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badbomb

11-16-2006, 03:01

i have a windows XP made in 2001

here the system summary from System information thingy

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name GENE-293NB43ICC
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 04
System Model P6266A-ABA XT928
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~1102 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies LTD 3.02, 8/24/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.31
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 384.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 144.88 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 921.39 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

not sure if it helps

Martok

11-16-2006, 08:22

System requirements for MTW (taken directly off the box):

3D Hardware Accelerator CArd required - 100% DirectX 8.1 compatible 16 MB video card and drivers

Pentium II 350 or Athlon processor or higher

English version of Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME/XP

128 MB of RAM

Quad Speed CD-ROM drive (600 K/sec sustained transfer rate) and drivers

1.7 GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 200MB for Windows swap file)

100% DirectX 8.1 compatible 16 bit sound card and drivers

100% Windows 98/2000/ME/XP compatible mouse, keyboard, and drivers

DirectX 8.1 (Included)

Now given that my computer is even older than yours and can still run MTW okay, odds are good your machine can run it just fine as well. ~:)

drone

11-16-2006, 16:43

If you can run Windows XP, chances are you can run MTW. What video card do you have? There are some known driver issues with nVidia cards.

caravel

11-16-2006, 17:14

I find it strange that you're asking whether your PC can run MTW. Do you mean M2TW? Apologies if you did mean MTW, which your system will run easily if it's video card meets the minimum requirements.

badbomb

11-17-2006, 01:05

yes i do mean MTW not 2 (i dont have enough money for a new computer)

who do i know what my video card is?

drone

11-17-2006, 01:14

Right-click on your desktop, select "Properties", then select the "Settings" tab. From there, hit the "Advanced..." button and select the "Adapter" tab. This should show your card/video adapter type, hitting the "Properties" button from there will get you to a window that will show your driver versions.

badbomb

11-18-2006, 01:55

ITs an

Intel(R) 82810 Graphics controller(Micrsoft Corp.)

Driver Version 6.13.1.3198

memory size 32mb

Tony Furze

11-18-2006, 13:54

I have an Intel (R) Graphics card, too, and MTW VI runs really well-no problems except when I try to update the drivers.

The Barron

11-25-2006, 06:34

naut

11-25-2006, 07:31

Martok

11-28-2006, 08:24

Welcome to the Org, The Barron! Always nice to see a fellow Minnesotan here. :thumbsup:

If you follow Rythmic's advice, that should take care of the problem. If you continue to experience difficulties, however, I would recommend checking out the Apothecary. They have a stickied thread dedicated to technical issues with MTW. :yes:

Geezer57

11-28-2006, 19:39

I have a Mobility Radeon 9600 and the game crashes when I go to a battle seen. Does anybody know if its the card or something else. All my other stuff is above the minimum requirements. Any help would be great.

Common occurrence, has something to do with the AA settings. If you set you Anti-Aliasing of your video card to x2 not x4 it should work a treat.
Hmmm, I'm not sure that changing the anti-aliasing settings will prove beneficial with a Radeon card - worth a try, but that tip is usually targeted at later generation GeForce cards (6xxx/7xxx). With desktop Radeons (9800 and x800 series) I've found greatest stability/compatibility with the older Omega Drivers version 2.6.53 (based on Catalyst 5.7). They can be found here: http://www.omegadrivers.net/archive.php But I don't know if these are appropriate for a mobile graphics chipset - looks like slightly different drivers are offered at ATI/AMD's website for mobility and desktop chips. Reading the forums over at DriverHeaven.net, it seems that sometimes the desktop drivers work fine, other times not. I did find one reference (http://www.driverheaven.net/archive/index.php/t-73935.html) to a "Mobility Modder" tool, which sounds intriguing.
Good luck!
P.S. One valuable tool when experimenting with different driver versions is Driver Cleaner Pro, which is available for download from several different sources. Version 1.5 seems to be the latest. It completely purges all traces of previous driver installations - just make sure to exactly follow the step-by-step instructions provided.

caravel

11-28-2006, 23:39

Hmmm, I'm not sure that changing the anti-aliasing settings will prove beneficial with a Radeon card - worth a try, but that tip is usually targeted at later generation GeForce cards (6xxx/7xxx). With desktop Radeons (9800 and x800 series) I've found greatest stability/compatibility with the older Omega Drivers version 2.6.53 (based on Catalyst 5.7). They can be found here: http://www.omegadrivers.net/archive.php But I don't know if these are appropriate for a mobile graphics chipset - looks like slightly different drivers are offered at ATI/AMD's website for mobility and desktop chips. Reading the forums over at DriverHeaven.net, it seems that sometimes the desktop drivers work fine, other times not. I did find one reference (http://www.driverheaven.net/archive/index.php/t-73935.html) to a "Mobility Modder" tool, which sounds intriguing.
Good luck!
P.S. One valuable tool when experimenting with different driver versions is Driver Cleaner Pro, which is available for download from several different sources. Version 1.5 seems to be the latest. It completely purges all traces of previous driver installations - just make sure to exactly follow the step-by-step instructions provided.

I may try the Omega Drivers (takes me back to the 3dfx days!) for my Radeon 9000 Pro, or the 5.7s, as I'm currently using the 6.5s. I don't have any problems but performance is a bit sluggish and I'm wondering why, as MTW was better than this even with my old Voodoo5.