Why Won't the demo play?

**Paul Thompson** · November 02, 2006, 06:13 AM

Hi,

I downloaded the demo on my computer, I can watch the intro movie but whenever I load a battle the screen goes black and says 'input not supported' I am assuming this is a problem with my graphics card which is a Radeon 9800b 256mb card. I read in the read me file this card would work. Anyway here's the rest of my specs, if any one can help me I would be very greatful

Windows xp professional
Intel Pentium 4 processor 3.2 ghz
1.00 GB RAM
80GB Harddrive (20GB Free)

Thanks.

**OTZ** · November 02, 2006, 06:40 AM

What resolution is your monitor?

**jaklei** · November 02, 2006, 06:51 AM

1gig ram is not much, maybe you could run it in safe mode somehow?

**Kaweh** · November 02, 2006, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by jaklei

1gig ram is not much, maybe you could run it in safe mode somehow?

1 gig RAM should be more than enough to play it, I have 512 MB RAM and play it without problems on higher-medium settings. :hmmm:

K.K

**Paul Thompson** · November 02, 2006, 07:02 AM

I know my rams not fantastic but I would of thought it enough to play in some form (low quality for example). My monitor is currently set at 1024 by 768 pixels and can go upto 1280 by 1024. I could run rome total war on very high settings with no lag up to about 5000 or more men on the field.

**big bad badger** · November 02, 2006, 10:41 AM

Your processer isn't up to much...

**Shaun** · November 02, 2006, 10:47 AM

Its a P4 3.2GHz, ofcourse it's enough! Its just not as good as Athlon's and Core 2's for gaming, thats all but its not his processor that is holding him back at all.

**Spiff** · November 02, 2006, 11:19 AM

Have you tried running the game in different resolutions? Also make sure your video drivers are up to date and such

**big bad badger** · November 02, 2006, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Shaun

Its a P4 3.2GHz, ofcourse it's enough! Its just not as good as Athlon's and Core 2's for gaming, thats all but its not his processor that is holding him back at all.

Whoops... I thought it was a 2.06 Ghz... Sorry.

**Paul Thompson** · November 03, 2006, 01:09 AM

I've tried pretty much everything. In the read me file though it does state that a radeon 9800 is like one of the minimum cards to play the game with. I was just thinking if I bought a new graphics card maybe that would allow me to play the full game ok. Anyone got any suggestions for a good graphics card? I like to play on huge unit settings!

Also do you think I will need to update my ram for this?

**Spart** · November 03, 2006, 01:27 AM

That graphics card is clearly enough to run it, even a lot worse cards do. So that gpu isn't causing the problem.. Are you sure you have newest drivers and have tried different resolutions and colours (16-32bit, try changing in your desktop settings)?