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C.IV
Okay listed here are most modern chipsets along with their TnL capability.
I'm surprised on how many people have their facts wrong. TnL is feature from 2000. Newer cards don't even mention it. Instead what counts in newer cards is pixel shader capability. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertex_and_pixel_shaders. However, hardware TnL support is minimum requirement for CIV IV as you know. Hardware TnL means that graphic card can perform "Transform and Lighning" complex calculations that result in some nice effects; without use of the CPU.
Anytime when graphic card supports pixel shaders, TnL does not need to be mentioned because it is assumed.
GeForce 2- supports TnL
GeForce 3- supports TnL and shader 1.1
GeForce 4MX (420,440,460), and nForce2 integrated - supports TnL *confirmed that works*
GeForce 4Ti (4200,4400, 4600,4800)- supports TnL and shader 1.3
all GeForce FX series: (5) 5200FX, 5500FX, 5600FX, 5800Fx, 5900FX- support TnL and shader 2.0
all GeForce 6 series: 6100 integrated, 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800- support TnL and shader 3.0
all GeForce 7 series: 7300, 7400, 7800GT(X), 7900GT(X)- support TnL and shader 3.0
Radeon 7200/ Radeon VE - supports TnL
Radeon 7500- supports TnL
Radeon 8500, 8500LE, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9250- supports TnL and shader 1. All same chip.
all Radeon 9xx0 series: 9500, 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, 9800XT and all variations- supports TnL and shader 2.0
all Radeon Xx00 series: X200, X300, X600, X700, X800 and all variations- supports TnL and shader 2.0(b)
all Radeon X1x00 series: X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900 supports TnL and shader 3.0
intel 8xx series - DOESNT support TnL. *however some managed to run game*
intel latest 9xx - support TnL and shader 2.0 but in software acceleration, i.e. CPU will do the math. This card is story for itself; it could run, I'm waiting for somebody to confirm whether it does or not. It is known that this card runs some games that require TnL. EDIT. *confirmed in other threads that game works*
Radeon 7000 - DOESNT support TnL
ATi Rage - DOESNT support TnL
Voodoo x - DOESNT support TnL
Complete gfx chips list here:
http://www.neeyik.info/3dspecs/
EDIT2. To tell what card comes with your Windows 2000/XP computer, type devmgmt.msc in start-> run box and card will be named under "display adapters"
EDIT. Here is very quick speed comparison between most common supported cards. Just to see where you stand at. Some cards might be little out of place.
On beginning of the list- slowest cards. On the middle - mainstream. On the end of list, the fastest cards, for smoking the CIV IV out.
Low-end (basic)
Intel 9xx – GF 2- Radeon 7200 – Radeon 7500 - GF 4MX
Low-end (basic to acceptable- all have shader support but not much 'juice')
Radeon 9200SE- Radeon 200M - GF 5200FXSE – GF 5200FX- GF5500FX- Radeon 300M - GF 6200/6200Turbo
Mainstream (decent - should perform good enough with latest patch and 1024x768 res.)
Radeon 9000 – Radeon 9100 – Radeon 9200/9250 – GF3 –GF4 Ti- Radeon 8500 LE- Radeon 8500 – GF 5700FXLE – GF5700FX/5700U - Radeon 9800SE -Radeon 9500/9550 – Radeon 9600/Pro/XT- GF 5800/U –GF 5900/U – Radeon X600- GF6 6600/LE - GF7 7400 - Radeon X1300
ex-High end (very good - should run with everything maxed out)
Radeon x700 - Radeon 9700/Pro – Radeon 9800/Pro/XT- GF6 6600GT - GF 7400GT - GF 7600
High end (insane )
Radeon X1600Pro/XT- GF 6800/LE – Radeon X800SE/GT - Radeon X800/ GTO/Pro – Radeon X800XL – GF6 6800GT/Ultra – Radoen X800PE/X580PE- Radeon X1800XL/XT/GTO - GF 7800GS/GT/GTX/ - Radeon X1900XL/XT - GF 7900 GT/GTX
I'm surprised on how many people have their facts wrong. TnL is feature from 2000. Newer cards don't even mention it. Instead what counts in newer cards is pixel shader capability. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertex_and_pixel_shaders. However, hardware TnL support is minimum requirement for CIV IV as you know. Hardware TnL means that graphic card can perform "Transform and Lighning" complex calculations that result in some nice effects; without use of the CPU.
Anytime when graphic card supports pixel shaders, TnL does not need to be mentioned because it is assumed.
GeForce 2- supports TnL
GeForce 3- supports TnL and shader 1.1
GeForce 4MX (420,440,460), and nForce2 integrated - supports TnL *confirmed that works*
GeForce 4Ti (4200,4400, 4600,4800)- supports TnL and shader 1.3
all GeForce FX series: (5) 5200FX, 5500FX, 5600FX, 5800Fx, 5900FX- support TnL and shader 2.0
all GeForce 6 series: 6100 integrated, 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800- support TnL and shader 3.0
all GeForce 7 series: 7300, 7400, 7800GT(X), 7900GT(X)- support TnL and shader 3.0
Radeon 7200/ Radeon VE - supports TnL
Radeon 7500- supports TnL
Radeon 8500, 8500LE, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9250- supports TnL and shader 1. All same chip.
all Radeon 9xx0 series: 9500, 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, 9800XT and all variations- supports TnL and shader 2.0
all Radeon Xx00 series: X200, X300, X600, X700, X800 and all variations- supports TnL and shader 2.0(b)
all Radeon X1x00 series: X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900 supports TnL and shader 3.0
intel 8xx series - DOESNT support TnL. *however some managed to run game*
intel latest 9xx - support TnL and shader 2.0 but in software acceleration, i.e. CPU will do the math. This card is story for itself; it could run, I'm waiting for somebody to confirm whether it does or not. It is known that this card runs some games that require TnL. EDIT. *confirmed in other threads that game works*
Radeon 7000 - DOESNT support TnL
ATi Rage - DOESNT support TnL
Voodoo x - DOESNT support TnL
Complete gfx chips list here:
http://www.neeyik.info/3dspecs/
EDIT2. To tell what card comes with your Windows 2000/XP computer, type devmgmt.msc in start-> run box and card will be named under "display adapters"
EDIT. Here is very quick speed comparison between most common supported cards. Just to see where you stand at. Some cards might be little out of place.
On beginning of the list- slowest cards. On the middle - mainstream. On the end of list, the fastest cards, for smoking the CIV IV out.
Low-end (basic)
Intel 9xx – GF 2- Radeon 7200 – Radeon 7500 - GF 4MX
Low-end (basic to acceptable- all have shader support but not much 'juice')
Radeon 9200SE- Radeon 200M - GF 5200FXSE – GF 5200FX- GF5500FX- Radeon 300M - GF 6200/6200Turbo
Mainstream (decent - should perform good enough with latest patch and 1024x768 res.)
Radeon 9000 – Radeon 9100 – Radeon 9200/9250 – GF3 –GF4 Ti- Radeon 8500 LE- Radeon 8500 – GF 5700FXLE – GF5700FX/5700U - Radeon 9800SE -Radeon 9500/9550 – Radeon 9600/Pro/XT- GF 5800/U –GF 5900/U – Radeon X600- GF6 6600/LE - GF7 7400 - Radeon X1300
ex-High end (very good - should run with everything maxed out)
Radeon x700 - Radeon 9700/Pro – Radeon 9800/Pro/XT- GF6 6600GT - GF 7400GT - GF 7600
High end (insane )
Radeon X1600Pro/XT- GF 6800/LE – Radeon X800SE/GT - Radeon X800/ GTO/Pro – Radeon X800XL – GF6 6800GT/Ultra – Radoen X800PE/X580PE- Radeon X1800XL/XT/GTO - GF 7800GS/GT/GTX/ - Radeon X1900XL/XT - GF 7900 GT/GTX