User manual GAMES PC NEED FOR SPEED 3-REFERENCE CARD

[. . . ] REFERENCE CARD SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM CONFIGURATION x Windows® 98 or Windows® 95 (Windows® NT is not supported) x Without supported 3-D graphics accelerator: 166 MHz or faster Intel® Pentium®, Cyrix® 6x86TM, or AMD® K6TM processor x With supported 3-D graphics accelerator: 133 MHz or faster processor x 16 MB RAM x 4x CD-ROM drive (600K/second transfer rate) using a 32-bit Windows 98 or 95 CD- ROM driver x 85 MB free hard disk space plus space for saved games (additional space required for DirectXTM 5 installation) x High Color (65, 535 color) capable 1 MB PCI video card with DirectDrawTM compati- ble driver x DirectX 5 or higher compatible sound card with DirectSoundTM support RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION x 200 MHz Pentium processor or faster x 32 MB RAM x 8x or faster CD-ROM drive using a 32-bit Windows 98 or 95 CD-ROM driver x 270 MB free hard disk space plus space for saved games (additional space required for DirectX 5 installation) x 3-D graphics accelerator: 3Dfx VoodooTM, Voodoo RushTM, or Voodoo 2TM chipset x D3D graphics accelerator: Riva 128TM, Intel® 1740, or ATI® Rage Pro chipset REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLAYER GAMES x 200 MHz Pentium processor or faster x 32 MB RAM 1 NETWORK (2-8 PLAYERS) x IPX or TCP compliant network x 1 CD per network game MODEM (2 PLAYER) x 100% Hayes-compatible 28800 bps or faster modem x High speed serial port (16550 UART) for external modems SERIAL LINK (2 PLAYER) x Null modem cable x High speed serial port (16550 UART) SUPPORTED INPUT DEVICES x Mouse, keyboard, Windows 98 or 95 supported gamepad (10 or more buttons rec- ommended), Windows 98 or 95 supported joystick DISK PREPARATION Before you install any software, it is critical that your hard drive be in proper working order. We recommend running ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter. ScanDisk searches your hard drive for lost allocation units and cross-linked files and directories. Disk Defragmenter ensures that your data is sorted properly. [. . . ] It is normal for the videos to have a single black line between each line of video on the screen. NOTE: If your Windows display driver does not support DirectDraw, you may experience difficulties installing or running NFS3. 7 GENERAL VIDEO CARD INFORMATION x During DirectX installation, the DirectX setup program attempts to install a display driver that supports DirectDraw for your video card. If your video card driver does not support DirectDraw, the DirectX setup program replaces your existing video card driver. In some cases, this may disable manufacturer specific utilities for your video card. If you want to keep these utilities functional, you may have to obtain the latest drivers with DirectDraw support directly from the manufacturer of your video card. x If your video card driver already has DirectDraw support, but is not yet Certified by Microsoft, you are asked if you want to replace your current driver. Alternatively, you may contact your board manufacturer to obtain the latest drivers for your board. NOTE: There is a limitation with the 3Dfx detection function in the Glide 2. 43 Installer that may prevent it from properly detecting your 3Dfx card. If during installation you get the message "Error: Cannot detect hardware", press OK until setup continues and install the game as normal. You cannot install the Glide 2. 43 drivers from the CD-ROM. If you experience problems running NFS3 after getting this error message, please download the newest version of the Glide drivers from the 3Dfx web site at www. 3dfx. com. ISSUES WITH SPECIFIC VIDEO CARDS DIAMOND VIPERTM PRO You may experience problems with the Diamond Viper Pro video card with some Electronic Arts games. If you are experiencing difficulties, you can disable PCI burst mode transfers in your PC's BIOS setup. If your BIOS does not have this feature, Diamond supplies a utility that you can use to disable PCI burst mode transfers. If you have access to the Internet, you can download the utility at Diamond's FTP site at ftp://ftp. diamondmm. com/pub/misc/burst. exe. ¬ For assistance with this utility, please contact the card's manufacturer. OAK DRIVER PACKAGE 6. 01 We have experienced problems using Oak Driver Package 6. 01 with NFS3. Avoid using this version of the driver package. Use Oak Driver Package Version 4. 01 for best results. TSENG LABS® W32P PCI VIDEO CARD We have experienced poor performance problems using the Microsoft-provided "Tseng Labs ET4000/W32 PCI" drivers with NFS3. We recommend that you use the latest provided "Tseng Labs ET4000/W32 PCI" drivers for better results. TRIDENT TGUI9680 VIDEO CARD With this Trident card, we have experienced problems with the driver installed by DirectX. Please use your standard Trident TGUI9680 driver for better results. [. . . ] All messages are responded to in kind--if you send in a request by fax, response will also come by fax. Please be sure to include the support utility's report in your e-mail message, fax, or letter. ¬ To run the support utility from the ÿStart menu, select the Technical Service option in the NFS3 folder, then click the Contact Tech Support button. ¬ To run the utility from the Autorun launcher, click TECHNICAL SUPPORT, then click the Contact Tech Support button. If you need to talk to someone immediately, call us at (650) 628-8468 Monday through Friday between 8:30 and 11:45 AM or 1:00 and 4:30 PM, Pacific Standard Time. Please have the utility's report printed and ready when you call. 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