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HelloBSK · Post by **HelloBSK** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:20 pm

I just purchased a computer with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor 4200+, 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, Windows Vista Premium and a NVIDIA GeForce 6100. I can not run NWN2 on the machine and I think it is because the graphics card is an on board chip. I am looking at upgrading to the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT card.

Do you think this will correct my problem?

I do not have internet from home so I can not download the updates... before I invest in a new card do I need the updates for it to work at all?

I have been out of commission for over 6 months and am JONESING!!!!

wdpepsiman · Post by **wdpepsiman** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:28 pm

i would get the updates before i installed the card and yes the geforce 7600 should work just fine. i have that same card and it does very well.

HelloBSK · Post by **HelloBSK** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:32 pm

Can you snail mail them to me on a disk?

I am not sure when I will be getting my internet back up...

HelloBSK · Post by **HelloBSK** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:51 pm

Let me explain the problem I am having. The game loads and plays the cinimatics, I get to the initial menu and select new campain. Once I do that the screen goes "nuts" and fads in and out with many different shaps and things popping in and out of the screen. After a while of me trying to change the settings to get this to stop the game locks up.

Is this because I do not have the updates or is it a graphics card problem? Windows Vista said my comp is rated a 3.0 due to graphics but the game only needs a rating of 1.0. Is Windows Vista the reason I need the updates?

I need INTERNET...

HelloBSK · Post by **HelloBSK** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:19 pm

Has anyone else experienced a problem like this?

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:37 pm

Section 9.4 of the readme file in your \Program Files\Atari\Neverwinter Nights 2 folder should list all supported video cards. Notice that the lowest supported model of Nvidia card is the 6800 so your 6100 is just too outdated for NWN2 IMHO. I myself am also using a 7600GT with no problems. I find it is quite efficient in regards to performance/price ratio.

If the gameplay gets too herky-jerky using the AMDX2, check to see if you have the game's affinity set to only one core since two cores is only really useful when using the nwn2 toolset to render and compile. Internal CPU timer discrepancies can cause all sorts of clientside lag spikes.

HelloBSK · Post by **HelloBSK** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:40 pm

Are the rest of my specs ok?

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:42 pm

The rest should meet your needs.

eclipse08 · Post by **eclipse08** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:15 am

You're golden if you upgrade your video card. Truthfully though I'd go with the 7900GS if you're looking at the 7600GT. Or spring for the new 8800GS with 320MB video RAM. It's the little brother of the nVidia 8800 family. The cores are there, just less video RAM. It's bloody fast though.

HelloBSK · Post by **HelloBSK** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:51 am

This is the card I am looking at picking up today.

EVGA e-GeForce 7600 GT Graphics Card (256P2N553DX)
ECC 256P2N553DX

ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¢ 580MHz GPU
ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¢ Integrated TV-encoder
ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¢ 256MB of DDR3 memory
ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¢ Dual DVI-I connectors
ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¢ 24.0GB/second bandwidth
ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¢ PCI-Express interface

How can I find out whether or not my power supply is a 450? The book does not speak to this.

HelloBSK · Post by **HelloBSK** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:15 am

Another thing, I am not sure if it is because of Windows Vista, but when the game was done being installed it did not run the configuration utility when I played the game the first time and I can not find it anywhere.

Can anyone tell me the name of the file and where to find it?

Thanks!!!

shaggy1971 · Post by **shaggy1971** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:44 am

A 250mb gfx card pulls about 125watts of power from ya power supply so upgradinbg it would be a very good idea

Post by **driller** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:20 am

I would recommend not using Vista, unless you want to have problems.
Also, don't skimp on the power supply, here is the one I use:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817703005

-driller

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:10 am

"Glass" windows in Vista are kinda neat. But it seems like a waste of processing power for a modicum of window dressing...

viobane · Post by **viobane** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:12 am

It's like Microsoft adding tabbed browsing to IE2. Why use that when Firefox perfected it a long time ago. Window dressing may look pretty, but until its well tested, I still don't understand why people jump into using it.