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ATI Card Problem List
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MAsterScooby
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- Oct 26, 2005
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Cidrick said:
I was also getting this problem, to fix it I went to the Ati control panel, 3D tab. Changed Direct3D to use custom settings, click on the custom. I moved the wait for vertical sync to always on, for AA turn off application preference and choose 2x, and finally for AF turn off application preference and choose 2x.
After this worked, I moved the sliders for AA and AF to 6x and 16x resp. and have had no problems (Just finished my first game
Yes I won.). I think the trick was vertical sync setting and getting rid of the application preference on AA and AF.Radeon X850PRO PCI express
Athlon64 3000+
Windows XP SP2
4GB RAM
Catalyst 5.9 drivers
Onboard Sound (Realtek AC97)
ati mobility radeon x600 on an hp zd8000 with 1 gig of ram and a pentium 4 @ 3.0, 100 gig hard drive and i'll give you my serial number too if someone can show me how to get this game to run.
now, civ is the only game i play but this has got to be one of the larger game release f'ups in recent history, am i right?
now, civ is the only game i play but this has got to be one of the larger game release f'ups in recent history, am i right?
Stuporstar
Warlord
ATI Sapphire Radeon 9200 SE Atlantis AGP (using the latest Catalyst driver)
Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz
1.00 GB of RAM
Win XP SP2
Computer reboots when trying to load game. Get's stuck at "check XML" point.
Error message: STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER (Q293078)
Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz
1.00 GB of RAM
Win XP SP2
Computer reboots when trying to load game. Get's stuck at "check XML" point.
Error message: STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER (Q293078)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
Win XP SP2
P4 2.4, 1024MB ram
Process bar goes through with the loading etc, stops when it says "DONE" and hangs there forever, but I can hear the background music.
This error in Logs\PythonErr:
The logs can be found in My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Logs, do you guys have the same error in the logfiles?
Win XP SP2
P4 2.4, 1024MB ram
Process bar goes through with the loading etc, stops when it says "DONE" and hangs there forever, but I can hear the background music.
This error in Logs\PythonErr:
The logs can be found in My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Logs, do you guys have the same error in the logfiles?
ShabazKillaX
Chieftain
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ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 256mb (x800 based)
Omega 2.6.75a
WinXP Pro SP2
Pentium 4 / 3.2Ghz
1gb ram
Got past the load screen on the first try. Tried to go into the Civilopedia and got dumped back to the desktop - no error message. Tried to relaunch the game, getting dreaded ATI 'failed to initialize renderer" error. Tried reinstalled DirectX from the Civ4 cd, same issue. Uninstalled driver, ran driver cleaner, reinstalled driver. Same issue.
Omega 2.6.75a
WinXP Pro SP2
Pentium 4 / 3.2Ghz
1gb ram
Got past the load screen on the first try. Tried to go into the Civilopedia and got dumped back to the desktop - no error message. Tried to relaunch the game, getting dreaded ATI 'failed to initialize renderer" error. Tried reinstalled DirectX from the Civ4 cd, same issue. Uninstalled driver, ran driver cleaner, reinstalled driver. Same issue.
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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/26/2005, 22:43:46
Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 4
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+, ~2.1GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Card name: SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 ATLANTIS
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI RADEON 9600 Series AGP (0x4150)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6575 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
System Information
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Time of this report: 10/26/2005, 22:43:46
Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 4
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+, ~2.1GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Card name: SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 ATLANTIS
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI RADEON 9600 Series AGP (0x4150)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6575 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Has anyone successfully run the game with a 32MB Mobility Radeon 7500?
(I'd be using an Inspiron 4150 which has run Civ III without problems).
Thanks - would definitely appreciate any advice before I plunk down hard-earned money on something that may not even work...
(I'd be using an Inspiron 4150 which has run Civ III without problems).
Thanks - would definitely appreciate any advice before I plunk down hard-earned money on something that may not even work...
wundermonkey
Chieftain
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2005
- Messages
- 1
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 221MB used, 2239MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON X800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI RADEON X800 XL AGP (0x554D)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Dell D1626HT
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6575 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/14/2005 21:58:47, 241664 bytes
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 221MB used, 2239MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON X800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI RADEON X800 XL AGP (0x554D)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Dell D1626HT
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6575 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/14/2005 21:58:47, 241664 bytes
ati radeon x600, latest drivers
P4 3.2 ghz
winXP
1. I used to get the render error until I unpacked the art file like the 2kgames site suggests. I still have some other problems though:
2. The main menu with the globe has several artifacts flickering.
3. During play, the screen would occassinally go black or turn into a whole mess of colors for a few seconds. The problem became more frequent the more I played.
4. Now the game just plain crashes after a few seconds of playing. The screen will either freeze or go black, and I always have to reboot my computer.
It looks like the game really doesn't like the ati radeon x series of cards.
P4 3.2 ghz
winXP
1. I used to get the render error until I unpacked the art file like the 2kgames site suggests. I still have some other problems though:
2. The main menu with the globe has several artifacts flickering.
3. During play, the screen would occassinally go black or turn into a whole mess of colors for a few seconds. The problem became more frequent the more I played.
4. Now the game just plain crashes after a few seconds of playing. The screen will either freeze or go black, and I always have to reboot my computer.
It looks like the game really doesn't like the ati radeon x series of cards.
CrONoS_QC
Chieftain
Ati Radeon 7500 - 64 meg
WinXP Pro, 768 ram.
My problem is the terrain is mixed up, and color is weird.
I tried some older driver and it doesn't work.... it made some other bugs.
WinXP Pro, 768 ram.
My problem is the terrain is mixed up, and color is weird.
I tried some older driver and it doesn't work.... it made some other bugs.
jmc325
Chieftain
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 AGP Pro Turbo(128MB)
XP Home Svc Pk 2
1.5 GB Ram
Drivers for Vid Card are: 6.14.0010.6561
Now....I WAS able to play right out of the box, but after about 8 hrs of play(I was in 1928 AD I believe...maybe later, i don't remember), anyhow after all that time it just crashed back to the desktop. I haven't played since then(Thurs night), so I don't know if this is just an isolated incident or not.
XP Home Svc Pk 2
1.5 GB Ram
Drivers for Vid Card are: 6.14.0010.6561
Now....I WAS able to play right out of the box, but after about 8 hrs of play(I was in 1928 AD I believe...maybe later, i don't remember), anyhow after all that time it just crashed back to the desktop. I haven't played since then(Thurs night), so I don't know if this is just an isolated incident or not.
h3lladvocate
Chieftain
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2005
- Messages
- 2
ATI Diamond RAdeon 9550 SE 128MB
XP Home Service Pack 1
512 Mg RAM
Windows XP
At random points during the game, it will suddenly freeze up, display a picture of like random pixels are stuff, and either re-boot on its own or force me to reboot. Happened 3 times so its not a one time deal.
XP Home Service Pack 1
512 Mg RAM
Windows XP
At random points during the game, it will suddenly freeze up, display a picture of like random pixels are stuff, and either re-boot on its own or force me to reboot. Happened 3 times so its not a one time deal.
WinXP sp2
P4 2.4ghz
512mb rdram
Card name: RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 AGP (0x4E45)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6575 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Date/Size: 9/14/2005 22:58:47, 241664 bytes
Horrible lag making game unplayable. Click any advisor screen, wait 5-10min. Load a game takes up to a half hour.
P4 2.4ghz
512mb rdram
Card name: RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 AGP (0x4E45)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6575 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Date/Size: 9/14/2005 22:58:47, 241664 bytes
Horrible lag making game unplayable. Click any advisor screen, wait 5-10min. Load a game takes up to a half hour.
batteryacid
Prince
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2004
- Messages
- 449
Radeon Mobility 7500, newest drivers (omega), all atr0fpk/htlm tricks done
Agp = off: yellowish/white terrain sea black, ressources ok, cows and pigs only visible when set to not animated
agp= on black terrain
in both cases: wood/jungle and untis ok; toast only city screen
Agp = off: yellowish/white terrain sea black, ressources ok, cows and pigs only visible when set to not animated
agp= on black terrain
in both cases: wood/jungle and untis ok; toast only city screen
AMD64 3500+
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - 256MB
1GB Dual Channel PC3200 RAM
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (Nforce3 chipset)
Windows XP Pro, SP2
DirectX 9.0c
I'm running the latest ATI graphics and chipset drivers. I've even switched the latest Omega Drivers, and run Driver Cleaner between each switch. I've reinstalled the game, followed the "ATI problem" troubleshooting section and unpacked the art0.fpk file.
My problem? The game reboots my PC. It's not heat...the CPU stays at 49C, the GPU is at 60C and the mainboard is 15C. This rig runs Doom3, Half-Life 2, 40K: Dawn of War, and others without problems.
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - 256MB
1GB Dual Channel PC3200 RAM
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (Nforce3 chipset)
Windows XP Pro, SP2
DirectX 9.0c
I'm running the latest ATI graphics and chipset drivers. I've even switched the latest Omega Drivers, and run Driver Cleaner between each switch. I've reinstalled the game, followed the "ATI problem" troubleshooting section and unpacked the art0.fpk file.
My problem? The game reboots my PC. It's not heat...the CPU stays at 49C, the GPU is at 60C and the mainboard is 15C. This rig runs Doom3, Half-Life 2, 40K: Dawn of War, and others without problems.
