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ShaggE · 05/28/2007, 06:06 am

Definitely get a new card. I used to use a GeForce MX440, and its more trouble than it's worth. No shaders, slow, non-overclockable... (dunno if it's standard design for the MX440, but the fan on mine was actually tied on with a piece of plastic :S)

If you want a cheap upgrade with plenty of bells and whistles, get yourself a Radeon X1300. It's incredibly cheap, surprisingly powerful, and runs Sam & Max like butter. It will even run games like FEAR and Prey at fairly high settings.

AdamG · 05/29/2007, 03:37 am

Yep, looks like it's the curse of the MX card. I never bought one of those, and was really mad back when they were popular because lots of people were buying them and getting them in their pre-built computers and having lots of problems, and there wasn't anything they could do most of the time except buy a new video card or computer. I don't know what else could be done, as your computer sounds quite obsolete.

Emily · 05/29/2007, 10:47 am

See the FAQ here about Geforce4 cards. Please try the driver suggested there and let us know if it resolves the problem.

If you'd rather get your money back, just email us at support@telltalegames.com to request this. Thanks.

tapalai · 06/05/2007, 11:33 pm

finally we managed to get the game running !!!!!! thanks for all your help.
installing the omega driver (which took hours...) and deleting this prefprop-file in every game every time did a lot of help...
the games run very very slow though, now in part 3 the sound stutters in the dialogues. thats because its only a 2MHz machine with a 64M geforce4 and 1024mb of ram and lots of free disk space, i know

i've once played some very fast and impressive 3d-games on that same machine in the past (e.g. half life 2).
however the biggest problem now is a bug or 2: i cannot access the options screen, i can click on the button, hear the sound, but the screen won't open. it will SOMETIMES after deleting the prefs.prop (have to exit and delete every time!) but that works only every 10th time (so i don'T try that anymore). so i can't adjust the volume and i get tired from the loud music after a while. and i would like to turn the quality down as much as possible to get a chance of running the game more fluid. another thing is that the game crashes instantly when trying to enter fullscreen, so it's quite tiny on the 1280 screen (the resolution is not changeable in the game!)

i'll put these last problems/questions in another thread so if anyone has an idea of what i can change, youÄre welcome to answer there.

thanks to anyone for your help!

05/28/2007, 06:06 am	#21
ShaggE Deep Mushroom Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,316	Definitely get a new card. I used to use a GeForce MX440, and its more trouble than it's worth. No shaders, slow, non-overclockable... (dunno if it's standard design for the MX440, but the fan on mine was actually tied on with a piece of plastic :S) If you want a cheap upgrade with plenty of bells and whistles, get yourself a Radeon X1300. It's incredibly cheap, surprisingly powerful, and runs Sam & Max like butter. It will even run games like FEAR and Prey at fairly high settings. __________________ "This grass feels funny. It feels like... pants." - Kirby A song. Also a song.

05/29/2007, 03:37 am	#22
AdamG The Maybe Friend for Life Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,054	Yep, looks like it's the curse of the MX card. I never bought one of those, and was really mad back when they were popular because lots of people were buying them and getting them in their pre-built computers and having lots of problems, and there wasn't anything they could do most of the time except buy a new video card or computer. I don't know what else could be done, as your computer sounds quite obsolete. __________________ "Stay frosty America!" - Max

05/29/2007, 10:47 am	#23
Emily Formerly of the Telltale Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,549	See the FAQ here about Geforce4 cards. Please try the driver suggested there and let us know if it resolves the problem. If you'd rather get your money back, just email us at support@telltalegames.com to request this. Thanks. Last edited by Emily; 05/29/2007 at 10:50 am.

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06/05/2007, 11:33 pm	#24
tapalai Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 16	finally we managed to get the game running !!!!!! thanks for all your help. installing the omega driver (which took hours...) and deleting this prefprop-file in every game every time did a lot of help... the games run very very slow though, now in part 3 the sound stutters in the dialogues. thats because its only a 2MHz machine with a 64M geforce4 and 1024mb of ram and lots of free disk space, i know i've once played some very fast and impressive 3d-games on that same machine in the past (e.g. half life 2). however the biggest problem now is a bug or 2: i cannot access the options screen, i can click on the button, hear the sound, but the screen won't open. it will SOMETIMES after deleting the prefs.prop (have to exit and delete every time!) but that works only every 10th time (so i don'T try that anymore). so i can't adjust the volume and i get tired from the loud music after a while. and i would like to turn the quality down as much as possible to get a chance of running the game more fluid. another thing is that the game crashes instantly when trying to enter fullscreen, so it's quite tiny on the 1280 screen (the resolution is not changeable in the game!) i'll put these last problems/questions in another thread so if anyone has an idea of what i can change, youÄre welcome to answer there. thanks to anyone for your help!