'm wondering if my system will work, or if there are any drivers/patches i can get to make it work. thanks a lot!
crazyclown1337
05-24-2004, 07:50 PM
Hi i have an NVIDIA GEForce4 MX 420 (64 mb) on a 512 mb ram 2.4 ghz pentium 4 windows xp. whenever i load the game splinter cell 2, after i choose multiplayer or single player, the game just dissappears. I've searched the faq's and I'm wondering if my system will work, or if there are any drivers/patches i can get to make it work. thanks a lot!
eckng
05-24-2004, 07:58 PM
The minium for Splinter Cell PT is a geforce 3 or equivalent (like an ati 8500) geforce 4 MX does not have the required shaders to run the game, sorry mate u have to upgrade your video card.
crazyclown1337
05-24-2004, 08:02 PM
does anyone have any suggestions for a good upgrade?
eckng
05-25-2004, 05:35 AM
Well if u have cash to burn and love Nvidia the 5900s are good, else get a ATI 9800 ($300 - $250)which i think are cheaper. If u are on the budget line, get a 9600 dont bother with the geforce 5600 and 5700 they are rubbish for the price you pay, a 9600 is faster and cheaper (i think about $140-$180). If u really dont have the cash i think u can get a geforce 4 ti 4200 for about $90++?
gnogtr
05-25-2004, 02:52 PM
You need atleast a Radeon 9600 for the Directx 9 effects. I recommend the 9800 Pro, they are $200 from www.newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com) and you won't have to upgrade for a LONG time.
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AMD 64 3400+ @ 2.30Ghz
1 gig of Corsair TwinX DDR PC3200 RAM @414Mhz
Radeon 9800 Pro video w/TV out core @450, mem @735
Windows XP SP 1
Microsoft Directx 9.0b
Antec TruePower TrueBlue True480 PSU
SB Audigy 2 ZS
LiteOn DVD+/-RW drive
Plexwriter CD-RW
Maxtor Diamond 9 160GB SATA hdd
2x Maxtor Diamond 9 80GB SATA on Raid 0 (160 GB)
Westerndigital 40 gig, 100 gig harddrives
Asus K8T800 mainboard
Creative 5.1 surround system
Swiftech liquid cooling system
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crazyclown1337
05-25-2004, 04:45 PM
Hey, thanks for all the help guys, i am considering purchasing a Ati Radeon 9600XT 256MB DDR 8X AGP, DVI/TV-Out... what do you guys think?
gnogtr
05-25-2004, 05:27 PM
That's a very good card.
<a><center>My system:
AMD 64 3400+ @ 2.30Ghz
1 gig of Corsair TwinX DDR PC3200 RAM @414Mhz
Radeon 9800 Pro video w/TV out core @450, mem @735
Windows XP SP 1
Microsoft Directx 9.0b
Antec TruePower TrueBlue True480 PSU
SB Audigy 2 ZS
LiteOn DVD+/-RW drive
Plexwriter CD-RW
Maxtor Diamond 9 160GB SATA hdd
2x Maxtor Diamond 9 80GB SATA on Raid 0 (160 GB)
Westerndigital 40 gig, 100 gig harddrives
Asus K8T800 mainboard
Creative 5.1 surround system
Swiftech liquid cooling system
Additional PC version help:
http://www.pcgamessource.com
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<a href="mailto:gnogtr@yahoo.com">Drop me an Email</a></center>