Graphics Card Advice...

Hi guys... hope someone out there can help put my mind at rest.

I have been having problems with my computer recently ie it aint working , however because I cannot function without one... i need it for studies, a family member very kindly informed me that they had purchased a new one for me and that i should expect delivery within a few days. Which is great... I'm very grateful for that. However... upon investigating into what the laptop is and its specifications I am a little concerned as to whether I will be able to access SL or not.

Details of the laptop are as follows:

HP DV5-111 EM

AMD Turion X2 Dual Core processor RM72
ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450 graphics card
3 GB memory (ram)
250 GB hard drive
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium


My main concern is the graphics card as SL lists it in its "won't work" section. Does anyone have experience with this card... and how is its performance?

Please answer on here as I can't get inworld at the moment

wont work section? mobility HD3450 should be able to run SL decently.

I dont see SL listing that as a "wont work card"

"ATI cards that report as RAGE, RAGE PRO, or RADEON 320M, 340M, 345M, or similar model numbers"

thats the quote of wont work with Radeons, which is talking about the integrated 300 series chipset graphics, nothing to do with what is in the laptop in question.

I have an older Radeon mobility X1600 in a Mac that works fine (slow but fine)... the 3450 should be able to run it decently well I'd guess.

Thank You!! *wipes her brow*

This is what I saw:

** Second Life may not run on graphics cards other than the ones listed above. The following cards are NOT compatible with Second Life:

NVIDIA cards that report as a RIVA TNT or TNT2
ATI cards that report as RAGE, RAGE PRO, or RADEON 320M, 340M, 345M, or similar model numbers
Intel chipsets less than a 945 including Intel Extreme
Cards with the following branding: 3DFX, RIVA, TNT, SiS, S3, S3TC, Savage, Twister, Rage, Kyro, MILENNIA, MATROX



Did i misread it?

hello, i have a problem with this game, once i move the mouse to acces the uper comands, the aplication turn off and it say "Gathering hardwear informatio", and after that "sending to server, try 1". And then it all disapears. Why is this, can anybody help me, i have all the system requiredments, except the video card which is a Ati radeon X1650, which i'm not sure if its good for the game.

Recent Radeon Mobility GPUs, including the HD 3450, work fine with Second Life. ATI drivers can be another matter; if your computer will work with drivers downloaded directly from ati.amd.com rather than from your laptop maker (and my advice is to avoid ATI-based laptops that won't; unlike NVidia, most will) try the newest version first, and then try the version just before that if it doesn't. ATI seems to manage to break things about every fourth driver release or so, and which releases are broken depends on which model of GPU you have.