How Many ATI users have gotten the game to run

[DarkSchneider]

Alright, this poll is for ATI graphic card users only. How many of you have actually gotten the game to run?

 

[tristangreer]

Got my ATI all in wonder 128 MB radeon 9200 to run it after i turned fast write on. right click on desktop, click properties, click display, advanced, then find out where it says "turn fast write on". Mine worked after I did that.

 

[MRM]

Got my ATI all in wonder 128 MB radeon 9200 to run it after i turned fast write on. right click on desktop, click properties, click display, advanced, then find out where it says "turn fast write on". Mine worked after I did that.

I wanted to try this out - but I can't. The option is not avaiable for me, and the right click help menu said that this option may not be available because of incompatibility between graficcard and chipset ....

 

[doronron]

Runs out of the box with no driver cleaning necessary on an ATI Radeon x850 Pro...just like all the other Pro variant card owners.

 

[harbourn]

The results of this poll might be a little skewed. Most of the people who can check the "yes" option, are off happily playing the game while those of use in the "no" group sit here reconsidering our life choices.

 

[Makahlua]

Running well on a Radeon 9600 w/ 6.14 drivers

 

[Harry Haller]

Running fine on a 9800xt; no problems after about 5 hours.

 

[Commander Bello]

For all who are looking for the Fast Write setting:
start the Catalyst control center
Change "view" to "advanced view"
Go to "SmartGart" => "AGP settings" => "Fast write on / off"

Doesn't work on the machine of my friend, though.
Spec:
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlantis
All AGP and PCI settings are ON.

 

[Chieftess]

If you can't get your graphics to work, please post your ATI specs here. Get them by going to start->run and typing in dxdiag to get the video specs.

 

[ThBeNdS]

I can get the graphics to run. It's the text part that is screwed up on mine. I have a Radeon 8500 All in Wonder with 128MB. It gives me "XML eror" messages but I can click through them and get the game to load. HOWEVER after that all the text in the game is in "code" format. Unreadable.

 

[oldStatesman]

ATI Radeon series Video Card 7500 64 MB RAM 8.18.0.0 Drivers
AMD Athalon 2400 CPU
1.0 GB System RAM
Windows XP sp2 with all current hotfixes
DirectX 9c as updated by Firaxis install


I attached a complete DXDiag log text file with details in this thread - http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3216488&postcount=1

(I guess you cannot attach it twice.)

 

[djheini]

No problems for me so far:

ATI Radeon 9600 Series, 128MB AGP
Drivers version 6.14.0010.6553 (English)
Updated DirectX to 9.0c using installer bundled with Civ4 Installer

 

[LogicSequence]

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=133468

 

[Brudewollen]

RAdeon 9700 here. Mostly works well but I'm getting some hicups on the intro movie and during several Wonders movies (but not all). My roommate who has a n NVIDIA had the same hicups on the intro movie. Not sure about Wonder movies (he kept getting beat to his Wonders ).

 

[Stryck]

Starts, blue screen on videos, no menus. Crashes a few seconds into the game, with no menus showing up there either. Terrain and models look fine though.

ATI x800 pro
WinXP SP2
1gig dual-channel DDR
P4 3.2

Dxdiag info:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/27/2005, 01:14:08
Machine name: IMBLACKBOXYOUFU
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/03/05 22:28:42 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 409MB used, 2054MB 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

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Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON X800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON X800 PRO (0x5549)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5549&SUBSYS_03121002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Monitor: Optiquest V95
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 19:58:47, 241664 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 9/14/2005 19:58:28, 1339392 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-1609-11CF-1D6A-1823A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x5549
SubSys ID: 0x03121002
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_B ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch

 

[Cave Troll]

Runs fine on my ATI Radeon 9600 Atlantis.
Make sure you have all the newest available drivers for not only your video card but also for you chipset, CD/DVD drive. (had problems with simcity4 because of this)
Then make sure your not running ZoneAlarm as there are known issues with this software. Also try turning off your virus software while installing the game.

 

[Librum]

Time of this report: 10/27/2005, 15:42:06
Machine name: PRIME
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
Memory: 1536MB RAM
Page File: 317MB used, 2606MB 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

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: The file ati2dvag.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON X800 Series (Omega 2.6.75a)
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. (Omega 2.6.75a)
Chip type: ATI RADEON X800 XL AGP (0x554D)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_554D&SUBSYS_03021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: ViewSonic VP201b
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: 10/13/2005 23:11:22, 241664 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 10/13/2005 23:11:07, 1350144 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-160D-11CF-1D6A-0823A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x554D
SubSys ID: 0x03021002
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled​

 

[dacar92]

Hi guys, I can't even get the CD to auto start. It spins for a second then I get nothing. MU CD-rom doesn't even recognize that there is a disc in there. The DVD/CD burner will let it spin for a moment and the mouse pointer will have a little disc by it for a secopnd opr two, then nothing. The CD works in my wifes computer but not this one. I ran dxdiag and here are the results:

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
System Model: PCV-RS431(UC)
BIOS: BIOS Date: 10/29/04 13:42:25 Ver: 08.00.08
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1536MB RAM
Page File: 275MB used, 3863MB 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


My card is a ATI 9200. Other discs work in both drives. I cannot change the setting of fast write. It is shaded out and I cannot change that. Is there somewhere else to change this? Will that even help?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Khaim]

Mobility 7500 (32mb, T&L)
Game runs, but I have black map/cheshire cat glitch.

 

[troilus]

I have a Radeon 9200 (Catalyst version 05.3, 2D version 6.14.10.6517; 128 ram) running on a p4 1.66 512 meg ram computer. I can't even install the program, it begins and tells me the device is incompatible.

Any advice?