Video card?!Follow

I am using a GeForce4 440 MX with 8xAGP 128mb

everytime I try to load the game, the screen turns black then goes back to my desktop with an error saying I need a video card with 4 texture units.

What is a texture unit ?

I read system reqs. on the box, and from what I read, it should work fine.

anyone know anything I don't about this ??

from the sony knowlage base.

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I had a MX and i worked fine, of course i had it set to maximum performance but it ran smoothly, my suggestion is to update to the lastest drivers for you video card which can be found Here

Edited, Wed Nov 24 11:26:21 2004 by Alberich

I'm wondering how you managed to do this. SoE made the game so that it runs with the "need" for a 4-texture card, which the MX series is without. I too had a MX card in the older of my two systems, and it was absolutely impossible to run EQ II on that card, no matter what driver or updates I tried.

To the OP, definately look into buying a new card. I personally upgraded, since the MX series (in my experience) is not supported no matter what modification you make to the software. Regardless if you could get it to work, you'll want to upgrade up simply because with most games coming out now, they'll simply require higher standards for Video Cards anyways. There's a lot of cheap alternatives, I only spent about $60 on a nice upgrade to a Radeon 9200SE card, which is more than adequate.

New Radeon 128 video cards and above work. I had the same problem. The "texture units" thing is relatively new, so only newer cards have it. I had a 256 that originally cost over $250 a year and a half ago that wouldn't work either.

lol
thats funny in one sense but then when I think how I have the same exact problem its not


Im here for you man


Danm my lack of Jobness and I would be able to buy one :(

hey guys, the replies here are really useful but i do have 1 more question :-
Geforce Fx 5200/5500/5700 and the radeon 9200/9250 ... will it be able to actually work? i'm in malaysia and the cost of video cards here are really outrageous :(
if it works, den i'll be able to afford 1 as my old g4 mx440 is practically useless for EQ2

thanks for the help guys, cheers!

*edited some video card models

Edited, Tue Nov 30 00:23:42 2004 by murtabak