Grandia II for PC

March 24th, 2002

Just picked it up today. After looking at Demigod's shots, I can't wait to try it.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

Esturk · March 24th, 2002

Looks cool. Have fun Sx!

merovaine · March 25th, 2002

Sigh, I'm playing Grandia II for PC on a Geforce 2 GTS and sadly, it's running darn slow. sxamiga, i read in one of ur posts that u have a Geforce 4 Ti 4600? (correct me if i'm wrong). Congrats dude, I bet the game's gonna run pretty well for u. For me, even running at 800x600x16 the game runs slow at times especially when there are lotsa characters around. So obviously, FSAA's out of the question. Even 640x480x16 with 4x FSAA runs pretty slow. So hey sxamiga, how bout posting a few shots of Grandia II with 4x FSAA running at 1024x768 or higher or something. I bet it'd look real sweet.

**Kane** · March 25th, 2002

What sort of CPU you got under the bonnet?

merovaine · March 25th, 2002

R u asking me or something? Anyhow, I have an Athlon 850 MHz

March 25th, 2002

Merovaine, you are correct, I do have a GeForce4 TI 4600. As soon as I install the game, I still haven't had time, I'll be glad to post some screenshot of 4xFSAA at a nice high resoulution. I should have no worries about slowdowns as my processor is an Athlon T-Bird 1.4ghz. Thanks for asking.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

**Demigod** · March 25th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by merovaine
Sigh, I'm playing Grandia II for PC on a Geforce 2 GTS and sadly, it's running darn slow. sxamiga, i read in one of ur posts that u have a Geforce 4 Ti 4600? (correct me if i'm wrong). Congrats dude, I bet the game's gonna run pretty well for u. For me, even running at 800x600x16 the game runs slow at times especially when there are lotsa characters around. So obviously, FSAA's out of the question. Even 640x480x16 with 4x FSAA runs pretty slow. So hey sxamiga, how bout posting a few shots of Grandia II with 4x FSAA running at 1024x768 or higher or something. I bet it'd look real sweet.

I run it at 1024x768x16 w/ 4xFSAA and it runs fine for the most part. The only parts where it slows down is in towns and only when there's complex buildings and stuff. And yes, it does look pretty sweet

Jonys · March 25th, 2002

I'm just running my Grandia 2 in a voodoo 3 card....

But I'm Having a Lot of Fun!!!

Darkhound · March 27th, 2002

yeah im running it on my specs below and its damn slow

i only played teh first few mins and when its sweeping over the trees its really fast, but then when the characters come into view...down goes the frame rate, id say to about 10-20fps :confused:

astroduck · March 27th, 2002

Darkhound, which video card are u using?

**Kane** · March 27th, 2002

A GeForce 2 MX 400 by the look of things. Have you tried lowering the resoloution?

Cless · March 28th, 2002

Is it worth rebuying Grandia 2? I allready bought for the Deamcast while ago and I sold my dc and grandia along with it.

**Kane** · March 28th, 2002

It's up to you, man. If you really liked it, then yes. If it wasn't brilliant for you, then no, unless you see it really cheap.

astroduck · March 28th, 2002

I just rent Grandia 2 from my local video game store and I have to say that the graphics looked super awesome!!! I didn't experience any slowdown except for those magic effect during battles. Other than that, everything looks fine!!

BTW, I wanna post some screenshots just to let you guys see but I don't know how. Can anybody kind enough to show me the steps? Do I need a program to do that?

astroduck · March 28th, 2002

I am running the game with 4XFFSA as well!!!

**Demigod** · March 28th, 2002

Just use the Print Screen button to capture the shots, then paste it into an image program (MS Paint will do) and save it (I believe Paint can save in JPEG).

Darkhound · March 28th, 2002

yeah i went down to 800x600x16, but i dont get it, FSAA is off, and i can run most games at 1152x864, even quite new ones. And all games at 1024x768, so i dont know why its so slow :/

btw im running 21.83 drivers, are these the best for my card?

Darkhound · March 28th, 2002

and btw how long does FFVI take to complete, i just got it today, tis a great game

just wondered how long of it was left...hope its pretty long

astroduck · March 29th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Demigod79
Just use the Print Screen button to capture the shots, then paste it into an image program (MS Paint will do) and save it (I believe Paint can save in JPEG).

I did press print screen but nothing happen, what should i do?

Nezzar · March 29th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by sxamiga
Just picked it up today. After looking at Demigod's shots, I can't wait to try it.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

Is there some demo available?

March 24th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	Grandia II for PC Just picked it up today. After looking at Demigod's shots, I can't wait to try it. sincerely, sx/amiga

March 24th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	Looks cool. Have fun Sx! __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

March 25th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
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March 25th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
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March 27th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
Darkhound Schwarzehund Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 120	:( yeah im running it on my specs below and its damn slow i only played teh first few mins and when its sweeping over the trees its really fast, but then when the characters come into view...down goes the frame rate, id say to about 10-20fps :confused: __________________ Windows XP Professional Athlon T/Bird @ 800MHz GeForce2 MX 64Mb DDR 512Mb RAM @ 133MHz Nostromo Speedpad N50 MS Gamevoice Creative 12x DVD Seagate 20Gb 7200rpm Website

March 25th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
merovaine Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 42	Sigh, I'm playing Grandia II for PC on a Geforce 2 GTS and sadly, it's running darn slow. sxamiga, i read in one of ur posts that u have a Geforce 4 Ti 4600? (correct me if i'm wrong). Congrats dude, I bet the game's gonna run pretty well for u. For me, even running at 800x600x16 the game runs slow at times especially when there are lotsa characters around. So obviously, FSAA's out of the question. Even 640x480x16 with 4x FSAA runs pretty slow. So hey sxamiga, how bout posting a few shots of Grandia II with 4x FSAA running at 1024x768 or higher or something. I bet it'd look real sweet.

March 25th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
merovaine Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 42	R u asking me or something? Anyhow, I have an Athlon 850 MHz

March 25th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	Merovaine, you are correct, I do have a GeForce4 TI 4600. As soon as I install the game, I still haven't had time, I'll be glad to post some screenshot of 4xFSAA at a nice high resoulution. I should have no worries about slowdowns as my processor is an Athlon T-Bird 1.4ghz. Thanks for asking. sincerely, sx/amiga

March 27th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
astroduck 發水麵包 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 1,435	Darkhound, which video card are u using? __________________ --------------~My specs~--------------- AMD Athlon XP 2200+ @1.86Ghz with 275MHz FSB Gigabyte GA-7VAXP Ultra Motherboard with 333MHz FSB 768Mb PC2700 DDR SDRAM Dual Harddrive : Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 30 Gb and 120 Gb 7200 rpm SoundBlaster Audigy with latest driver Asus Geforce FX 5600 with 128 DDR RAM Lite-On 4X DVD-Burner Lite-On 52X24X52 CD-Writer Creative Inspire 5200 Speakers with sub-woofer Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with SP1 Viewsonic G90fb 19 inches monitor (1280X1024 resolution) Direct X 9.0c (Specs will be updated soon)

March 27th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	A GeForce 2 MX 400 by the look of things. Have you tried lowering the resoloution? __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 28th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
Cless Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,809	Is it worth rebuying Grandia 2? I allready bought for the Deamcast while ago and I sold my dc and grandia along with it.

March 28th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	It's up to you, man. If you really liked it, then yes. If it wasn't brilliant for you, then no, unless you see it really cheap. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 28th, 2002	#14 (permalink)
astroduck 發水麵包 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 1,435	I just rent Grandia 2 from my local video game store and I have to say that the graphics looked super awesome!!! I didn't experience any slowdown except for those magic effect during battles. Other than that, everything looks fine!! BTW, I wanna post some screenshots just to let you guys see but I don't know how. Can anybody kind enough to show me the steps? Do I need a program to do that? __________________ --------------~My specs~--------------- AMD Athlon XP 2200+ @1.86Ghz with 275MHz FSB Gigabyte GA-7VAXP Ultra Motherboard with 333MHz FSB 768Mb PC2700 DDR SDRAM Dual Harddrive : Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 30 Gb and 120 Gb 7200 rpm SoundBlaster Audigy with latest driver Asus Geforce FX 5600 with 128 DDR RAM Lite-On 4X DVD-Burner Lite-On 52X24X52 CD-Writer Creative Inspire 5200 Speakers with sub-woofer Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with SP1 Viewsonic G90fb 19 inches monitor (1280X1024 resolution) Direct X 9.0c (Specs will be updated soon)

March 28th, 2002	#15 (permalink)
astroduck 發水麵包 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 1,435	Grandia 2 I am running the game with 4XFFSA as well!!! __________________ --------------~My specs~--------------- AMD Athlon XP 2200+ @1.86Ghz with 275MHz FSB Gigabyte GA-7VAXP Ultra Motherboard with 333MHz FSB 768Mb PC2700 DDR SDRAM Dual Harddrive : Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 30 Gb and 120 Gb 7200 rpm SoundBlaster Audigy with latest driver Asus Geforce FX 5600 with 128 DDR RAM Lite-On 4X DVD-Burner Lite-On 52X24X52 CD-Writer Creative Inspire 5200 Speakers with sub-woofer Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with SP1 Viewsonic G90fb 19 inches monitor (1280X1024 resolution) Direct X 9.0c (Specs will be updated soon)

March 28th, 2002	#16 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,810	Just use the Print Screen button to capture the shots, then paste it into an image program (MS Paint will do) and save it (I believe Paint can save in JPEG). __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon64 3000+ (Venice) @ 3800+ (2.4 Ghz) Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe Memory: 1024 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM @ 217 Mhz Videocard: eVGA GeForce 6800 GS w/ 256 MB Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Hard drive: 120 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 & 2 x 300 (600) GB RAID 0 Maxtor Optical drive: LG GSA-4163B 16x DVD Writer OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

March 28th, 2002	#17 (permalink)
Darkhound Schwarzehund Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 120	yeah yeah i went down to 800x600x16, but i dont get it, FSAA is off, and i can run most games at 1152x864, even quite new ones. And all games at 1024x768, so i dont know why its so slow :/ btw im running 21.83 drivers, are these the best for my card? __________________ Windows XP Professional Athlon T/Bird @ 800MHz GeForce2 MX 64Mb DDR 512Mb RAM @ 133MHz Nostromo Speedpad N50 MS Gamevoice Creative 12x DVD Seagate 20Gb 7200rpm Website

March 28th, 2002	#18 (permalink)
Darkhound Schwarzehund Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 120	oh and btw how long does FFVI take to complete, i just got it today, tis a great game just wondered how long of it was left...hope its pretty long __________________ Windows XP Professional Athlon T/Bird @ 800MHz GeForce2 MX 64Mb DDR 512Mb RAM @ 133MHz Nostromo Speedpad N50 MS Gamevoice Creative 12x DVD Seagate 20Gb 7200rpm Website

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