Final Fantasy VII Direct 3d support issue

[darkest_rage 0]

Alright while everybody is had issues resolved awhile back with nvidia or gforce cards... I have a ATI issue.

I have the new radeon Stealth 9250 256 ddr pci card.

Advent children has me wanting to play again only now its years later and i have a new computer, awesome system...((not the best))

 

My specs

Pavillion 1330

 

AMD athlon 64 processor 3800+ 2GB ram, 250GB DVD RW...

 

to the point. I don't have any direct3d support available.

Is there a ATI patch to enable me to use my Stealth card with this game or do i forever have to remain with software support.

Yes i'm very picky on graphics. software just isn't my style.

 

 

Any suggestions?

 

 

[peterh 1]

Sounds like the ATI drivers were not installed properly.

 

Uninstall all your graphics card drivers and install them again, then check it via DXDIAG tool.

 

[darkest_rage 0]

Oh no i meant in the game configuration for ff7.

Apparently everything passes but the 8 bit test.

I don't see how but I think it sucks.

I've done as you've suggested but ... still no change.

I recently had the Radeon X550 Pci express and still had the same problem but i took that card back to the store. I barely bought it but changed my mind.

So i'm guessing it has something to do with new ati cards and compatability issues.

 

[SubGum 0]

Unfortunately, ATI never added support with their new RADEON drivers for the 8-bit palleted textures, so the only way to play FF7 with a RADEON in hardware is too install the riva_TNT patch made for the game. The patch makes it ignore the 8-bit compatability issue, but the game will still look like crap. I Just threw my ghetto Voodoo3 card in my computer myself just so I could play FF7 lookin pretty. Still trying desperately to find the old 3DFX underground tools though... grrr! Anyways, you can probably find the riva TNT patch by doing a simple engine search. Good luck!

[ProtoArmor 0]

You really should use all the fan-made patches for the game. Even Eidos site links to one of the fan-made patches. There is even improved models for the game (!).

Here is my Best-Quality Graphics and Sound Final Fantasy VII page:

expertmultimedia.com/protoarmor/gamepage/finalfantasy-ff7bestquality.html

 

And if that doesn't solve your problem, go to

 

forums.qhimm.com

 

that's where I learned all I know about fixing and improving Final Fantasy VII

 

Good luck have fun,

ProtoArmor