Is there anyway my comp can run this??

[akuma2k3]

Ok here are the specs.
Windows XP Build 2600 AMD XP2000+ 224MB
S3 Graphics Prosavage DDR(sucks don't it??)

Yea i know i got a crappy comp. But hey i'm only 16 my mom broguht the comp for me so i can't complain.

Anyway is there anyway i can run this thing??? I keep getting a window error when i try to run it. I do have the bios. WinXP says that it has a problem and must close.

[RZetlin]

Can you give us a description of the error message? What does the error say?

[a_nevels666]

Originally Posted by akuma2k3

Ok here are the specs.
Windows XP Build 2600 AMD XP2000+ 224MB
S3 Graphics Prosavage DDR(sucks don't it??)

Yea i know i got a crappy comp. But hey i'm only 16 my mom broguht the comp for me so i can't complain.

Anyway is there anyway i can run this thing??? I keep getting a window error when i try to run it. I do have the bios. WinXP says that it has a problem and must close.

I think your computer should be able to run it, it's not that crappy, there are still tons of people out with older machines.

What exactly was the error you got?

[akuma2k3]

Ok here is the error i got.

chankast_alpha.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience

If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.

Please tell microsoft about this problem.
We have created an error report tha t you can send to us. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymoue

To see what this error report contains click here

Then it has 2 buttons i can click at the bottom that says
Send Error Report Don't Send.

[red_dragoon33]

i also have get the same message when chanka crashes after i click init.

[Katsuya]

I believe the program has only worked with Nvidia and ATI cards. So it’s likely an incompatibly.

Or you have something wrong with your windows. Try a virus and spyware scan.

[sjaak]

Lol , you call that a crappy computer.
866mhz and a tnt2 videocard THATS crappy :P.

Btw. i got the same error (not like i can play anything)

[firepika123]

that is an incompatability error i believe chankast cannot run on older gfx cards just yet i think they are optimizing for the newer models

[akuma2k3]

O so it's my video card?? O all well. I'm not going to upgrade my computer just for a emulator (Like i have the money anyway) is there any chance that future versions of chankast will be able to run on my computer??

[Asaki]

i would think this emu requires atleast a pixel shader 1.0 graphics card? ie: geforce 3, geforce4 TI series(no mx) and above, i could be wrong though

[cooliscool]

Nope, pixel shaders aren't required (or used for that matter). It'll look no better on a GeForceFX 5950U than it would on a GeForce2 MX.

[Razor Blade]

But between those cards the speed would differ.

>>is there any chance that future versions of chankast will be able to run on my computer??

Probably not. Unless the authors have that exact card or a line of those cards to test with I doubt it. :/

[red_dragoon33]

that problem should be fixed by the next release of chanka. they said they know that that bug and they will fix it. just have to wait until next release. hope it helps

[Razor Blade]

Oh so it is not a hardware issue? Well could you explain what the problem is? Or just some unwritten code?

[RZetlin]

S3 Graphics Prosavage DDR - It might be your video card.

Get a Geforce or ATI video card.

[Gamer1]

that computer is far from crappy, that athlon kicks pentium 4 ass.

you just need a better video card and more ram and you would be good for another 2 years.

if you think about upgrading (assuming you have an agp port), try and buy an nvidia videocard 5600 and above, because i've had customers complain and return video cards because of motherboards equiped with that integrated video card is not compatible with ATi. well specifically, emachine via motherboards does not like 9500 and above video cards. but i'm assuming it would apply to all chipsets (km266, and maybe the km400) as via had trouble implementing and having compatibility with ati's agp 8x cards.

[ViperXtreme]

i tried running the bios on a P3 866Mhz, 256MB SDRAM and a GeForce 2Ti 64MB DDR, and it slow on the bios (30FPS) and when i boot up utopia, it crawls to about 10FPS...

[akuma2k3]

Originally Posted by Gamer1

that computer is far from crappy, that athlon kicks pentium 4 ass.

you just need a better video card and more ram and you would be good for another 2 years.

if you think about upgrading (assuming you have an agp port), try and buy an nvidia videocard 5600 and above, because i've had customers complain and return video cards because of motherboards equiped with that integrated video card is not compatible with ATi. well specifically, emachine via motherboards does not like 9500 and above video cards. but i'm assuming it would apply to all chipsets (km266, and maybe the km400) as via had trouble implementing and having compatibility with ati's agp 8x cards.

Umm??? Ok what did that all mean. What exactly is a agp port??? Lol the only port i know about is the usb port. Looks like my computer isnt that crappy after all!!! Yay!!! I thought i had a bad computer the way the people in the chat room was talking about it. Anyway looks like i wont be able to run this thing without getting a better video card. So how much would one of these things cost and how would i know if i have a agp port or not??? And would i be able to install it myself (note i'm only 16) or would i be better off having it installed at the store?

[ViperXtreme]

AGP= accelerated graphics port, it was designed for video cards since the PCI slot doesnt have enough "oomph" on bandwidth, basically its faster than PCI slots.
i would recommed you to have at least the GeForce FX5700 or the Radeon 9600 (not the 9600SE) which costs about $100-$130?.
if you want to know if you have an AGP slot, you could always open up your PC and look at the motherboard, the AGP slot is usually brown and somewhere in the middle of the board, a bit mis-alligned with the PCI slots (the white ones).
or if you dont want to open up your PC, you could download AIDA32 and it can detect if you have an AGP slot.

[akuma2k3]

Ok thanks. I have a agp port. So i guess it's time to upgrade my comp. I'm not going to do it right away. Maybe in a couple months. I want to get a dvd burner first. they cost about 200$