Can't play GTL
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Autonotiv

Original Poster:

2,673 posts

246 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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Looks like im going to have to buy a tower (new computer), to join you lot in the racing
oh well something else to buy!

note to self, must get a tower.

UncleDave

7,155 posts

253 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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What are you running now?
Come on there's always a way round things

Autonotiv

Original Poster:

2,673 posts

246 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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well, the problem is the game want's a 64MB DIRECTX 8.1 COMPATIBLE VIDEO CARD,
and mine is only a 32MB card, so does this mean it won't work???
any ideas mate????
PS it's a laptop

cheers

UncleDave

7,155 posts

253 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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Nope sorry, you can't usually upgrade the Graphics for a laptop...

It might install and run but would be very very poor quality etc..
Come back with a budget and we will sort you something out that will run it well for as little £ as possible

Dave.

Holst

2,468 posts

243 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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You can get it to run on a 32mb card.

If you tweak the drivers and set the same to low res and detail you should be able to get it playable to some extent.

I would try it anyway, it might be ok.

If its impossible to play then you can build a PC capable of running this game fairly cheaply.

Autonotiv

Original Poster:

2,673 posts

246 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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You say what you can do, for as little money as pos, then i will tell you if i can afford it.
Can you buy new video card things????
also can you buy VERY VERY long moniter cables etc???

>> Edited by Autonotiv on Wednesday 8th March 18:43

TJW

3,848 posts

269 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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I cant play GTL and im running;

3.2 ghz p4
1.5gb DDR2 RAM
160gb harddrive


the reason, the gfxs card is knackered, can only run the pc at 600x480 or something atm, i think it blew. its a ATi X600XT

Autonotiv

Original Poster:

2,673 posts

246 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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TJW said:
I cant play GTL and im running;

3.2 ghz p4
1.5gb DDR2 RAM
160gb harddrive


the reason, the gfxs card is knackered, can only run the pc at 600x480 or something atm, i think it blew. its a ATi X600XT


So you mean it will work with a 32MB Video card thing?

hugh_

3,694 posts

263 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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I run it on a laptop. Spec is:

1.3GHz Centrino
512mB RAM
onboard gfx running off the mobo/ram

Everything is on low and running in 800*600 and get 30ish fps which is just about enough.

UncleDave

7,155 posts

253 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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My suggestion would be to give it a try. I played on everything low on my Desktop for a long time until I upgraded.

Give it a shot, then if it sucks come back to us
Only downside is buying the game for it to possibly not work

HarryW

15,790 posts

291 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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Autonotiv said:
TJW said:
I cant play GTL and im running;

3.2 ghz p4
1.5gb DDR2 RAM
160gb harddrive


the reason, the gfxs card is knackered, can only run the pc at 600x480 or something atm, i think it blew. its a ATi X600XT


So you mean it will work with a 32MB Video card thing?

You don't know the grief I'm getting over it the card is a 128Mb PCI-X thingy too.
It crashes the whole system if you try running it must be the card as it used to run no problem. Do you know how I can check out whats at fault , problem being not only does the card crash it reboots the whole machine, which I'm lead to beleive is a undesirable trait of the ATI cards, or is it, hope its not the motherboard/CPU ..........

UncleDave

7,155 posts

253 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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Try updating your drivers..

use these instead
www.omegadrivers.net/ati/win2k_xp.php

Otherwise, have a look in Start > Run > type dxdiag and click OK, then run the Graphics tests

Dave.

FourWheelDrift

91,669 posts

306 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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before you buy.

Try the GTL Demo and download it to try it out first to see if your PC can handle it.

It's on here - on the right hand side - www.bhmotorsports.com/GTL

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 8th March 23:02

Autonotiv

Original Poster:

2,673 posts

246 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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FourWheelDrift said:
before you buy.

Try the GTL Demo and download it to try it out first to see if your PC can handle it.

It's on here - on the right hand side - www.bhmotorsports.com/GTL

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 8th March 23:02


Ok will do. also if the game doesn't work on this computer, i could update an old tower, i got lying about.

FourWheelDrift

91,669 posts

306 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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One tip, before running the game open the the 3d config make sure you are running the game in Dx7

HarryW

15,790 posts

291 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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UncleDave said:
Try updating your drivers..

use these instead
www.omegadrivers.net/ati/win2k_xp.php

Otherwise, have a look in Start > Run > type dxdiag and click OK, then run the Graphics tests

Dave.

Thanks will try teh dx tests in a mo, re the drivers are the ones posted better than the ATI official ones , as I've tried the latest ones and had no change .

UncleDave

7,155 posts

253 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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HarryW said:
UncleDave said:
Try updating your drivers..

use these instead
www.omegadrivers.net/ati/win2k_xp.php

Otherwise, have a look in Start > Run > type dxdiag and click OK, then run the Graphics tests

Dave.

Thanks will try teh dx tests in a mo, re the drivers are the ones posted better than the ATI official ones , as I've tried the latest ones and had no change .


HarryW

15,790 posts

291 months

Wednesday 8th March 2006
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OK checked out the drivers alredy have the 8.221 one loaded , it passed the gx tests too ............... or are you saying the 8.221 one on teh link is different from the offical ATI catalyst one .

>> Edited by HarryW on Wednesday 8th March 23:18

Autonotiv

Original Poster:

2,673 posts

246 months

Thursday 9th March 2006
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downloaded a demo, but when o try to run it it comes up with an error report?????
any ideas???

UncleDave

7,155 posts

253 months

Thursday 9th March 2006
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No ideas about the demo...
As for Omega drivers, they aren't the official ATI release, I suppose you could call them a patched version. I have always found they work better, some might prefer ATI's own but they sometimes cause problems. If you install the latest XP drivers from the Omega website then your problems might be solved In 90% of cases the drivers are the problem.

Dave.