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#1 Nov 19 2004 at 9:04 PM Rating: Decent
Somebody tell me what I can do please. I have:

Athlon 2500+
1.8 Ghz
512 ram
nVidia 5600 128

everytime I go to play, I receive an error message saying:

you require a video card with at least 4 texture units
#2 Nov 19 2004 at 9:56 PM Rating: Decent
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Maybe your video is too old, they give a list of the supported video cards, have a look. I'm not sure, I don't know this card, I run an ATI radeon 9600 and it works fine.

They say and I quote "Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible; pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 64 MB of texture memory"
Does yours have those ?

I tried to find the list for the non supported video cards but couldn't find it, I'm sure there is a post on this forum about it.
#3 Nov 19 2004 at 10:01 PM Rating: Good
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That's a new(er) card and I'm using it also. I am using the 6693 series drivers and am having no troubles (now). Older drivers game me all kinds of issues.
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#4 Nov 19 2004 at 10:08 PM Rating: Decent
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I think he means the GeForce FX 5600 Ultra - 128mb...
#5 Nov 19 2004 at 11:09 PM Rating: Decent
So, do you i need to purchase a new video card?
#6 Nov 19 2004 at 11:28 PM Rating: Decent
Hmmm thats strange I tought all Nvidia FX 5+++ and above are DX9 compliant......... Maybe its your driver??
#7 Nov 19 2004 at 11:38 PM Rating: Decent
Check the tech forum on the offial eq2 site.
#8 Nov 20 2004 at 1:16 AM Rating: Decent
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Here is a list of supported cards:

* nVidia
o GeForce3 Series
o GeForce4 Series*
o Quadro4 700/750/900
o Quadro FX Series
o GeForce FX Series
o GeForce PCX Series
o GeForce 6xxx Series
+ Win2k/XP Driver location and version - 66.81
+ Win98/ME Driver location and version - 56.64
* ATi
o Radeon 8500 Series
o Radeon 9xxx Series
o Radeon x300/x600/x700/x800
o FireGL 8700 and above
+ Win2k/XP Driver location and version - 6.14.10.6483
+ Win98/ME Driver location and version - 6.14.10.6240
* S3
o DeltaChrome S4/S8/F1 – WinXP Driver location and version - 6.14.10.1756-15.11.06.j
* XGI
o Volari Series
+ Win2k/XP V5 and V8 Drivers location and version


*DOES NOT INCLUDE THE GEFORCE 4 MX SERIES.

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#9 Nov 20 2004 at 1:19 AM Rating: Decent
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They also give a link to test your card... You can test it here.
#10 Nov 20 2004 at 2:10 AM Rating: Decent
Thanks for the help guys, i figured it out. I have the MX series video card and obviously there is no way to make it work. I guess i will be purchasing a new video card.
#11 Nov 20 2004 at 9:50 AM Rating: Decent
I know exactly what you're going through. I also had an MX that I had to upgrade.

I have been real happy with the GeForce FX 5700 that I got. 256mb. The going price seems to be around $175. It makes a really big difference.

Oh, and since you're going to have to crack open your case anyway...Go ahead and get that extra system memory too.
#12 Nov 20 2004 at 10:58 AM Rating: Decent
Got GEForce FX5500 256 ...newegg.com for around 100$$. Came in about 3 days. Fixed my kids problem with lag...and he's running 512 RAM.
Saw it at Best buy for 149 with 20$ rebate.

Edited, Sat Nov 20 10:59:42 2004 by Jeli
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