Radeon starting from the first 7x00 regressed table fog and paletted textures already, so you're SOL on that one. Ironically it has better compatibility than the GFFX and other GF's

Ya a lot of those old D3D games are basically written for 3dfx D3D. ATi didn't bother to support some things, like fog table. Nvidia is definitely better, even Geforce FX. Don't go newer than FX though. Really a Voodoo3-5 is ideal.

It's sad but I've found Intel chipsets like in my netbook actually render very old games accurately compared to newer cards; 16-bit dithering is generally excellent for example. For Geforces though, the GF3/4 series were the last and most compatible "legacy" cards before NV switched architectures.

For the FX5500 the 93.71 drivers is definitely the way to go. You should be able to play Mobil 1 and Janes USAF with that driver under XP. Remember to force a high AA in Mobil 1 or it will crash in some places when running in high fps (I have to force a 64x mode with sparse grid supersampling transparency for it not to crash on my GTX260).

duralisis wrote:

It's sad but I've found Intel chipsets like in my netbook actually render very old games accurately compared to newer cards; 16-bit dithering is generally excellent for example.

Yup I've found that my EeePC 900's GMA 900 is surprisingly useful for games from 2001 and earlier.

I wouldn't use anything beyond the latest detonator drivers for a card/game that old:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_45.23.html

Edit : Interesting the FX5500 is the only FX series card not listed in that drivers release notes. Did the 5500 come out later? It still may work with those drivers though which I have found are THE best for older games on anything FX series and below.

Yes it was released after the FX5700 even; the earliest driver I can find to support it was around 56.64 (ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/56.64/).

Splinter Cell and the second game are known to only work on old video cards and drivers. They use weird features that no new driver has and on a modern machine the lightning is totally off 😀

Easier to source an Xbox though because that's the main platform for this game.

Mau1wurf1977 wrote:

Splinter Cell and the second game are known to only work on old video cards and drivers. They use weird features that no new driver has and on a modern machine the lightning is totally off 😀

Easier to source an Xbox though because that's the main platform for this game.

Xbox + Splintercell is a totally awesome combo. Even if you never play the game 😉

I bought the pack on Steam and playing the first game was hard because you couldn't see the "search light" during many levels.

The second game was unplayable because of similar issues.

One day I'll play it on the Xbox!

thanks to all,

especially to filipetolhuizen