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[DrXenos]

Hi. I just ordered Civ IV, and I have some questions. I've been searching Google, but to no avail. I see that many people with ATI cards are having problems. I have a Radeon 9700 Pro. Anyone else have this cards? Are you experiencing problems? I've also read that hardware T&L is important to this game. Does my card have this? I've read the manual, been to ATI's site, and searched on Google, but I cannot find a definite answer.

Thanks!

 

[SpencerW]

Well I'm running the Radeon 9600XT without any problems...and yes, I'm pretty sure the 9700 supports transform and lighting.

 

[BlueMagic]

Although I don't have your specific ATI card (mine is an X800 pro), from what I have read about and seen myself regarding the Radeon video problem you'll 'most likely' either have no problem at all... or you'll just need to download and install a new ATI driver to fix the issue.

When I first launched the game after installing I got the 'Failed to initialize renderer' message and the game refused to launch. I found a fix Firaxis had come up with on the message boards, downloaded and installed the driver and that was that. I believe I remember seeing messages left around here from other users who couldn't solve thier issues with this though but I think they are a small minority. I also heard that Firaxis is releasing a patch next week that probably will be addressing this.