> My wife got Warcraft 3 for my son for Christmas. Does anyone have experience > using WC3 on a Powercomputing machine? I have a Newertech Maxpowr 500/250 G3 > card in my PCP. I'm concerned about the video card. I think it's a Voodoo 1 > display card. Apple System Profiler says: Card name: ATY, mach64_3D_pcc. I > honestly don't remember when I got it--maybe 3 years ago-- or how many megs > it has. WC3 wants at least 8 megs in the display card. I can always just try > it, but if it doesn't work my son will be very grumpy on Christmas morning.
Good luck. There is a possibility that it will work by tweaking the video to use Software rendering (for older video hardware) in the WC3 prefs as opposed to Rave, Glide, or OpenGL. I have a G4/400 with a GeForce2MX and WC3 has moments where it gets really, really slow in OS X. In OS 9 it seems to fare a lot better. But even with a GeForce2MX I have to turn the video way down. May I suggest that as a contingency plan you pick up Warcraft II: BattleNet Edition for $10. It's still my all-time favorite game. James -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
