Jorpho wrote on 2020-05-21, 17:29:Have you looked into the oldest driver supported by your card?
No. I really didn't want to mess with the drivers if it could be avoided.
Garrett W wrote on 2020-05-21, 22:38:
You should be able to get the game working on this type of hardware and OS. Use an older driver version and try the compatible tweaks mentioned in that PCGaming Wiki entry, especially the ddraw.dll one. I remember playing the game on similar hardware at the time and it was fine.
I tried all the tweaks in the Wiki and none of them (of the ones that worked for me) fixed hardware accelerated mode.
Garrett W wrote on 2020-05-21, 22:38:On another note, a simple AM4 Athlon 3000G or Ryzen 3200G with a cheap motherboard, 2 sticks of RAM, integrated graphics and a decent SSD will obliterate your current system while being relatively inexpensive.
Unfortunately I know very little about choosing a good system. I once thought of building my own system. I picked a motherboard with great sounding specs, then I looked at the comments. "This is a piece of junk!", "Don't buy this if you want to use xxx CPU!", "This has a terrible bottleneck on the system bus that slows things down to a crawl!" OK, pick another motherboard that sounds even better. "Ugh! The chipset on this board is full of problems!", "You can't use DDRx RAM in this thing so forget about performance!", "Don't buy this if you plan to run any games!"
I really don't want to study for a PHD in computer hardware, I just want something that works fairly well without major problems. Something that can run most modern emulators at a decent speed. I know that's kind of a vague goal, but I've watched videos of people running the PS2 version of Gran Turismo in 4-8x native resolution at 60fps while the same game chugs along on my system at about 5fps. I've seen Gamecube games played in 4K with updated textures while my system turns some games into a slideshow if I don't disable the audio.
Garrett W wrote on 2020-05-21, 22:38: Windows 10 is essentially free at this point (setup will nag you once about product key which you can ignore and from then on the system will warn you but never actually lock you out) and you can buy product keys for like 10-15EURO/USD from third parties.
I've never used Windows 10, but I have a moral objection to the spyware and the forced updates. Some people say that both can be turned off, but when I Google it, most sites say that there's no way to turn off all the spyware and that updates absolutely can not be turned off, that you can delay an update, but eventually you will be forced to install it whether you want to or not. My friend has Win10 on his systems. It wasn't his conscious choice, he ended up with it due to Microsoft's stealth download of the installer, and then it bugging him constantly to install, until he finally let it. He's had a ton of problems with it. It's always going off into limbo on on him, doing updates or something in the background. It's broken his old printer driver more than once. Old games have stopped working after updates and most recently it downloaded and installed a crap-ton of stuff that he didn't want and will never use.
Garrett W wrote on 2020-05-21, 22:38:Surely a better experience from long unsupported Windows XP! If that's not your cup of tea or preferred hot beverage, you could also try an easy Linux distribution such as Linux Mint. I know times are tough and sticking to what you have and know is comfortable, but consider moving on as I genuinely believe you will really notice the difference in performance.
I tried a bootable Linux CD once. It booted up to a desktop environment and from there I couldn't figure out how to do anything.
I'd like to get a newer, faster system with Windows 7, even though I know it's now no longer supported. I've looked at refurbished systems with i5 and i7 processors, but they often don't come with any OS installed. So then I need to get a copy of Win7 and install it from scratch, plus add another $200 minimum for a decent graphics card, which today is considered "bargain basement" level and by the time I get done, I'll have spent $500-600 anyway. If I want a good graphics card, that's probably $300-400. Then I'll have a 64-bit OS that will be supported by third-party software for at least a few more years and I can have the fun of trying to install older games that don't work in a 64-bit environment...
filipetolhuizen wrote on 2020-05-24, 23:40:
Anti-Aliasing garbles the graphics completely (creates trails all over the screen, is that what's happening with you?). You'll need to create a nvidia profile for JK to disable AA.
I get exactly thesame problem as in this post;
Running Motocross Madness, JK2 and others on Windows XP
I tried disabling anti-aliasing completely in the Nvidia control panel, but it didn't make any difference.
DosFreak wrote on 2020-05-25, 13:24:
DXGL worked for me on Windows 2000 w/980 to to fix this for Dark Forces 2
DXGL says that it's a replacement for ddraw.dll. Does that mean it's going to replace the one in my system directory, or will it just override the system one. I'm hesitant to try it unless the change can be rolled back if I have problems.