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AOE And Motherboards by Eddie on 01-31-2006 at 11:46 AM

Hey,

I have a Celeron Motherboard and all my other requirements r correct, but whenever i load the game, the smoke coming from the buildings in Age Of Empires 3 comes out as squares, anyone know why this is?? Could it be i need a AMD Motherboard??

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Dempsey on 01-31-2006 at 11:53 AM

nothin to do with your otherboard, unless you have built-in graphics.  It's your graphics card that's the problem.

Does it meet he requirments?  if so you may just need to tweak the game settings a bit or something.

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Eddie on 01-31-2006 at 12:01 PM

Yer i have 256 MB Ram (Soon 512), 32 Bit Colour Quality, it works fine on my dads computer except he has AMD not Celeron, and thats the only solution i could come up with.

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Kryptonate on 01-31-2006 at 12:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DevilFX
Yer i have 256 MB Ram (Soon 512)
are you talking about the memory of the graphics card or the RAM of your computer? Because there's a difference between those 2 and when you say you're soon gonna get 512MB soon I suspect you're talking about RAM.

What graphics card do you have?

quote:
Originally posted by DevilFX
it works fine on my dads computer except he has AMD not Celeron
that's already a different motherboard and a different processor. I doubt the graphics card is the same on both pc's (it's possible offcourse).
RE: AOE And Motherboards by Eddie on 01-31-2006 at 01:07 PM

I have the Graphics card that AOE 3 is set for, nVidia. And yes 512MB RAM i will be getting hold of very soon i am hoping.
The memory of my graphics card im not sure, all i know is 32 Bit Image Quality.

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Reaper on 01-31-2006 at 01:08 PM

do you know the model of the nVidia graphics card?

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Eddie on 01-31-2006 at 01:14 PM

Nvidia GeForce, you mean that?

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Reaper on 01-31-2006 at 01:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DevilFX
Nvidia GeForce, you mean that?
yeh, is there a number after it?
RE: AOE And Motherboards by Mike on 01-31-2006 at 01:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DevilFX
Nvidia GeForce, you mean that?
Not exactly...

Click Start -> Run -> Type into the textbox "dxdiag" -> OK
Go to the display tab and post a screenshot of it.
RE: AOE And Motherboards by Eddie on 01-31-2006 at 01:23 PM

ok got the screenie, how do i post screenshots, sorry im noobie at posting screenshots :(

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Reaper on 01-31-2006 at 01:29 PM

paste the screenshot into paint. save it as a jpeg then upload it here, or onto imageshack

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Mike on 01-31-2006 at 01:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DevilFX
ok got the screenie, how do i post screenshots, sorry im noobie at posting screenshots :(
http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108297 :)
quote:
Originally posted by Reaper
paste the screenshot into paint. save it as a jpeg then upload it here, or onto imageshack
You forgot to say that you have to press PrntScr first :P
RE: AOE And Motherboards by Eddie on 01-31-2006 at 01:37 PM

[Image: directx1la.th.jpg]
Is that what you were looking for?

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Reaper on 01-31-2006 at 01:45 PM

yup. the graphics card seems to run fine with the game.
what speed is your processor?

if you dont know, you can check by: Right clicking My COmputer>Properties
it will be listed on the General tab at the bottom. you may have to wait a few seconds for it to appear

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Eddie on 01-31-2006 at 01:46 PM

2.8Ghz Processor

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Eddie on 01-31-2006 at 02:00 PM

Well thanks all for your help, but i have school tomoz and have to run off to bed, Thanks Again.

Devilll

RE: AOE And Motherboards by user27089 on 01-31-2006 at 02:10 PM

Just set the graphics of things to a little lower.

Also, make sure you have the latest DirectX (9.0c): http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx & the latest nVidia GeForce drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.98.html

RE: AOE And Motherboards by Eddie on 01-31-2006 at 11:34 PM

ok thanks trax and all others.