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Kesnar
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by Kesnar » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:23 pm
Hello,when I run BZFlag at Windows XP the program go very slow.But at the same computer I can play other 3D games what may be wrong!?!
Thank you.
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by Goodbye2U » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:54 pm
System specs please?
I'm thinking I need a better sig than this...
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by Kesnar » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:46 pm
Well,
AMD Athlon 64 processor
3000+
1.80GHz,512MB of RAM
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by JeffM » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:46 pm
What video card do you have?
do you have the current video drivers for it?
I mean the ones from the card's chipset company, not the ones that come with windows or the card. Many games use DirectX on windows, and BZ uses OpenGL. Often the default windows drivers do not produce good OpenGL performance.
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by Kesnar » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:03 pm
I'm sorry I 'm not sure what video card I have.But as I said before I can play other 3D games.
Anyway where I can download OpenGL?
Thank you.
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by blast » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:15 pm
You don't download OpenGL. You download the drivers for your specific video card.
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by The Red Baron » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:01 pm
Kesnar wrote: I'm sorry I 'm not sure what video card I have.But as I said before I can play other 3D games.
Anyway where I can download OpenGL?
Thank you.
go to the start menu, click on run, and type: Dxdiag
then click on the display tab. That will give you info on your video card, under the "device info" field.
We need that info to help you.
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by Kesnar » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:46 pm
Thank you all for helping me.
My video card is a RADEON 9600 SERIES.
I googled for RADEON 9600 drivers and after downloading and installing them everything is perfect!!!
BZFlag RULES!!!
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by The Red Baron » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:58 pm
give a man a fish, you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you'll feed him for a life time.
Give a man google and....?
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by Winny » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:10 pm
He won't use it and come running here first?
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by The Red Baron » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:35 pm
Win XP: don't point to many fingers, you were guilty of the same.
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by Winny » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:38 pm
I only pointed one finger :--p
And, besides, that comment wasn't meant to be pointed directly at this thread...
Also, if a person changes (ish) are they still allowed to poke fun? I would think so...
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by joevano » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:41 pm
Regarding the topic title, I don't have any problems with Win XP... I think he is a really nice guy who has come around in the last year or so.
He is also a pretty good (dare I say great) 3D modeler.