v1.52 ATI GRAPHICS CARD PROBLEMS

[white rabbit]

Is there a basic compatibility problem with the ATI cards and civ 4? There seems to be several problems associated with them in this forum, and i think the 1.52 patch noted them specifically with a fix.

I have the "play wonders movies and the game crashes" problem - ive just figured out how to turn off the movies (after three months of frustrating gaming!), but this isnt the ideal fix, as id like to see the movies!!

I'm running Civ on a compaq presario laptop, 3Ghz, with loads of RAM, and its a ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9100 graphics card, which i think is the problem - but i dont know how to fix it. Ive downloaded the latest drivers.

anyone any ideas, or also suffering?

 

[Willem]

Problems with the movies aren't restricted to ATI cards, they happen to all of them. There are known problems with the movies and no doubt Firaxis is doing their best to fix them. You'll probably find things much improved in the next patch.

 

[white rabbit]

I hope so! is there any gossip yet on when the next patch is due for release?

 

[Willem]

I hope so! is there any gossip yet on when the next patch is due for release?

It'll be released after beta testing has shown that aren't any new bugs that pop up. Who knows how long that will be. Could be next week, could be next month.