I want to play Rise of Nations over our LAN. Now, I'm sure that my dad's comp barely meets the system requirments:

• p3 500MHz
• 128mb RAM
• 16mb Video Card (Voodoo 3)

Technically, there is no reason why this wouldn't work. However, when I tried installing the demo, the PC gamer disk said that it failed the RAM requirment even though it just barely enough. Could this be because the system is using some of that RAM? When I try playing it it gives me an error message.

Now, it just so happens that I am upgrading my comp and will be tossing some of my old RAM. It's 2 sticks of 256mb PC-133 SDRAM. My dad's old Dell comp has a motherboard that supports 256mb PC-100 SDRAM, but not 256mb PC-133 SDRAM. But they are both 168-pin DIMM's.

Here is the memory I'm supposed to get for the Dell.

Here is what I have. (the 256mb one)

Would this work? Is this even the problem since the min. req. is 128mb RAM, which my dad does have?

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[This message has been edited by Mystic0 (edited December 01, 2003).]

My old comp (333mhz, voodoo 3, 96 megs of ram) ran Age of Empires and Galactic battlegrounds (Based on the same engine as RoN) Perfectly, albiet it was a bit slow loading/saving

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Maybe true, but the thing won't even start. :/

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From RoN website:


&$*#(. Conviniently, I do have a Nvidia TNT 2 M64 sitting in my closet right now.

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You can use PC133 even though the motherboard only supports PC100. It just runs the memory at 100Mhz instead of 133Mhz. :/

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Aww crap... one of the gold cables is a little bent... is this ok?


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Yea that one is no prob. Just make sure it isnt touching any other one. Or else you risk shorting something.

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Isn't that some sort of plug?
What does that do?

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I really don't know what it's for. I don't see why it wouldn't work, except for the fact that I dropped it. (That's why it's bent) But you don't think I'm in any risk of hurting the computer?

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[This message has been edited by Mystic0 (edited December 01, 2003).]

Damn, thats oooonnnnne sexay card!

But that shouldn't matter though, just make sure it isn't touching anything else and be sure to hit your VooDoo 3 with a hard inanimate object.

EDIT: Don't worry about it damaging your computer unless you FORCE it in and like break everything.

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[This message has been edited by Sol (edited December 02, 2003).]

It should be Ok if it's not touching another pin. I would, however, check to see you haven't physically damaged anything else on the card before you try it.

Nothing should go wrong* There is only 1 way to find out

*If it does, It's not my fault

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Its problably a video input for doing overlays.

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If it dosn't work, I'll just get one of these:


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[This message has been edited by Mystic0 (edited December 02, 2003).]

OOooOoooOooOOOoOOoOOOOooOooo...GIMME!



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HAHAHAHAHAAHAH OH MAN!!!! *after a few more mins of laughter*....ahhh thats priceless.... *saves*


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I would suggest strapping a LOT of heat sinks on that card... otherwise, I suggest you get out some murshmellows and have a treat!

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OMG!!:eek:

Holy thread revival Batman! I thought this looked familiar.

FORBIDDEN.

Thread necromancy is bad....

Dead threads don't like being revived.

Woah... I saw my post, and it freaked me out... Thought someone was using my account. Then I realized this was from December.

Dang.

Here comes a whoppin'

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No, RoN doesn't run non the same engine.

Yeah, I was going to say, you're flippin' insane if you think it uses the same technology. RoN uses true 3d heightmapped, alpha blended terrain. (Not to mention the full 3d units).