RBR crashes ...question about specs

I've just bought RBR, and it crashes to desktop before it starts. I am running a AMD 1.44GHz which is rated at 1.66GHz RBR neads a min of 1.6 Do you think this is my probem or something more serious, as I meet the rest of the specs. 2nd question. does my GF fx5900 have pixel shader support ??? Thnaks Craig

> I've just bought RBR, and it crashes to desktop before it starts. I am > running a AMD 1.44GHz which is rated at 1.66GHz RBR neads a min of 1.6 Do > you think this is my probem or something more serious, as I meet the rest > of the specs. > 2nd question. does my GF fx5900 have pixel shader support ??? I read somewhere that your CPU needs to support SSE. Only the Athlon XP & P4 or newer support it. I don't have the box with me to see what it says.

Steve Simpson wrote:

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>> I've just bought RBR, and it crashes to desktop before it starts. >> I am running a AMD 1.44GHz which is rated at 1.66GHz RBR neads a >> min of 1.6 Do you think this is my probem or something more >> serious, as I meet the rest of the specs. 2nd question. does my GF >> fx5900 have pixel shader support ??? > > > I read somewhere that your CPU needs to support SSE. Only the Athlon > XP & P4 or newer support it. I don't have the box with me to see > what it says. >

Yeah, I believe there's an issue with RBR and the Thunderbird line of AMD chips. I don't know if yours is a Thunderbird, but that might be the problem. I can't find any info on whether the 1.1 patch (1.01? I forget) will fix the problem, but if you haven't patched it, do so. It also patches it to not need the DVD/CD, so there's a bonus! Also, make sure all your drivers are up to date, including things like AGP drivers for your motherboard. Updating all those things fixed Doom 3 for me, and now everything has been working fine.

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> Yeah, I believe there's an issue with RBR and the Thunderbird line of > AMD chips. I don't know if yours is a Thunderbird, but that might be > the problem. I can't find any info on whether the 1.1 patch (1.01? I > forget) will fix the problem, but if you haven't patched it, do so. It > also patches it to not need the DVD/CD, so there's a bonus! Also, > make sure all your drivers are up to date, including things like AGP > drivers for your motherboard. Updating all those things fixed Doom 3 > for me, and now everything has been working fine.

Actually the Thunderbird CPUs are OK. It's the older ones that are having problems.

Yep did the patch thing, that didnt help. Yep all of my drivers are up to date. Waiting for a reply from Sci. That will prob say , UPgrade your PC dude...... "Steve Simpson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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>> Yeah, I believe there's an issue with RBR and the Thunderbird line of >> AMD chips. I don't know if yours is a Thunderbird, but that might be >> the problem. I can't find any info on whether the 1.1 patch (1.01? I >> forget) will fix the problem, but if you haven't patched it, do so. It >> also patches it to not need the DVD/CD, so there's a bonus! Also, >> make sure all your drivers are up to date, including things like AGP >> drivers for your motherboard. Updating all those things fixed Doom 3 >> for me, and now everything has been working fine. > > Actually the Thunderbird CPUs are OK. It's the older ones that are having > problems. > >

> Yep did the patch thing, that didnt help. > Yep all of my drivers are up to date. > Waiting for a reply from Sci. That will prob say , UPgrade your PC > dude...... Yeah, probably not much comfort, but Athlon XPs are very cheap now and should work with your current motherboard and would probably be a much better match for your video card anyway.

OK looks like the upgrade might be the best option. I've been out of teh loop in regards to CPU's for a while now, my preferance is for AMD , which one is the best bang for bucks CPU at the moment? Ta Craig "Craig Gobbi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4171e17c$[email hidden]...

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> I've just bought RBR, and it crashes to desktop before it starts. I am > running a AMD 1.44GHz which is rated at 1.66GHz RBR neads a min of 1.6 Do > you think this is my probem or something more serious, as I meet the rest > of the specs. > 2nd question. does my GF fx5900 have pixel shader support ??? > > Thnaks > Craig > >

Craig Gobbi wrote: > OK looks like the upgrade might be the best option. I've been out of > teh loop in regards to CPU's for a while now, my preferance is for > AMD , which one is the best bang for bucks CPU at the moment? > > Ta Craig I picked up a 2700+ XP for around $80 a number of months ago, I would imagine it's even cheaper now. So far, it's run everything I've thrown at it just fine. The mobo to support it was all of $130 about a year and a half ago as well, so I imagine that's much cheaper these days as well.

"Craig Gobbi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:41736808$[email hidden]... > OK looks like the upgrade might be the best option. > I've been out of teh loop in regards to CPU's for a while now, my > preferance is for AMD , which one is the best bang for bucks CPU atthe > moment? Check your mobo manual but you could probably put an XP2000 or maybe even up to an XP2400 in it on a 133Mhz (266) FSB. After that they use a 166Mhz (333) FSB so you'll probably need a new mobo, but if you're going to get a new mobo anyway go with an A64 imo. Malc.