jordie8472 Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 I have an Intel Extreme Graphics Card that does support DirectX. Will the game work with Intel Graphics Cards?
sexxxy_mark Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 as long as it supports direct x 8.0 and up, you should be fine... intel hasn't been known to make the best graphics cards... but as long as it supports dx 8.0 and up, preferrably 9.0 then u should be good to go.
-=ReApEr=- Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 Well if it's the card that came with your pc, then i would say your screwed.
samborino Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 check the mb on it should be at least 32 most intel graphics cards that ship with computers are about 8mb. so u probably should check. and when you have those integrated intel chips u cant get a new graphics card either. u just have to buy a whole new comp. UH-OH
Abaddon Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 umm. the graphics card must support Hardware Texturing and Lighting and your intel (most likely intergrated) card probably does not support that function. If you are unforunate enough to have a intel intergrated card you have two options: 1) Buy a PCI Accelerated Graphics Card to fit at least the minimum requirements (Radeon 7500, Geforce 3, i think). The PCI Graphics card are not as common as the AGP version and are usually more expensive. 2) Buy a new motherboard that has no AGP/intergrated GPU.
Dathan Surehand Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 I had an integrated intel 8mb graphics card. I bought a PCI 128 mb graphics card from staples. I also have a 64 mb PCI graphics card I ordered off of ebay. If anyone needs it let me know.......I think I payed about 50$ for it.
jordie8472 Posted June 25, 2003 Author Posted June 25, 2003 How can I find out how many megabytes the card has?
jordie8472 Posted June 25, 2003 Author Posted June 25, 2003 Here is the information about my card: ITEL® GRAPHICS REPORT Report Date: 06,25,2003 Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 11:28:42 Driver Version: 6.13.01.3162 Operating System: Windows NT* 5.1.2600 Default Language: English DirectX* Version: 8.1 Physical Memory: 254 MB Processor: x86 Processor Speed: 1794 MHZ Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x2562 Device Revision: 1
samborino Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 what kind of games can u play. u always know by what kind of games you can play
-=ReApEr=- Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 Well 254mb is good memory, so i would more or less say it should work.
jordie8472 Posted June 25, 2003 Author Posted June 25, 2003 On my computer I play Simcity 4, and Jedi Knight II. Those are the most graphically intense games I have. Thanks for your help.
Luey Fubar Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 You'll need Direct X 9 to play. DirectX9 will come with the game cd's and you must use DX9 to run SWG. - SWG FAQ But no worries as it comes with the game. =)
Abaddon Posted June 26, 2003 Posted June 26, 2003 i will tell you this... you will not be happy with 256mb RAM and running SWG especially with WINDOWS XP [5.1.2600]. Anyway how much vram is on the card? the 256 (~254) is physical memory (DIMM) not VRAM. My guess is that your GPU leeches off your physical RAM (up to 32 mb)
DarQJeChTi Posted June 26, 2003 Posted June 26, 2003 If you currently have 254 MB of ram, but you really have 256 MB of ram wouldn't that mean your getting 2 MB Video shared memory? I may be wrong that sounds odd, my old old pc has 64 ram but 8mb shared so it saids 56... But anyways I'd suggest buying a PCI card, they're not to expensive...you can probally get a good PCI Video card for cheap on Pricewatch
sexxxy_mark Posted June 26, 2003 Posted June 26, 2003 Originally posted by jordie8472 Here is the information about my card: ITEL® GRAPHICS REPORT Report Date: 06,25,2003 Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 11:28:42 Driver Version: 6.13.01.3162 Operating System: Windows NT* 5.1.2600 Default Language: English DirectX* Version: 8.1 Physical Memory: 254 MB Processor: x86 Processor Speed: 1794 MHZ Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x2562 Device Revision: 1 it looks like u have one of the newer intel graphics chipsets... but it looks like it is onboard. the "Physical Memory" of 254 mb referrs to the memory allocated from the memory actually placed on the motherboard. you see, most onboard graphics cards share the ram with the system ram that u have installed. i believe there should be an option in the cmos/bios where u can change the size. i suggest 1/3 or 1/2 of your system memory should be shared. but if u really do have 256mb of RAM total...jeez. the good thing: it is dx 8.1 certified. the bad news: it may perform badly in graphics intensive applications. if your graphics quality and frames per second are at least 60 in Jedi Knight II then it would be safe to say u are good to go for galaxies (try it online...more graphic/cpu/ram intensive, jedi knight that is). the radeon 9700 and 9800 are available in pci form if u are really serious about upgrading, but i am afraid those versions are the all in wonder editions only...
toolfan Posted June 26, 2003 Posted June 26, 2003 dont listen to the guy who just told you to get a PCI graphics card, no offense but those are worthless, they are way to slow. SWG is a pretty graphic intensive game. you are going to want a GeForce 3 or 4 if you are going the nvidia route, or for ATI get a Radeon 9000, 9500, or 9700. also upgrade your ram to 512mb. and dont get any PCI graphics card, they arent worth it. They are about as good as a Ewoks which just tells you how worthless they are. the GeForce 4's and Radeon 9700 is on level with a Deathstar. they rule!
Wouldzey Posted June 26, 2003 Posted June 26, 2003 toolfans right. And also don't bother with the new ATI 9600pro, its slower than the 9500pro (mainly due to the fact it only has 4 gfx pipelines compared to the 9500's 8) and costs more or less the same. The 9500pro will do a great job for you. However no matter what graphics card you decide to get, be it a high end card or a bidget level, no card will run SWG at full intesity.
samborino Posted June 26, 2003 Posted June 26, 2003 if u read earlier u would realize that he cant get a normal graphics card and has to get a pci because he has an integrated one already. so he has to get something that will work with his motherboard
toolfan Posted June 26, 2003 Posted June 26, 2003 I didnt see anywhere in his posts where it said it was intergrated. anyways if PCI is his only solution then i'm afraid to say but he probably wont be able to play SWG. Graphic cards arent released anymore to support PCI because its BUS speed isnt fast enough anymore. At most you can get a PCI GeForce 2, but that really isnt going to cut it for a very graphic intensive game like SWG. The best thing I can recommend is to just buy a new computer that was designed for gaming. Make sure it has a AGP slot in it so you can upgrade. AGP is the only thing card makers release graphic cards for now, because AGP was designed specifically for graphics cards. if you can't afford a new PC will then its time to start saving so you can get into SWG as fast as possible.
Abaddon Posted June 26, 2003 Posted June 26, 2003 I agree that the PCI GPUs are inferior... I am just curious so before we assume the fact that there is no AGP slot please look at your motherboard for a dark brown slot about the same size as the white PCI slots (standard colors of course). Maybe they didn't intergrate the AGP slot (its not like intergrated card need the extra pipeline of AGP anyway) ...but back to realm of the PCI, if you have some extra money it would be wise to just buy another motherboard (~100 USD), will be a pain to install all the crap into the new motherboard, but if you want to play SWG its "...your only hope" then buy a (100-150 USD) GPU depending on your luck thats equivalent to a GF3 ti and maybe a 4 ti 4200 64mb
jordie8472 Posted June 27, 2003 Author Posted June 27, 2003 Ok everyone. My card officially doesn't work with the game. I got the game today, and when i tried to launch it, an error window popped up saying that direct 3D couldn't be intialized & my card doesn't support some kind of lighting. I'm out of ideas and tired of fighting with my computer. I might just give up on it, if all else fails. Anymore upgrade suggestions? Thanks
PhantomXSquared Posted June 27, 2003 Posted June 27, 2003 Just go ahead and buy yourself a Radeon. Your card does not support Hardware Texture and Lighting which is a must for games like SWG and Battlefield 1942. All you need is a new videocard that supports this feature.
toolfan Posted June 27, 2003 Posted June 27, 2003 get a new computer is about all I can suggest at this point. you might as well or you are stuck with a $50 game you cant play. and I assume you wont be able to return it either.
Kenshin Himoura Posted June 27, 2003 Posted June 27, 2003 this is gay... I have the integrated intel graphix card and the game wont play....
jordie8472 Posted June 27, 2003 Author Posted June 27, 2003 I was thinking about getting a Radeon 7500. Think it will work?
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