"Too" Good of a Graphics Card?

[Tractor]

This may sound ridiculous, but is it possible for your graphics card to be "too" good to play certain old-ish games? Such as Freelancer? A friend of mine claims that is the reason for him not being able to install Freelancer on his newer, shinier computer, while it works perfectly fine on his 'ol clunky one.

[ghostcat]

This may sound ridiculous, but is it possible for your graphics card to be "too" good to play certain old-ish games? Such as Freelancer? A friend of mine claims that is the reason for him not being able to install Freelancer on his newer, shinier computer, while it works perfectly fine on his 'ol clunky one.

Meh, in my limited experience, if a card far far outstrips the intended one, it can cause issues. However, if he has Vista installed, that's the issue. Vista and freelancer don't get along well.

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........Or close the wall up with our English dead...........................Then imitate the action of the tiger;.................
........In peace there's nothing so becomes a man........................Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,.........
........As modest stillness and humility:........................................Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage!....

Dasher

"Another popup faction. Great. What's wrong with my popup blocker?" - Denelo
"Oh come on, slow and steady doesn't win any races, fast and steady does."

Back, if I can get this thing working!

[Tractor]

Meh, in my limited experience, if a card far far outstrips the intended one, it can cause issues. However, if he has Vista installed, that's the issue. Vista and freelancer don't get along well.

That would explain it.

Though its a bit ironic seeing how Microsoft marketed Freelancer in the first place...

[BestFlyerHere]

I can help with the Vista issue, I'm running it with no troubles. Took me a few months to figure out a solution, but I've got it down.

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RP Story (Still deciding whether or not to finish)

http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?sh...=5439&st=20

[Hades-Warpig]

I can help with the Vista issue, I'm running it with no troubles. Took me a few months to figure out a solution, but I've got it down.

I can almost gaurantee you that his card is (too good) to play FL, I am useing an Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX 756mb. It plays FL with no probs.

Bestflyhere i am on vista home premium and i cannot get the mod to D/L and play. How did you do it?
Ill send ya a pm incase u dont c this.:cool:

[Vaporlinx]

I second the lack of vista incompatabilities, if you know your stuff, you can get just about anything to run on vista. The only things that give me trouble are homebrew apps.

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[Hyperwave22]

I do know that these problems can exist in old games, but I doubt Freelancer is old enough to have problems with any high-end video card on the market. There might be some problems with drivers or other hardware/software, and if there's going to be a problem, that's probably where you'll get it.

I do remember trying to play Sim Copter with my Nvidia 7600 and it ran fine, but my processor was too fast so it jumped around and lagged a lot (kind of ironic, methinks).

Hype

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[BestFlyerHere]

FL does not work online with an anti-virus similar to or Norton, Mcafee, or Avast. They edit the registry files, so I use AVG, which doesn't but is marginal protection.

Get FLMM (Freelancer Mod Manager Beta 1.4), and double click the file. It unzips, then you can activate it.

Works for me!

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I am a long-absent Supreme Commander, Executive Commander, Grand Admiral, Fleet Admiral, and Captain in the mighty Hellfire Legion. I have returned, and am on an urgent mission from Drake Thastus to return the Legion to its former glory, and to claim the galaxy for its own. Only then will I be able to rest.


RP Story (Still deciding whether or not to finish)

http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?sh...=5439&st=20

[ghostcat]

Hmm, all you have to do to make FL work with anti-virus and firewalls is to add it as an exception.

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........Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;..........But when the blast of war blows in our ears,.....
........Or close the wall up with our English dead...........................Then imitate the action of the tiger;.................
........In peace there's nothing so becomes a man........................Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,.........
........As modest stillness and humility:........................................Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage!....

Dasher

"Another popup faction. Great. What's wrong with my popup blocker?" - Denelo
"Oh come on, slow and steady doesn't win any races, fast and steady does."

Back, if I can get this thing working!

[Tractor]

Any suggestions to making it work with Vista? His problem has nothing to do with internet accessibility - his problem lies in attempting to boot up the game in the first place :P