hey does trem need a graphics card to run?

[Soroku]

hey yeah im new and before i install it do i need a graphics card to run it? thanks because i really want to play this

[TinMan]

You usually need a graphics card to be able to use a computer normally, playing tremulous with no video can be tricky if you don't have good headphones/speakers and something like ventrillo, gamecomm, or teamspeak.

However, most video cards can handle tremulous, it uses the Quake 3 engine which is from late 1999. What is your computer's onboard video card? (the one built in)

Most likely you'll be able to run it, if not then you can purchase a cheap NVIDIA RIVA TNT 2 for PCI or VGA (whichever you have free to use) for around $10-25 and play decently on that.

[fourchannel]

Yes, you do need a card. For a tremulous server, I don't think that you do. Almost all personal computers have graphics cards in them, not all the cards are good enough to play trem, though. If you do have a card, what kind is it? GeForce, Radeon, NVIDIA, ATI? etc...

System requirements:

800 MHz x86 CPU
256 MB RAM
32 MB nVIDIA GeForce2 or ATi Radeon 7000
Stereo sound card
125 MB free hard drive space
56 kbit/s Internet connection

[next_ghost]

You usually need a graphics card to be able to use a computer normally, playing tremulous with no video can be tricky if you don't have good headphones/speakers and something like ventrillo, gamecomm, or teamspeak.

AAlib & TTY FTW!

[[EVIL]Unknown]

<---- onboard video ftw!!!!

if u have onboard a good processor helps compensate a bit. i get a good 43 fps on any server including sst. 43 is what i have it maxed out to.

[Taiyo.uk]

AAlib & TTY FTW!

...on a VT100 terminal!

[Soroku]

k thanks so which one do i download? the 1.1.0 one? or the 1.0.2 one or the quake 3 version of 1.0.2

[Survivor]

1.1.0 unless you want overpowered tyrants and empty servers

[PHREAK]

No need for a card but the game won't look all that great.
Just until a few days ago I was forced to play with Intel Extreme 2 and I got a steady 90 FPS cap at lowest settings.(My original card fried, literally, smoke and all!)

If you know anything about game engines, you know that Q3 is much more dependent on the CPU rather then GPU. This is a great benefit since a lot more players have fast processors rather then fast cards.
Combination of both is the best way to go.
So essentially, you should have a dedicated card but it's not requiered, depending on the rest of your hardware configuration.

[Henners]

Er Actually I believe you do need a card of some sort. No software mode on the quake3 engine. Was a big fuss about it when q3 came out as I recall.

[TinMan]

AAlib & TTY FTW!

ZOMG ASCII QIII!

Those system requirements posted above are highly inaccurate, I've run medium settings on way worse specs and with high bp.

[Vector_Matt]

do i need a graphics card to run it? thanks because i really want to play this

Yes, and if you can see this post it means you already have a graphics card. A graphics card is what sends the data to the monitor.

[Taiyo.uk]

do i need a graphics card to run it? thanks because i really want to play this

Yes, and if you can see this post it means you already have a graphics card. A graphics card is what sends the data to the monitor.

So what makes you think he's not using Lynx over a dumb terminal?

[polish farmer boy]

IMHO those who responded on this topic have been...

seduced by average troll <3

(excluding me lol)

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[tuple]

Meh, who needs a video card

[polish farmer boy]

Meh, who needs a video card

after watching this link

4 the very first time

i am not sure what to write



reality is stranger then fiction

[tomek-k]

Meh, who needs a video card

:eek:

[TinMan]

Meh, who needs a video card

I play that game, I'd own you. lol

You still need a GPU to play it though.

[Soroku]

hey i can play without a graphics card
                                               
ingame name:Soroku

[vcxzet]

hey i can play without a graphics card
                                               
ingame name:Soroku

your aimbot owns

[Henners]

Yes, and if you can see this post it means you already have a graphics card. A graphics card is what sends the data to the monitor.

Onboard SVGA exists you know. Hence why there was a fuss when quake3 came out as it was the first game with no software mode for graphics and not everyone had a graphics card...

[PHREAK]

/OFF
To all those morons with an IQ lower then 85:
When one talks about a graphics card in a game forum, it generally means a dedicated PCI, AGP or PCIe interfaced board that contains a GPU, one or more memory chips and so on.

Onboard adapter does not fall into this category.
So next time you chose to act smart and geeky, try not to make a complete idiot out of yourself.
/ON

[tomek-k]

/OFF
To all those morons with an IQ lower then 85:
When one talks about a graphics card in a game forum, it generally means a dedicated PCI, AGP or PCIe interfaced board that contains a GPU, one or more memory chips and so on.

Onboard adapter does not fall into this category.
So next time you chose to act smart and geeky, try not to make a complete idiot out of yourself.
/ON

Heh?
The so called onboard adapter can also have a GPU. And you can play trem with such.
So your explanation of the term 'graphics card' is inconsistent.

Moreover you don't need a GPU to play trem - a so-called 3D accelerator (which contains chips responsible for 3D acceleration but w/o hardware support for transformations and lighting) is also enough. And it also can be integrated with the mainboard.

[n00b pl0x]

is a iq of 10 higher or lower than 85? im not sure if that was directed towards me or not

[PHREAK]

@tomek-k
I said "...dedicated PCI, AGP or PCIe interfaced board that contains a GPU, one or more memory chips and so on..."
The GPU itself doesn't make it a graphics card.
Also, if you read my initial post in this thread, you'll see that I completly agree that Trem doesn't need a dedicated card to run. As of a week or so ago, I was one of the people running trem with onboard graphics (Intel Extreme 2 to be exact) and it ran fine as far as framerates go, but didn't look too appealing.

[player1]

Plays like Quake. Looks like Quake. Made from Quake. MacBook+Tremulous= (64MB RAM shared btw. GPU & CPU). I think it's been said elsewhere, but I believe this game engine gets as much speed from the CPU as the graphics card/chipset/integrated processor.

[tomek-k]

@tomek-k
I said "...dedicated PCI, AGP or PCIe interfaced board that contains a GPU, one or more memory chips and so on..."
The GPU itself doesn't make it a graphics card.
Also, if you read my initial post in this thread, you'll see that I completly agree that Trem doesn't need a dedicated card to run. As of a week or so ago, I was one of the people running trem with onboard graphics (Intel Extreme 2 to be exact) and it ran fine as far as framerates go, but didn't look too appealing.

ok. I understand :wink:

[TinMan]

Tremulous requires GPU.

[next_ghost]

Tremulous requires GPU.

No graphic chips prior to GeForce 256 were GPUs. Yet Tremulous will run on things as old as Riva TNT, ATi Rage 128 or Voodoo.

[DASPRiD]