How Many ATI users have gotten the game to run

[White Elk]

My Radeon x300 (128mb) works perfectly and I didn't have to update drivers.

 

[civjunkie]

IBM Thinkpad T40, ATI Radeon 7500 32Mb ram. I can get the game to load, but I have no leaderheads, no hammers, no gold, and permanent darkness.

Display Devices
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Card name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 AGP (0x4C57)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4C57&SUBSYS_05301014&REV_00
Display Memory: 32.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (16 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6525 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/22/2005 20:01:18, 225280 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 3/22/2005 20:00:58, 1034752 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-0F17-11CF-D96A-3A25A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x4C57
SubSys ID: 0x05301014
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBLineReplicate
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

 

[Colonel Kraken]

ATI Radeon 8500LE 128MB 4x AGP

First tried running it with my drivers from earlier this year, and it worked fine with a couple of very minor anomolies (some red pixels in the diplomacy animations and whiting out of some parts of the screen at odd times). However, I decided to uninstall those drivers and install the new Catalyst ones. Works great now!


Rest of my system:

AMD Athlon 1900+
512MB PC133 RAM
C-Media CMI8738 6-channel sound card (el cheapo deluxe) with drivers from 2002 .
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4



Also, works fine with Microsoft Anti-Spyware and Fix-it Utilities running in the background.

 

[Dark Helmet]

I'm also getting the 'failed to initialize error'.

Operating System: Windows XP Pro
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 120MB used, 1897MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Video Card: Radeon 9600 ProFamily
Driver: 6.14.0010.6462
Date: 8/03/2004

I plan on following the step-by-step instructions provided at the Civ4 site to hopefully resolve this problem, but I don't mind telling when I say I shouldn't have to jump through such ridiculous hoops to play the game.

Oh, and I thought it was a wonderful touch when the first disc is labled 'Install' and the second is labled 'Play' - yet to play the game you need to have the 'Install' disc inserted.

My father on the other hand can get the game loaded, but has the black background/chessire cat problem, so now I have to research on how to fix that problem.

I am having flashbacks to the day I installed Masters of Orion 3...but of course, I am a bit peeved right now, so my opinion may be a *bit* skewed.

 

[SnakePlisskin]

My X800 XT PT works fine except for the occasional invisible unit.

My brother's X800 Pro works fine except for same as above.

My friend's 9600 Mobility works fine. Not sure if he is having the same invisible unit problem or not.

 

[Carver]

It runs on my comp but I get the black terrain and very choppy video.

ATI 320m 64mb shared.
Athlon 2500+ 1.9Ghz.
512mb

 

[microbe]

I can't run the game with my Thinkpad T30. Never had any other problem with games before.

Screenshots here.

 

[ravensfire]

x800 XL

Runs perfect.

-- Ravensfire

 

[Johnny_Vegas]

Athlon 2600+, Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb, 1 GB of RAM worked fine after first install, and after I figured out they mislabeled the Play disc...

The only minor problem is the audio in the wonder movies is sometimes but not always choppy.

 

[Greek Plunder]

Video Card: Radeon 9800 PRO

Game plays fine until about the Medieval age, then, the further I progress, the more graphical glitches I get. The interface blinking on and off, texture corruptions, etc. The game is practically unplayable by the Industrial age, as it will crash every other turn.

 

[Freejhk]

x800XL.

Unpak routine worked.

I'm still pissed over the hassle, but it works fine now.

 

[tcwleblanc]

x800 runs without a hitch

hopefully the same thing goes when i pick up my 7800gtx in a few weeks

 

[GrendelS]

I could kick myself over and over. I had a Radeon 8500 LE, which worked more or less with Civ and the rest of my system (Athlon 1000Mhz, 512MB SDRAM), videos tended to skip slightly, but I could play. So, I thought, I want the whole thing, went and got me a Radeon 9600 XT. What happened? The cursor started flickering in the options menu before the game, and I never got since past the "done" screen right before the game starts. Tried the unpak trick, nothing yet. :-(