Problem starting OR

[OTTODAD]

The Radeon is a PCI card, my computer doesn't have AGP slots, but I have one empty PCI slot.

Computers which have only PCI slots are outdated, not being able to use more up-to-date graphics cards and do not think can be used to run ORTS.

During a Dell chat session the Radeon HD 2600 XT 512 MB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card" was recommended, any comments?

Your computer's motherboard has no PCI Express slot and can not use this card.

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[lpman]

What about the
e-GeForce™ 8400 GS PCI Graphics Card from EVGA®. Powered by NVIDIA®

Dell's website lists it as an upgrade for the 2400

This graphics card supports Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Shader Model 4.0 and OpenGL® 3.0 optimizations, allowing for high-quality graphics and 3D textures that add a natural and realistic look to your games. With PCI 2.0 interface and 400 MHz RAMDACs

My visit to the Dell chat room also yielded the following upgrade for my computer the VISIONTEK 3450 PCI 512MB DMS59 SFF DDR2 Dual Monitor SFF-Short + Tall brackets

[cwhense]

Just did a quick check at newegg.com and they have 70 cards that will fit a pci slot, with 19 of them dx 10 or greater in support. You should be able to find a good one there.

What I would do is write a few down that interest you head over to tomshardware.com and see if you can find some ratings on them to see what is better.

[lpman]

I checked the cards I listed and they are PCI-Express cards. I didn't want to spend tons of money right now on a new computer, so I looked for used computers that had PCI-e motherboards and found a Dell Dimension 4700 for a good price. It has a Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor supporting HT Technology
(1M Cache, 3.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
80ghz hard drive, but only 512mb ram running XPprofessional.
When it arrives I'll add more ram (3gb or 4gb if I have XPpro 64bit) and add a graphic card.
What would be a good choice for a computer like this?

[plainsman]

OK, what is wrong here?

[twpol]

You're missing a critical file, probably more. Make sure you extracted all files, keeping directories when doing so.

[kraus]

In the log is this message

File not found. ---> System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\program files (x86)\open_rails\Content\SceneryShader.xnb'.

Do you have this file?

[plainsman]

It is in the Openrails folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\openrails
SceneryShader.xnb 9/1/2010 10:16PM 45kb

[twpol]

I suggest you delete the contents of the folder and try again, making sure to preserve the directories when extracting.

[plainsman]

I dumped the first folder and started over and it worked this time??!
BTW, I am getting 240-350 fps, @ 1920x1080!
Thanks for the assistance!

[lpman]

I checked the cards I listed and they are PCI-Express cards. I didn't want to spend tons of money right now on a new computer, so I looked for used computers that had PCI-e motherboards and found a Dell Dimension 4700 for a good price. It has a Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor supporting HT Technology
(1M Cache, 3.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
80ghz hard drive, but only 512mb ram running XPprofessional.
When it arrives I'll add more ram (3gb or 4gb if I have XPpro 64bit) and add a graphic card.
What would be a good choice for a computer like this?

I got the 4700.
OR runs on it but I can't explore the routes I can only run the activities.
Is this an issue with OR or am I doing something wrong?

[twpol]

I got the 4700.
OR runs on it but I can't explore the routes I can only run the activities.
Is this an issue with OR or am I doing something wrong?

Without the OR log, we can only guess but it's possible the starting location on the route or the consist you're picking is what OR doesn't like. Exploring works generally. Also, make sure you have picked a path and consist - you can't explore until you pick both.