I have a compaq computer (yeah, i know it sucks, but my dad is who bought =[ ), and about my mobo i just know the chipset (mvp4). I have a tnt2 pci too, but the real bottleneck in my system is my processor, k6-2 533. I have 256 ram.
And i need to find a way to improve my performance in games, cause i´ve tried to run max paine but it becomes really slow..
i´ve tried a lot of drivers, and anyone fit here...
So, im needing sugestions about how to tweak my chipset, my processor, and things like..
Thanks.
tchelo.
i need help..
Re: i need help..
Max Payne will absolutely kill your system, and I'm not sure even a K6-III+ would help much. If you have a TNT2 PCI, it's probably a TNT2 m64 PCI which has only 64 bit memory bandwidth which really cripples the cards as well. May Payne is likely just too much for that system.tchelo wrote:I have a compaq computer (yeah, i know it sucks, but my dad is who bought =[ ), and about my mobo i just know the chipset (mvp4). I have a tnt2 pci too, but the real bottleneck in my system is my processor, k6-2 533. I have 256 ram.
And i need to find a way to improve my performance in games, cause i´ve tried to run max paine but it becomes really slow..
i´ve tried a lot of drivers, and anyone fit here...
So, im needing sugestions about how to tweak my chipset, my processor, and things like..
Thanks.
tchelo.
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Minimum requirements for Max Payne are WAY too much...
I really wouldn't count on it being all that playable even if you could really overclock a K6-III+ through the roof.
From the maxpayne.com website:
MINIMUM SPECS:
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1Ghz PIII/Athlon or 1.2Ghz Celeron/Duron processor
32MB AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting support
256MB RAM
1.5 GB hard drive space
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
DirectX 9.0
Keyboard and mouse
RECOMMENDED SPECS:
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1.4Ghz Athlon or 1.7 Ghz Pentium 4, Celeron or Duron processor
64MB DirectX 9 compatible AGP graphics card with hardware T&L support
512MB RAM
1.5 GB hard drive space
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
DirectX 9.0
Keyboard and mouse
Transform and Lighting requirement implies to me at least a Radeon or a GeForce, if I remember right. If you don't have T&L, I don't know if Max Payne tries to emulate it in software or not, but if it does, it'll really tax the CPU a lot further than normal.
From the maxpayne.com website:
MINIMUM SPECS:
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1Ghz PIII/Athlon or 1.2Ghz Celeron/Duron processor
32MB AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting support
256MB RAM
1.5 GB hard drive space
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
DirectX 9.0
Keyboard and mouse
RECOMMENDED SPECS:
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1.4Ghz Athlon or 1.7 Ghz Pentium 4, Celeron or Duron processor
64MB DirectX 9 compatible AGP graphics card with hardware T&L support
512MB RAM
1.5 GB hard drive space
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
DirectX 9.0
Keyboard and mouse
Transform and Lighting requirement implies to me at least a Radeon or a GeForce, if I remember right. If you don't have T&L, I don't know if Max Payne tries to emulate it in software or not, but if it does, it'll really tax the CPU a lot further than normal.
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Re: Minimum requirements for Max Payne are WAY too much...
Hmm, I believe those requirements are for Max Payne 2, not the original.His Royal Majesty King V wrote:I really wouldn't count on it being all that playable even if you could really overclock a K6-III+ through the roof.
From the maxpayne.com website:
MINIMUM SPECS:
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1Ghz PIII/Athlon or 1.2Ghz Celeron/Duron processor
32MB AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting support
256MB RAM
1.5 GB hard drive space
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
DirectX 9.0
Keyboard and mouse
RECOMMENDED SPECS:
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1.4Ghz Athlon or 1.7 Ghz Pentium 4, Celeron or Duron processor
64MB DirectX 9 compatible AGP graphics card with hardware T&L support
512MB RAM
1.5 GB hard drive space
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
DirectX 9.0
Keyboard and mouse
Transform and Lighting requirement implies to me at least a Radeon or a GeForce, if I remember right. If you don't have T&L, I don't know if Max Payne tries to emulate it in software or not, but if it does, it'll really tax the CPU a lot further than normal.
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D'oh!!!
You're right.
Here's what I've now found after a somewhat more careful search, for Max Payne:
Minimum Requirements:
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450MHz AMD / Intel Processor
96 MB RAM
16MB Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card
Recommended System:
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700 MHz AMD / Intel Processor
128 MB RAM
32 MB Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card
Generic requirements:
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DirectX 8.0
DirectSound compatible sound card
Okay, so I was WAY off on that other list of specs. So I guess it technically SHOULD run okay on a K6-2 or better system that's got enough CPU cycles to throw at it. Of course, I don't know what they consider acceptable for the minimum requirements they come up with.
I guess Super_Relay's recommendation of a GeForce or later generation card is a good idea.
Though, I have to ask, does it play reasonably well at 575Mhz with the GeForce?
You're right.
Here's what I've now found after a somewhat more careful search, for Max Payne:
Minimum Requirements:
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450MHz AMD / Intel Processor
96 MB RAM
16MB Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card
Recommended System:
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700 MHz AMD / Intel Processor
128 MB RAM
32 MB Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card
Generic requirements:
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DirectX 8.0
DirectSound compatible sound card
Okay, so I was WAY off on that other list of specs. So I guess it technically SHOULD run okay on a K6-2 or better system that's got enough CPU cycles to throw at it. Of course, I don't know what they consider acceptable for the minimum requirements they come up with.
I guess Super_Relay's recommendation of a GeForce or later generation card is a good idea.
Though, I have to ask, does it play reasonably well at 575Mhz with the GeForce?
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