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    I just downloaded the Gold Edition M2 Demo. When I tried to play I received this error message.

    Browsing through some websites it would appear I need to buy a entire new graphics card in order to get this comptability.

    Questions: Is this true? and Does this mean I cannot play M2 on my current system?



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    Default Re: Pixel Shader 1.1

    What is your graphics card? If it's old enough, it won't support shader 1.1 and you'll really have to buy a new one. (If some kind of miracle doesn't happen and it won't be fixed.)
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    I am currently running on an AMD Athlon(tm)XP 3000+ model T3092 2.17 GHz. As for the graphics card, the only thing I know is that it is integrated (which isnt a good thing, by all accounts). Hope that helps. (If this is true I will be really sad - my comp is only 2 years old, which is enough time to be pretty run of the mill or sub par but hardly outdated, I would think.



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    I'm sorry, gave some wrong information in my first message, I think that some gf 4:s do support 1.1 shaders, and also some older 9000-series radeons. But yeah, if you have integrated graphics, then there isn't much to do. But if the game had started, It propably wouldn't have worked at all, due to crappiness of integrated graphics.
    Well, you have a free AGP-slot now, so maybe a new gpu would be in order. :wink:
    And get some kind of program that can identify your computer specs, like PC Wizard
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    Quote Originally Posted by Publius
    I am currently running on an AMD Athlon(tm)XP 3000+ model T3092 2.17 GHz. As for the graphics card, the only thing I know is that it is integrated (which isnt a good thing, by all accounts). Hope that helps. (If this is true I will be really sad - my comp is only 2 years old, which is enough time to be pretty run of the mill or sub par but hardly outdated, I would think.
    I have the same processor.
    But my computer is 5 years old (I upgraded from a 2000+ more than a year ago).
    It's not fast enough to play at huge unit sizes (which the demo uses), I'm afraid.
    I get slowdowns even at the lowest image quality and with very few units in sight, which made hardly any difference to medium quality which convinced me my CPU must be the bottleneck.

    But I think at low/medium unit sizes it will be fine.

    In any case you will need a graphics card to play, integrated graphics aren't fast enough to play 3d games like these.



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    Default Re: Pixel Shader 1.1

    Thanks Spartacus, tis as I feared - I need to dump even more money on this computer if I want it to work properly. Anyways, I really appreciate the help.



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    Default Re: Pixel Shader 1.1

    ur lucky publius
    atleast u got the error message ,
    i dont even get a message ,a window pops up saying "unspecified error" #%@$^
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    Default Re: Pixel Shader 1.1

    Quote Originally Posted by vikrant1986
    ur lucky publius
    atleast u got the error message ,
    i dont even get a message ,a window pops up saying "unspecified error" #%@$^
    Go to SEGA Folder and it creates a log called something like system log.txt open it up and it tell which files are missing

    Quote Originally Posted by Erik
    I have the same processor.
    But my computer is 5 years old (I upgraded from a 2000+ more than a year ago).
    It's not fast enough to play at huge unit sizes (which the demo uses), I'm afraid.
    I get slowdowns even at the lowest image quality and with very few units in sight, which made hardly any difference to medium quality which convinced me my CPU must be the bottleneck.

    But I think at low/medium unit sizes it will be fine.

    In any case you will need a graphics card to play, integrated graphics aren't fast enough to play 3d games like these.
    AMD XP 3000+ 1025MB RAM Geforce A7600GT 80GB HD

    Thats my system and i get no slow down on all high on "GOLD" Demo. So i think its you card

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    Default Re: Pixel Shader 1.1

    Quote Originally Posted by Publius
    I just downloaded the Gold Edition M2 Demo. When I tried to play I received this error message.

    Browsing through some websites it would appear I need to buy a entire new graphics card in order to get this comptability.

    Questions: Is this true? and Does this mean I cannot play M2 on my current system?
    I got this message on my laptop to see if the demo would play before I would go home so maybe all integrated graphics may be trashed? At least the old ones.
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