Question please

[axel]

I wos a die hard MTW and Shogun player playing a lot of wonderfull mods
till lightning striked my PC, so i buy a new one a: AMD 64 bit 5600 dual core with 4000 MB work memory 500 gig HD and a Ge force 8600magic 512 MB and i cant even play a freeking game proper any more, ooh i cane play MTWII and RTW with NO PROBLEMS but i still cant play MTW and Shogun i loved those games its been over a year now, so i wos thinking to buy a new card and BAN

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GE force Nvidea forever.

my question is wot card should i buy to play MTW VI and Shogun and MTW II and RTW and even use 3 D studio max9?? wots a really good card ATI Radeon 4870 1 GB maybe??

[Judge]

the mtw/vi game will not work with nvidea 8xxx series and upwards mate...

as for radeon i here the 1950xtx plays vi and mtw2 and etw

[axel]

Hi thx mate for your reaction
But isnt the 1950xtx a older card mate?, the ATI Radeon 4870 newer would nt this be beter for
MTW VI and S TW and RTW, MTWII and even ETW?
Its difficult to choose a good card and from wot i heard the the ATI Radeon 4870 is a real competitor for N videa and if you see the link: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=40869 Nvidea aint responding to any one, so way border with N videa if the cards from ATI radeon are good then i will buy ATI radeon and never buy a N videa card ever.

[caravel]

I believe AggonyJudge may be referring to the last ATI card made that runs STW or MTW without issue? I cannot verify this. I have heard that the X850 cards run with the older Catalyst 5.7 drivers and these don't have any issues with MTW. The only X series Radeon that I've run MTW on is an onboard X1200 and that ran ok. Any later HD cards will probably have some issues. It's up to you whether you go for HD 4870 but be aware that there is a big chance that you will have trouble running MTW. There are several different problems affecting the two first TW games. The inability to direct your units in battle only affects the Nvidia 8xxx and 9xxx series as far as I know (though I've seen this problem on a 7xxx series and cured it by using old drivers and/or some different settings). The other problem is the campaign CTD which can usually be cured with the button fix. You will generally need this for most newer cards. The rarer problem is the slow loading screen. I have this latter problem and haven't managed to find any solution. The game takes about 3 minutes + to load a battle or the campaign map. All of these problems are brought on by newer graphics hardware/drivers.

[drone]

My laptop has a ATI Mobility 4850, and runs MTW with no issues. You would want something a little newer I'm sure, but I would imagine the 48XX series should run the game.

[naut]

Can confirm ATI 48XX series runs perfectly. Minor issues are fixable here.

[axel]

Hi thx all for the replays
I still cant believe that Nvidea and Sega/Creative assembly let there fans down by doing nothing.
I emailed a copple of times to Sega UK and this is wot i got response:

Thank you for contacting SEGA Europe Ltd, and emailing us regarding publishing your product. SEGA Europe is in the process of looking at many options to expand its portfolio and we are grateful for your interest in helping us achieve this.

We aim to get back to all enquiries as soon as possible, so please bear with us through this sometimes lengthy process.

Kind regards,

SEGA Europe Ltd
Product Acquisitions Team

So i am about finnished with both of them.

i still dont know wot to do i want to have a good card where i cane play all totalwar serries on and even use 3D max9 but i dont wont to throw away money again.

[caravel]

That's a typical auto-reply. I doubt you'll hear any more though...

Well a HD 48xx series ATI card should run everything with no trouble - and there's two confirmations from Drone and Psychonaut. It's really up to yourself if you want to risk it of course.

[axel]

hi

Thx i am thinking of a ATI 48xx series card 1gig, i heard the 48xx series is as good as the Ge force 9xxx series a real competitor is this true?

[caravel]

That would be a grey area. It may be an idea to make a thread in the hardware/software forum and ask for advice?

[axel]

ill will get somme more info on the net and post a thread in the hardware/software forum
thx mate

[yoyolll]

Hi thx all for the replays
I still cant believe that Nvidea and Sega/Creative assembly let there fans down by doing nothing.
I emailed a copple of times to Sega UK and this is wot i got response:

Thank you for contacting SEGA Europe Ltd, and emailing us regarding publishing your product. SEGA Europe is in the process of looking at many options to expand its portfolio and we are grateful for your interest in helping us achieve this.

We aim to get back to all enquiries as soon as possible, so please bear with us through this sometimes lengthy process.

Kind regards,

SEGA Europe Ltd
Product Acquisitions Team

So i am about finnished with both of them.

i still dont know wot to do i want to have a good card where i cane play all totalwar serries on and even use 3D max9 but i dont wont to throw away money again.

If you emailed them with that spelling and grammar, I'm not surprised.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=69367

That's the CTD forum. I hung around there for about 2 years before I got mine working.

[mountaingoat]

check the nvidia forums , there is a huge thread about this error that has been going for over 2 years , with more than 120 replies and over 70 thousand views, still nothing has been done .... and this is just one of many threads on the net about this .

[caravel]

A possible solution is to buy an ATI card. It's not a solution for everyone though and is not guaranteed to solve all of your problems.