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Lakota Lutrova
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Join date: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 2
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09-29-2008 16:24
I've got the ATI Raedeon Xpress 200M chip (Motherboard) video card. I've updated it and did everything suggested, yet I keep getting the error saying that my card is out-of-date, or unsupported. I want to play Second Life, yet my graphics card is holding me back. Yes, I've tried everything. Yes, it's installed properly and I've tested it and re-installed it as well. I've even gone to ATI and they haven't helped. Is my graphics card not supported and if it isn't, is there any hope it can become supported?
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Peggy Paperdoll
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Join date: 15 Apr 2006
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09-29-2008 17:34
If everything you said you did and ATI could not help you is true (and I have no reason to believe otherwise), then I'd say your card is not supported. Onboard graphics are seldom powerful enough to do much more than simple image viewing and basic games. I'd say, though I cannot guarantee, the chances of your graphics ever being supported is very small.
Sorry.
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Lakota Lutrova
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Join date: 29 Sep 2008
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09-29-2008 17:54
The crazy thing is that the more complex games with HDR-enabled graphics (i.e., Half-Life 2, Battlefield 2142, and other various HDR-enabled games) runs perfectly fine on my computer. They aren't too laggy or do they have any visual probelms. It's just this one game that's really presenting a problem. I did a scan with Driver Detective and it says that my driver isn't updated to the latest version, yet ATI's software and Windows updater says that my graphics card IS updated completely. Maybe there's like, hidden files that I haven't touched base on or what...i don't know and I don't want to spend thirty dollars to have things break down on me.
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Peggy Paperdoll
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09-29-2008 18:28
Those games use DirectX graphics rendering and those games have all the textures pre loaded ready for your viewing ahead of the time you view them. SL does not use DirectX, it uses OpenGL...........and your card must support OpenGL 2.0. Many ATI cards do not do that well at all plus many onboard graphics accelerators (ATI, nVidia, Intell, etc) just don't support that at all. They will not work in SL.
SL is not your run of the mill game.........it's pretty high end. And many computers just won't handle it. Laptops have a poorer record than desktops on that aspect too..........sorry.
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AWM Mars
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Join date: 10 Apr 2004
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09-30-2008 05:51
From: Peggy Paperdoll Those games use DirectX graphics rendering and those games have all the textures pre loaded ready for your viewing ahead of the time you view them. SL does not use DirectX, it uses OpenGL...........and your card must support OpenGL 2.0. Many ATI cards do not do that well at all plus many onboard graphics accelerators (ATI, nVidia, Intell, etc) just don't support that at all. They will not work in SL.
SL is not your run of the mill game.........it's pretty high end. And many computers just won't handle it. Laptops have a poorer record than desktops on that aspect too..........sorry. That is the VITAL peice of information many overlook OPENGL.
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