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RPGDot Forums > Gothic - Troubleshooting

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Joey Nipps
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Joined: 03 Jan 2002
Posts: 849
Location: Outer Space
   

For the vast majority of video (and sound) related problems people are having - the answer is generally DRIVERS. Check your video drivers and sound drivers against the most recent ones on the manufacturer sites - also check Microsoft for updated drivers (it depends upon your operating system). Note (as someone else already pointed out) that the newest drivers won't necessarily produce the best results - even though they should - so you might have to experiment a bit. Also, a note to those less experienced computer users - depending upon your operating system and the manufacturer of the drivers, there are several ways to update the drivers to your system. These methods do NOT always produce equivalent results - if the site where you got the drivers has instructions then follow them. Just running a driver install (or setup) might not be the best method (I did that on XP and still had problems) - so read instructions carefully.

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Post Tue Feb 05, 2002 1:22 pm
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ffbj
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Joined: 05 Feb 2002
Posts: 489
   

Not to beat a dead horse, but I echo Joey's sentiments. I can't understand how people with high-end systems are having problems when the game runs like a champ on my old box.

Check list:
1. Drivers (as above)
2. Lots of Ram 256+ (swap out test)
3. Good video (Ge2 ti 64)
4. Good cpu 350+ (the cpu is the less important).
5. Virual memory up to 2ghz
(btw the above is my system).
Post Thu Feb 07, 2002 12:15 am
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mantaray
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Joined: 12 Feb 2002
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ffbj, when u say "old box", how old is ur box? few Qs: what's a driver? where can u find it on ur cube? is it downloadable? Which 1 do u suggest to use? are sound and video cards related to drivers?

[ This Message was edited by: mantaray on 2002-02-12 21:00 ]
Post Wed Feb 13, 2002 2:57 am
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Gorath
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Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany
   

A driver is a small piece of software that tells your operating system how _exactly_ to communicate with itīs related piece of hardware. If you can plug or integrate something in a pc it needs a driver. Most manufacturers constantly finetune their drivers.
To identify the correct driver you need to know your exact piece of hardware and windows version.

Please post your answer in your other thread to keep this one clean.
Post Wed Feb 13, 2002 4:01 am
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