hello I was looking at a new G3 sim and was wondering what I need to run the sim.

Generation 3 System Requirements
Minimum

Windows XP*, 2000*, ME, 98
Intel® Pentium® 1.0 GHz or equivalent
DirectX 9 (or above) feature-compatible video and sound card
3D accelerated video card with 32MB (or more) RAM (e.g., Nvidia GeForce 5200, ATI Radeon 9600)
Recommended video cards
256 MB RAM
1.3 GB hard drive space

My system is

Windows xp
Intel Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz
64 Mb Nvidia GeForce2 Mx with Tv out
512Mb RAM
40 GB hard drive with the available space

Will I have any problem running the sim ?

ok thanks anyway I looked it up and I should be running close to optimum as my video card was tested and works according to Knife Edge.

RC,

That video card will not perform well with G3. Yes, ti will run. But to get decent frame rates you will have to turn off many features.

I have an ATI X300 128 MB card and to get 50-60 FPS I have to turn off clouds, terrain detail, and use the lowest shadow setting.

Carl

Ok well whats with that ? Knife edge said they tested it. what would be the best card to work with this sim ? I don't know if I really want to go and upgrade my computer yet.
I was looking to but don't have money a the moment.

G3 likes as much video horsepower as you can afford.
I get good performance, but I have a Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition ($$$).

With the right hardware however - it's a cool sim.

Jim H.

im geting a pci-express x850 card that should be good.

im using the radion 9950 for $139 its an AGP card. it runs fine .. the PCI express equivelent is the 9250. Im running a 3 year old athalon 2800.. runs fine witout a hitch.. before that i had an ancient nvidia 4800 and it ran fine too but i had to kill the shadows and cut the main menu graphics option down some

nVidia 7800 GTX either single or SLI. nVidia 6800 Ultra either single or SLI. 7800 is top of the food chain, until Crossfire becomes mainstream. Get the absolute best computer system you can afford. The photofields in G3 require less computer power than the fully-enabled G3 3D environments. You WILL have to get a serious gaming machine to utilize the sim to its max. No ifs, ands, or buts...been there, done that.

Charles

drumbum,

Is your video card the Radeon 9550? or 9950 as you posted?

I have the ATI Radeon 9550 card 256MB AGP and am having trouble getting G3 to run at all... I am encouraged if this is the card that is working well for you... I'm running a 1.6GHz Pentium 4, with 768MB ram but so far G3 just crawls. I updated the drivers when I installed the card last Spring but have not yet installed the latest G3 updates and patches since it seemed a lost cause on this system...
Charlie

yes mine is a 9550, sorry dumb fingered it, I do have 1.5 gigs of ram though.. im running an athalon 2800 which is 1.2 GHZ i believe heck its been so long i cant remember.. Mine also acted up when i got it but i updated all of my drivers and found out it was my soundblaster audiology that was creating my delema.. check and update EVERY driver for everything on your PC.. It might be my ram that makes mine so smooth i dont know... i have a friend with an athalon 64 and a radion 800 and his gets a better frame rate speed but actual gameplay i can tell no difference. im pretty happy with the card and my PC.. we were both supprised in the performance..

drumbum,

Thanks for the info... insufficient ram could be a part of the problem for me but I will update drivers, etc., and see what that accomplishes... Might just be time to bite the bullet and do a new system

I appreciate your input,

Charlie