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Runaway on Matrox 450
Hello to all,
Last week I came in a Toy store and saw a real bargain, a combi box of Runaway I and II for only 5 euro's, I did not hesitate (haven't played it yet). I have a friend who does not often play games but he does like some sort of adventure games, when there is horror in them or a certain kind of humour. He will be celebrating his birthday in a couple of months and I think he may like the humour and puzzles in these two games so I am considering buying a second box to send to him. However... one problem. Because he does not play games very often (usually he only plays them when he stays over at my place) but does use his computer for 2D apps where image quality is of great importance extensively, he owns a Matrox G450 card (not that it makes any difference anymore in 2D quality when You use DVI but it did when he bought it and he does not intend to buy another card because it still functions perfectly for his usual computer jobs), not very good when it comes to 3D. The system requirements on the box say "32 MB video card, capable of 1024*768, 16 bit color". Also DirectX9 is demanded though I hugely doubt whether this game uses any specific DirectX9 features, being mostly 2D. He does have a 32MB videocard capable of that resolution/color depth but a very bad one when it comes to 3D. My question is, has anybody owning that specific card ever succesful-/pleasantly played these games? 5 Euro's are not a huge amount but shipping to his place will make it more expensive and spending money on something that will turn out to be useless is always a pity. If You played it on any other card, I will enjoy reading Your opinions on the game itself as well ;-). Thank You very much in advance for all comments! Yours sincerely, Rene |
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Runaway on Matrox 450
Rene wrote:
Hello to all, My question is, has anybody owning that specific card ever succesful-/pleasantly played these games? 5 Euro's are not a huge amount but shipping to his place will make it more expensive and spending money on something that will turn out to be useless is always a pity. If You played it on any other card, I will enjoy reading Your opinions on the game itself as well ;-). Thank You very much in advance for all comments! Yours sincerely, Rene Does he know you are thinking of buying him these games? If so couldn`t he download and try the demos first? I`ve played both game, albeit not specifically that card, but with quit a low spec machine with crappy SiS onboard gfx and both ran smoothly with no problems. They aren`t very demanding games. mick |
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Runaway on Matrox 450
"mick" schreef in bericht
... Rene wrote: Hello to all, My question is, has anybody owning that specific card ever succesful-/pleasantly played these games? 5 Euro's are not a huge amount but shipping to his place will make it more expensive and spending money on something that will turn out to be useless is always a pity. If You played it on any other card, I will enjoy reading Your opinions on the game itself as well ;-). Thank You very much in advance for all comments! Yours sincerely, Rene Does he know you are thinking of buying him these games? If so couldn`t he download and try the demos first? The idea is not bad, however, I would very much like it to remain a surprise 'till he looks in the mailbox and finds the games there ;-). I`ve played both game, albeit not specifically that card, but with quit a low spec machine with crappy SiS onboard gfx and both ran smoothly with no problems. They aren`t very demanding games. Thank You very much for Your reply Mick! I do not expect any SiS graphics adapter to be better than a Matrox (I once owned one like You (not onboard but a card), boy was that worthless at rendering nice 3D graphics), so I think I am going to the store to check whether they still have a box that I can send to my friend. Yours sincerely, Rene |
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