Does anyone know if Voodoo3 TV will run NWN?

[rootbeergnome]

Im sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am going to get NWN tomorrow and I am really worried that I wont be able to play it. These are my system specs:
AMD 700 mhz
512 megs RAM
Voodoo3 3500 TV 16 Meg video card(old as dirt, I know)
Aureal Vortex sound card (first one I think)
Windows XP.

Thats about all I can think of. I have been looking forward to NWN for a long time, but I am worried that I am going to have to spend 100 bucks on a new GeForce card in addition to the 60 bucks for the game itself. Just wondering if anyone has gotten NWN to run on a system like this, or on a voodoo3 at all. I have read that there are serious problems with both the 3dfx cards and the aureal cards, so I guess I am probably out of luck
Thanks in advance for any advice I can get from you guys,
-RB Gnome

 

[Lily Inverse]

If you had more RAM on the card I'd be inclined to give a hesitant "maybe" but in this case, no. You're going to need a TNT2 or higher, or a Radeon or higher. Anything less and you're asking for trouble, and with that much less you're practically begging for it.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I agree, you're going to need something more powerful. If you can, I would pick up something by nVidia, which is the most compatible with NWN.

 

[rootbeergnome]

*sigh* so i suppose its hopeless then...I will have to buy a new video card and wait to get NWN when I get paid again in 2 weeks, arg!!! Has anyone hear ever seen NWN run at all on a voodoo3 3500 TV? Ah well, must wait longer, have already waited years anyway. thanks again.

 

[Lazybones]

I am not certain, but I don't believe that the Voodoo 3s are OpenGL 1.2 compliant, which is a requirement for the game. Some folks on the official boards said that they were able find community-made drivers that allowed them to run the game on Voodoo cards, but the frame rates were terrible.


http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=101311&forum=42

Be forewarned, it's a pretty acrimonious discussion.

 

[Lily Inverse]

Well, I suppose there IS always the "Stick it in a freezer and overclock the Hell out of it" approach. Be forewarned that I have no experience in actually doing that, and if you wreck your computer I claim no responsibility. Discuss this with someone who knows what they're doing before even attempting it.

 

[Wikidogre]

yes!! it will run, you just have to make sure that you turn all the goodies off, until you get a new card. but i have ran it for a while.

 

[Lily Inverse]

It will run, maybe. . . . but only in a non-standard configuration. For some people, this is not an option. Either they don't have the paitence, or they use their computer for critical tasks. If a community-built driver crashes their Windows setup, they may be in a world of trouble. Granted, a new video card can be the same, but Windows has difficulty with the concept of "Driver backups" so recovering from a faulty driver install is a lot harder than recovering from a faulty hardware install. The former can be outright impossible without completely wiping the entire hard drive, the latter is often as simple as swapping out the hardware.

If it's not playable in standard configuration, don't try to encourage people to do it unless you're willing to take the blame and pay for lost time and money on the person's behalf, because if things go wrong it really will be your fualt.