Video card problwms

[mastergurosp]

Well I got a "new" computer (Actually a friends used one.. but hey it works =P)
And I'm looking to play some "old school" games (Kotor2,halo1,etc)

I went to "Can u run it"
To see if i could run a couple games. everything checked out(Ram etc)

Except for my video card. .

Its say I need a
video Hw transform and lightning(this showed up on my other computer, so I switched the video cards, but It still doesn't show up on mine.. what did I do wrong?)

Then for some other games..
a vertex shaker
and a pixel shaker

What are these things? (Lightning etc)
Can I run a game without one?
If not, where could I git a dirt cheap one?

[mastergurosp]

sorry, the image is shit, having some ms paint issues (its not responding) so Im trying out some 3rd party rip off software, but its not really working

[Sweeper128]

It would help if you told us which card you have.
And all the stuff you want to play.

[Pounce]

What card are you using?
What version drivers?
What OS?

[ChocEliteBar]

At 3/30/09 08:09 AM, Pounce wrote: What card are you using?

???

What version drivers?

???

What OS?

Windows XP, that damn blue bar tells all.

[mastergurosp]

At 3/30/09 08:34 AM, ChocEliteBar wrote:

At 3/30/09 08:09 AM, Pounce wrote: What card are you using?

picture

What version drivers?

picture

What OS?

Windows XP, that damn blue bar tells all.

true

Sorry for the bump, I had to go to school

[mastergurosp]

.gifs are bad quality then =P

[WoogieNoogie]

I'm guessing you have a laptop. There's nothing you can do.

[mastergurosp]

At 3/30/09 04:51 PM, WoogieNoogie wrote: I'm guessing you have a laptop. There's nothing you can do.

Laptop? How do you guess that? I have a regular computer...

[nsc007]

At 3/30/09 04:56 PM, mastergurosp wrote:

At 3/30/09 04:51 PM, WoogieNoogie wrote: I'm guessing you have a laptop. There's nothing you can do.

Laptop? How do you guess that? I have a regular computer...

oh good lord, a retard with integrated graphics. go out to best buy or some shit, and buy the cheapest
Nvidia video card you can find. even that will be better than what you have now. and it will eliminate your problems.

FYI, integrated means it's built into the motherboard, which means it's minimalistic shit.

[WoogieNoogie]

Basically...what he said. Except don't buy the cheapest card.

Everything with your computer can be badass, but if it doesn't have a good video card, you're boned. Get one to put into your pci express and stop using the integrated.

[mastergurosp]

At 3/30/09 05:35 PM, WoogieNoogie wrote: Basically...what he said. Except don't buy the cheapest card.

Everything with your computer can be badass, but if it doesn't have a good video card, you're boned. Get one to put into your pci express and stop using the integrated.

what type?
Is one model better than the other?

Looking at no more than 50 bucks

[Pounce]

Integrated graphics means that you're basically at rock bottom in terms of quality.

A $50 card will get you a huge improvement.

Depends on if you're using a PCI-E slot or AGP or etc

You should have a PCI-E if you're using a computer not older than 7 years though

[mastergurosp]

At 3/30/09 07:09 PM, Pounce wrote: Integrated graphics means that you're basically at rock bottom in terms of quality.

A $50 card will get you a huge improvement.

Depends on if you're using a PCI-E slot or AGP or etc

You should have a PCI-E if you're using a computer not older than 7 years though

how do you tell what your using?

This comp is like 5-6 years old, so I would hate to press my luck