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Need For Speed Problem

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Lé.Skiing
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Ok I Just Baught need for speed underground and i think my video card is being retarded.. i checked the requirements and according to them my computer should be running it fine... but it isnt... i'll list what i have:
Pentium4 1.5GHz
256 Mb of Ram
DirectX9.0
Nvidia Riva TNT2 model64/64Pro
32MB of vido memory
45GB harddrive with 15GB left

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And this is what keeps on happening when i play it

And i the words in the main menue are jumbled together... i'll post a pic of that too in a bit




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Nov 28 2004 4:08AM 0 0
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mauii
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describe the problem a little more. All the photo shows is that the text is a little messed up, but a detailed description of the problem makes it easier to help.

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Nov 28 2004 4:13AM 0 0
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Lé.Skiing
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baisicly its just being a pain in the ass i cant get ti to do anyhitng relly sure i can race fin.. but i cant read the text.. i'm not sure what to click on.. and when i'm racing its hard to tell where i'm going because teh background has blended in with the foreground... but have checked teh Nvidia webside for updating my drives and have updated them, and downloaded and reinstalled directX9.0 many times and i tested it and it works fine and the game was a copy of the stores demo so it also works fine... well it should... and thats all i can think of desribing rite now.




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Nov 28 2004 4:19AM 0 0
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Nov 28 2004 7:35AM 0 0
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ScratchCobra66
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haha that sucks...looks kind of like my computer with anyprogram.







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Nov 28 2004 7:42AM 0 0
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theBOSS.
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I guess if you have an ATI card theres a bug with it using older drivers. I had no problems with my geforce 6800.

Also, if you have an older video card that doesn't support DirectX 9, thats is probably the problem too, I think the game needs it.

That said, update your directX to 9.0c and your Catalyst drivers to 4.11 if you havent already, and try setting all the video options to basic, then turning them up.

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Nov 28 2004 8:54AM 0 0
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theBOSS.
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If you have an older video card that doesn't support DirectX 9, thats is probably the problem, I think the game requires it.


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Nov 28 2004 8:56AM 0 0
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theBOSS.
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Is it Need for Speed Underground 2 or 1. That may help things a little...

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Nov 28 2004 8:57AM 0 0
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Your problem is buying a computer game





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Nov 28 2004 9:00AM 0 0
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Ryno
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32mb of video mem doesnt seem like much....could it be that?
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Nov 28 2004 9:20AM 0 0
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theBOSS.
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Yeah, you might want to upgrade your video card a bit. That will probably fix it.

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Nov 28 2004 9:39AM 0 0
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hucksterjibber15
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ya id say upgrade the video card, if its running choppy, grab another stick of ram.
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Nov 28 2004 12:42PM 0 0
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PowderCanuck
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yea you're video card is getting old. My video card has as much ram as your computer does



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Nov 28 2004 2:28PM 0 0
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Lé.Skiing
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i just rememberd it's 64meg's of videocard memory but everything is right it passed the test's for all the requirements.. but i think i'm still gonna buy a new video card, just something to get my by




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Nov 28 2004 9:18PM 0 0
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Lé.Skiing
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and the game was runnign fine when i could manage to get my way into race the cars. and i'm probibly just gonna get teh radeon 9200 or 9600.. if i could get the money i'd buy the X800 but i dont and i think i might get 512 MB of DDR memory




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Nov 28 2004 9:21PM 0 0
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*Fujative*
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you NEED a new video card. the game is prob. around 128, and you have 32
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Nov 29 2004 5:04AM 0 0
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wow! this is what you need...

CPU: Pentium III 933 MHz or higher

RAM: 128 MB or higher, 256 MB or higher for XP

OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

HD-space: at least 1000 MB

Graphics Card: 32 MB or higher, DirectX 9.0
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Nov 29 2004 5:07AM 0 0
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so im guessing b/c it is just the graphics, then you need a new card
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Nov 29 2004 5:07AM 0 0
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d-loc
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definatly not enough video ram to run that. ive got an older laptop about 2 years and its got 16MB and it cant run simple little racing games.



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