Hey Rekrul, I started that other thread about JK2. As others have said, later drivers (for both nVidia and ATI/AMD) are bad on XP. Your GT430 came out in October 2010, so the earliest driver that actually supports your card must be around 260.99? https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/windows/260_99/ …

To be honest, I actually really like the look of the RenderDroid software renderer in DF2. It's pleasingly chunky and runs pretty nicely, supports fullbrights, does its own mipmapping, etc. It's a very nice software renderer and I don't mind playing it that way at all. Motocross Madness 2, on the …

The problem is the GeForce driver version. I have a GTS 250 and with latest drivers I had corruption on Motocross Madness 2 and some other game I cant remember, so I tested a ton of drivers and found: 186.18_desktop_winxp_32bit_english_whql Problems solved. I'm sure you're right, but that requires …

Found an old 7900GS. It works flawlessly in MCM2. Doesn't work with DF2 at all. At this point, I'm done. I'm going back to the GT730 because it's silent. I'll just play MCM2 and DF2 on my modern gaming rig, because on there I can run all kinds of patches and compatibility mods. Kinda wish I hadn't …

Lol, fail. I edit the registry to get the R9 270 detected by MCM2 and it just crashes to desktop instantly. Sadly, the R9 270 also fails to work on other games that work fine on the GT730. Trackmania Sunrise freezes when it tries to launch a video benchmark. Enemies in Quakespasm exhibit texture …

Paid way too much for a questionable R9 270. I'll report back after it arrives and I get it installed.

Wow. You legend. Thanks for the comprehensive testing. Yeah, I had a feeling it was a driver thing. nVidia dropped the ball on older DX versions somewhere along the way. The GT 730 is way too modern for the system tbh. I only chose it because it was cheap, passively cooled , fast enough for the …

Yeah, I'm using 340.52 on XP 32bit. Oh well. I guess DF2 won't be on this particular PC. Kinda sad that XP has so little support in terms of wrappers and stuff but it's not like I don't understand why. 😜

Oh! Gee. Yes, Dark Forces II is indeed DX5. Sorry, the confusion about the title is my fault. Should have called it DF2 not JK2. Doesn't DxWnd run under XP? It seems DxWnd does work, however I can't find a combination of settings that actually make DF2 work. Not attempted MM2 yet but I'm certain …

Yeah, sorry. All of these problematic games use DirectX 5 (actually MM1 might pre-date DirectX). DXGL Legacy : Causes MM and MM2 to freeze at intro logo and then stop responding. JK2 gets in-game but only the UI is drawn, the world isn't rendered at all. WineD3D for Windows (old version) : MM just …

I've been setting up an old PC as a simple Windows XP -based gaming rig. The PC is just an old Dell Dimension 9200, upgraded a bit: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 4GB DDR2 @ 333MHz GeForce GT 730 ...the rationale being it could be a really crappy Windows 10 machine, or a pretty good Windows XP machine. I …