Missing graphics in PC version

[VanAlphen]

Don't remember it being a problem with I played the game on the same PC a year or so ago. Thanks!

So if it worked fine on the same PC previously, why are some comments telling you to upgrade your PC/graphics card?

He's not saying it worked before.

[Sickboy]

Don't remember it being a problem with I played the game on the same PC a year or so ago. Thanks!

So if it worked fine on the same PC previously, why are some comments telling you to upgrade your PC/graphics card?

He's not saying it worked before.

Ah. Yes. It was a different PC I played the game on before. I got confused. I do that with PCs.

It's just massively frustrating. I love the game and it looks gorgeous on this PC, and plays beautifully. But those damn power-ups appear as subtle little strips of light instead of the long tube things.

I definitely don't want to be titting around with new graphics cards or whatever. Giles? Jeff? Is there anything I could try?

[PVB]

Don't remember it being a problem with I played the game on the same PC a year or so ago. Thanks!

So if it worked fine on the same PC previously, why are some comments telling you to upgrade your PC/graphics card?

He's not saying it worked before.

Yes he was. Just that he got confused on PCs.

[rowan]

Whilst part of me feels it's not an unnecessary handicap for yours truly yeah seriously it must be frustrating for you.

Would you consider picking up a 2nd hand nvidia or AMD card? I judge from your PC comments that opening it up & adding hardware may not be up your street but it's dead easy and the game hardly needs a beast of a card, it shouldn't cost a great deal of money or time.

[Sickboy]

Whilst part of me feels it's not an unnecessary handicap for yours truly yeah seriously it must be frustrating for you.

Would you consider picking up a 2nd hand nvidia or AMD card? I judge from your PC comments that opening it up & adding hardware may not be up your street but it's dead easy and the game hardly needs a beast of a card, it shouldn't cost a great deal of money or time.

Yeah, I find that prospect pretty terrifying but I'd be up for giving the PC a bit of a graphical boost, yeah.

Where's the best place to get them from?

(I'm going to be pretty fucked off if I do this and I STILL can't see the damned power-ups!)

[rowan]

Not sure I can recommend any 2nd hand reseller - I've usually bought brand new cards.

I checked your PC spec and it does say there is 1 * PCI Express x16 slot, which is the thing it would plug into.
Double check there isn't anything in there already.. What's a bit less clear is whether you'd have any issue with the PSU powering it - quite a lot of cards need some additional power connection besides plugging it into the the slot and the PSU does tend to be an area where prebuilt systems are a bit cheap + cheerful..
I was tempted to steer you toward something like a nvidia 970 on ebay as I know that should be good as I played on one of those originally. However now I'm scared that you won't have enough ooomph or the magic plug to power the thing.


So looking at the "new but old tech" kind of domain, can anyone [giles?] comment on whether something like a nvidia 730 would be good enough?
I can see it doesn't have any extra power socket + also is passively cooled, so no fan noise:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-pal ... mi-dvi-d-d