Re: Thief 2 / EVGA 8600 / Video woes in game

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From: Darin Johnson
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:43

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This may be due to a known problem with the Nvidia 8600 series
with Thief 2 and System Shock 2.  The "new" video cards
have dropped support for 16-bit color (being optimized for
games released in the last 30 minutes than for compatibility).

This page may help:
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117616

Or hunt around for similar discussions on the web.
I couldn't use the fix for System Shock 2 because
everything ran so slow, so I put up with horrible colors
instead, but it might work better for Thief 2 since that's
what it was designed for.  People have claimed fog
isn't working right or is too slow.

--
Darin Johnson

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From: Darin Johnson <darin@usa.net>
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Subject: Re: Thief 2 / EVGA 8600 / Video woes in game
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:43:43 -0800 (PST)
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