alright, im running on an old e-machines computer, running on windows xp.
but i dont have an option to swicth to 32bit color, i only have 16 and 24.
is there any way to bypass this?
sorry im a bonefied noob
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Stemiched89 Landar
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09-27-2008 09:22
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Winter Ventura
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09-27-2008 09:43
Try a lower resolution.
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Osgeld Barmy
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09-27-2008 12:31
are you sure the video card is up to the task?
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Stemiched89 Landar
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09-27-2008 13:28
Try a lower resolution. nope, tried that and still 16 and 24 bit is still available are you sure the video card is up to the task? nope... probably isnt... but i was hoping there was a way to bypass the requested resolution and be able to play with just some shotty quality... |
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Marianne McCann
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09-27-2008 13:40
nope, tried that and still 16 and 24 bit is still available nope... probably isnt... but i was hoping there was a way to bypass the requested resolution and be able to play with just some shotty quality... I s'pect that will definitely make for some very bad times in SL, if you can get it to run. _____________________
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Tod69 Talamasca
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09-27-2008 13:42
My 2 cents as a certified PC Repair guy, MCSE, and Dell repair guy:
New video card.  _____________________
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Stemiched89 Landar
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09-27-2008 13:45
My 2 cents as a certified PC Repair guy, MCSE, and Dell repair guy: New video card. how much is that going to run me? i suppose i probably wont be playing SL at all... |
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Tod69 Talamasca
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09-27-2008 14:19
how much is that going to run me? i suppose i probably wont be playing SL at all... Depends. On laptops yer pretty much stuck. Desktops allow 'some' change. Just depends on whether you have AGP or PCI-E. http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=48&name=Desktop-Graphics-Video-Cards _____________________
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Conan Godwin
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09-27-2008 14:37
New video card.
Or new driver. I was running SL on an ancient laptop with the IBM onboard GPU a couple of years ago. Technically SL wasn't supposed to support it. It only supported 24 bit until I looked in the archives to see if there was a more recent driver. There was, and suddenly my GPU supported 32 bit. _____________________
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Stemiched89 Landar
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09-27-2008 15:11
looks like ill just not be playing, at least not till i can afford a new comp.
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Ceera Murakami
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09-27-2008 15:31
Required reading:
http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php That page explains what the bare minimum and the recommended levels of hardware and software are for running Second Life. If your system can't display 32-bit color, you aren't even close. It's quite possible that if your computer itself meets the requirements, you may be able to pick up a used video card at Goodwill or Salvation Army or some other place that sells scrapped but reusable hardware. Earlier this year I spent less than 40 bucks at Goodwill and got a 256 MB Nvidia card for an old AGP interface on a 5-year-old PC, and was able to run SL reasonably wel on it with just that small investment in better hardware. _____________________
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