Official statement by ATi in regards to SimCity4

DownTime · Jan 15, 2003, 07:46 PM

Found this over at Rage3D

Quote:

"We recognize that ATI Video Cards do not scroll as fast as the game intended. This is an inherent conflict between the game scrolling technique and our memory tiling achitecture and not a hardware bug. We are working with Maxis to come to a better solution so please stay tuned."

phoenixphylok · Jan 16, 2003, 05:42 AM

Wouldn't you think something like that would be caught during testing?

And the Sim City franchise has been beat to death. Enough Already!

DownTime · Jan 16, 2003, 06:17 AM

Tru,
but its nice to see ATI to come out and say something. Good to see that they are teaming up with the developers to get this fixed too.

Testing?
Yeah, they should of caught this. I wonder if they turned a blind eye seeing that they ( EA ) always points the fingers at ATI.

Oh well...
Ciao

peterosesbookie · Jan 16, 2003, 06:50 AM

Looks like Maxis is picking Nvidia over ATi in the testing phase of its products

later

pete

Gurm · Jan 17, 2003, 03:05 PM

What a shock! Lots of game companies are quite obviously bought by nVidia. When Neverwinter Nights came out, it just DID NOT WORK ON ATI CARDS. Their advice was to downgrade to ancient (year+ old) drivers. It took them a dozen patches to finally fix the flickering and flashing on ATI cards, and even their latest patches don't always enable the high-quality water effects. Bleh. Bought by nVidia - as evidenced by the big nVidia logo tattooed on their foreheads.

Wretch · Jan 17, 2003, 08:57 PM

Seriously, I'm tired of the process I have to go through to get this 8500 to work consistantly.

Wretch · Jan 17, 2003, 08:58 PM

I was gonna actually post something about this, but then I see this thread, and I am relieved to know that there is a possible fix in the works.

chainreaction · Jan 19, 2003, 10:47 AM

It's stupid that this game is ancient dx7 and this still is sooooo damn slow when i've got a city like 20k+ but I can play games like Rallicross and ut2003 at max details with good fps.

Jan 17, 2003, 03:05 PM	#5
Gurm Hail to the King, Baby! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: This World AND The Next Posts: 193 Rep Power: 0	What a shock! Lots of game companies are quite obviously bought by nVidia. When Neverwinter Nights came out, it just DID NOT WORK ON ATI CARDS. Their advice was to downgrade to ancient (year+ old) drivers. It took them a dozen patches to finally fix the flickering and flashing on ATI cards, and even their latest patches don't always enable the high-quality water effects. Bleh. Bought by nVidia - as evidenced by the big nVidia logo tattooed on their foreheads. __________________ <Insert random "Army of Darkness" quote here...>

Jan 16, 2003, 05:42 AM	#2
phoenixphylok Mega-Lurker Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	Wouldn't you think something like that would be caught during testing? And the Sim City franchise has been beat to death. Enough Already!

Jan 16, 2003, 06:17 AM	Thread Starter #3
DownTime DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	Tru, but its nice to see ATI to come out and say something. Good to see that they are teaming up with the developers to get this fixed too. Testing? Yeah, they should of caught this. I wonder if they turned a blind eye seeing that they ( EA ) always points the fingers at ATI. Oh well... Ciao

Jan 16, 2003, 06:50 AM	#4
peterosesbookie HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: OHIO Posts: 556 Rep Power: 0	Looks like Maxis is picking Nvidia over ATi in the testing phase of its products later pete

Jan 17, 2003, 08:57 PM	#6
Wretch Minister of Defense Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	Seriously, I'm tired of the process I have to go through to get this 8500 to work consistantly.

Jan 17, 2003, 08:58 PM	#7
Wretch Minister of Defense Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	I was gonna actually post something about this, but then I see this thread, and I am relieved to know that there is a possible fix in the works.

Jan 19, 2003, 10:47 AM	#8
chainreaction DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	It's stupid that this game is ancient dx7 and this still is sooooo damn slow when i've got a city like 20k+ but I can play games like Rallicross and ut2003 at max details with good fps.