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Alex
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Brasil
Mar 1999
time: 02:16
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First of all, a disclaimer: my system is fairly outdated. Here it is:
K6-2 500
64 RAM
Viper v770 32 MB video card
WinME
Apart from the general slow behavior of the system (which is expected, and I will get more RAM next month), Civ3 was VERY slow, with Civilopedia and Advisor screens taking 4-5 seconds to open, and crankiness all over (I think I won´t mention the scrolling problem...).
Well, some people reported that on their systems (more outdated than mine) they were able to play the game without so much trouble (of course, it was not smooth as silk, but it was bearable).
Realizing that my video card chipset is from Nvidia (Riva TNT), I decided to check it. It was not even running with Detonator drivers!
So I installed the 21.xx drivers, expecting some miracle while I waited for new RAM, and guess what? The game screw the civ colors big time; in less than a second, the egyptians, my hatred enemies, had become red (wow, have their forces surrendered to mine? - I am the Romans - I never saw this feature on the manual), and then blue (what? the germans now have war chariots?) and finally green (hmmm, why is Alexander attacking New Pompeii if we are in peace? How come I did not know about it?) before returning to their glorious yellow.
I managed to fix this problem tweaking hardware acceleration on system properties, but the game has turned even slower than before.
So my questions: are the 12.xx drivers more stable? Did anyone here experienced this color problem before? Or do I have to install the (old, old, old) original driver? Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Sorry if this is a long post to tell you a short story, but I was so frustrated that I decided to post something lighter than the usual whining (this #@$%¨&** game is *&¨%$%$#!!! My system is a *&¨%$#@#!!! The world is not fair! God does not exist!! - well, this last one is not properly whining...  )
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Alex
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Brasil
Mar 1999
time: 02:16
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Andy: thanks for your kind answer!
Yeah, I know... my card is reaaaaly old. But, considering the kind of games I play, it´s not much of a problem - I´ve been playing mainly strategy games or related (Civ3, SMAC, RollerCoaster Tycoon...) and sports games (FIFA 2002, GP3).
I tested the 21.81 driver playing FIFA 2002 and, man, it was ugly. (And it was running pretty well with the older driver). As for GP3, it used to run flawlessly even with older drivers, but that is because the game does not makes fully use of your 3D accelerator anyway.
I will accept your advice and return to more stable drivers... because I don´t feel the urge to buy a new videocard. If I was a Quake player... probably, but then I would not be playing Civ games 
I´m relieved now. Feel free to post or not. 
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