For optimum video performance, we highly recommend that you run Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour with an AGP video card. PCI video cards are generally much slower than AGP cards, and you may experience abnormally slow performance and poor graphics with a PCI-based graphics card. Additionally, the video cards listed below are below our minimum supported specs.

3dfx chipsets
Nvidia TNT2
ATI Radeon Mobility
ATI Radeon 7200
ATI Rage 128
ATI IIC AGP
S3 ProSavage
S3 Graphics Twister
SiS650 Integrated VGA chipsets
Trident Blade 3D
Vivid XS
VIA Tech graphics controllers
Quadro4
Leadtek Winfast GeForce 2 GTA
SiS Xabre
Gainward Xabre
Intel Extreme Graphics2
82865/G

If you attempt to run Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour with any of the video cards listed above, you may encounter a "Serious Error" message. Additionally, Some Nvidia GeForce 2 MX owners may experience some stuttering problems during movies.

If you attempt to run Zero Hour at 1600x1200 with a 32MB Nvidia GeForce 2 video card, the game may crash to the desktop. If this happens, try reducing the game's resolution.

On some computers, supported ATI video cards will cause occasional graphics artifacts to appear onscreen briefly. Make sure that you have the latest drivers installed.

If you are running under Windows 98, have an ATI Radeon 9200 video card installed, and are experiencing random crashes, add a "-noshaders" command line to your Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour shortcut. To do so, right-click on the "Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour" icon on your Windows Desktop, choose "Properties", and add -noshaders to the end of the path in the "Target" field. If you installed the game to the default directory, the command line should like this: "C:\Program Files\EA Games\Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour\generals.exe" -noshaders.

Under all resolutions, you may experience that some objects like trees, walls, and pillars will flicker briefly. If this happens, saving and reloading your game will resolve the issue.

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