DESPERADOS 2 - COOPER'S REVENGE -
Readme file - March 30th, 2006
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Spellbound and Atari hope that you will enjoy the demo of DESPERADOS 2 -
COOPER'S REVENGE. The game will be available in stores on April 21st, 2006.
This Readme file contains useful information that could help you solve problems
with the demo.
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System Requirements
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OS: Windows: 2000/XP
CPU: 2.0 GHz Processor
RAM: 512 MB
DVD-ROM
Hard drive space: 500 MB available
Video: 128 MB RAM and DirectX(tm)9-compatible
Sound: DirectX(tm) compatible sound device
Input: Keyboard, Mouse
* Video cards that do not support shaders, such as the Geforce 4 MX or any Intel Integrated graphics, are not supported
DirectX(tm) and driver information and known issues
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This game requires Microsoft's DirectX(tm)9 or later to run. To play the game,
you must have DirectX(tm)9 or later compliant drivers for your hardware
installed.
You will find the latest version of DirectX(tm) at:
www.microsoft.com/directx
Known driver problems:
1. Issues on ATI-Cards especially with Catalyst 6.2 or 6.3. driver
- Particles may not work with Catalyst 6.2. or 6.3. drivers (e.g. shooting,
walking, explosions, gas, waterfalls and smoke)
- Particles will cause a slowdown of 15-50% or more on all ATI graphics cards
- On Radeon X1800 Crossfire cards: flickering lines may appear during
gameplay.
- On Radeon X850 Crossfire cards: flickering lines may appear during gameplay.
- On Radeon X850 XT cards: flickering lines may appear during gameplay.
The issues mentioned may be fixed by new ATI drivers released after March
2006.
2. Resolution Changes under Nvidia Cards
With some Nvidia graphic cards the game may crash occasionally when changing
screen resolutions in Desperados 2. The issues mentioned may be fixed by new
Nvidia drivers released after March 2006.
3. Graphics Card not supported by Desperados 2
- XGI and S3 graphic cards such as S3 Chrome S25, S3 DeltaChrome S8, XGI Volari
V3 and XGI Volari V8 are not supported by Desperados 2. However, the game may
work on some of these boards.
- Matrox graphic cards such as Matrox Millenium P750 and Matrox Parheliaare are
not supported by Desperados 2. However, the game may work on some of the boards
by this manufacturer.
To obtain the latest drivers from your card manufacturer please refer to these
links:
ATI Technologies:
www.ati.com
Creative Labs:
www.creative.com
Matrox:
www.matrox.com
nVIDIA:
www.nvidia.com
Installing and starting the game
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If the installation does not begin automatically, please follow the
instructions below to install the file:
1) Double-click on the "My Computer" desktop icon with the left mouse button.
2) Choose the CD/DVD-ROM drive where the demo disc is inserted by clicking the
relevant icon/shortcut.
3) Double-click the "Setup.exe" file.
