a solution to some crashes and cpu/hdd access

[helbreat]

my other comp has a 32mb radeon 7000 ve and has alot of problems with SoR each time i try to open it it just says the client failed to allocate AGP memory o.0 so not all ati cards will work with SoR

[thexdane]

I have always used retail ATI video cards and have had to deal with their support a few times over the years. I have never had any problems. Their service was fast and efficient and I had no problems with exchanging any card that was not working at its best. I am sorry that your experience has not been optimum. But this is not the place to bash companies.

well by support i also mean promised features that is on the box, i can show you lots of examples where they made promises about products and NEVER delivered. like i got an ati rage II pro card, it says on the box "supports opengl", they never released the opengl drivers, rage pro came out with the same promise, yet they didn't support any opengl application

10 years later they are JUST getting the support for opengl and still ati runs better in direct3d mode and really chokes out on opengl apps

so yeah i've had really bad support from them and so have you but you don't realise it

[mtsmith]

my other comp has a 32mb radeon 7000 ve and has alot of problems with SoR each time i try to open it it just says the client failed to allocate AGP memory o.0 so not all ati cards will work with SoR

Helbreat,

The minimum system requirements for SoR, as quoted by GameSpot are as follows:

System: Pentium III 2 Ghz or equivalent
RAM:512 MB RAM
Hard Drive Space: 5000 MB
Other: GeForce 4 with 128 Mo of RAM; ADSL Internet connection or equivalent

Your Radeon 7000VE 32MB was a low-end value card when it was released circa 1999 and I would be highly surprised if you can play any modern game without a devastating performance hit.

You can pick up a Radeon 9250 128MB card at Newegg.com for about $45 shipped, but I would highly recommend you suck it up and spend around $70 for a cheap mid-range card that will last you a couple of years. If you're really bold <sarcasm>, you can pick up an nVidia-based GF4 4200 (or better) or an ATI-based Radeon 9600 (or better) for around $100.

The only major online retailer I will recommend is Newegg.com, though I hear that Monarch is becoming popular. Choice of manufacturers is really up to you. Some people will argue that certain manufacturers are better than others, and they are right in regards to quality, support, and warranty process, but performance-wise, two cards with the same chipset will nearly always perform within about 2% of each other, even if one is made by Asus and one is made by <insert famously crappy company name of choice>.

[helbreat]

Helbreat,

The minimum system requirements for SoR, as quoted by GameSpot are as follows:

System: Pentium III 2 Ghz or equivalent
RAM:512 MB RAM
Hard Drive Space: 5000 MB
Other: GeForce 4 with 128 Mo of RAM; ADSL Internet connection or equivalent

Your Radeon 7000VE 32MB was a low-end value card when it was released circa 1999 and I would be highly surprised if you can play any modern game without a devastating performance hit.

You can pick up a Radeon 9250 128MB card at Newegg.com for about $45 shipped, but I would highly recommend you suck it up and spend around $70 for a cheap mid-range card that will last you a couple of years. If you're really bold <sarcasm>, you can pick up an nVidia-based GF4 4200 (or better) or an ATI-based Radeon 9600 (or better) for around $100.

The only major online retailer I will recommend is Newegg.com, though I hear that Monarch is becoming popular. Choice of manufacturers is really up to you. Some people will argue that certain manufacturers are better than others, and they are right in regards to quality, support, and warranty process, but performance-wise, two cards with the same chipset will nearly always perform within about 2% of each other, even if one is made by Asus and one is made by <insert famously crappy company name of choice>.

well i put a geforce FX 5500 in there and it logs in now and everytime im in game on the other comp for 10 mins i get an access violation error and a runtime error =/ but the time in game i get the graphics are better than this comp >.<