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problem with preferences
Ecco Ashbourne
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Join date: 12 Jan 2008
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02-03-2010 22:58
SL runs fine on my computer. The only problem I have is when I go into preferences to adjust my graphics settings, more than half of them are simply greyed out, I can't check or uncheck any of the lighting/texture settings at all. How do I fix this?
Viktoria Dovgal
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02-03-2010 23:02
When stuff is dimmed like that it either means that your graphics chip doesn't support those features, or your card does have those features but your device driver needs an update. So what have you got for a card, and what are you using for a driver?
Ecco Ashbourne
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02-04-2010 00:15
i'm using windows 7 for the first time and i dont know how to find that information
Cristalle Karami
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02-04-2010 00:34
A screenshot would be helpful. Do you have the custom setting box checked?
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Innula Zenovka
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02-04-2010 00:34
From: Ecco Ashbourne
i'm using windows 7 for the first time and i dont know how to find that information
http://www.ehow.com/how_4916955_out-graphics-card-windows.html provides general advice on how to discover your graphics card, though I don't know if it works on Windows 7. If it doesn't, these answers on a Windows 7 forum seem to provide the solution: http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/30603-how-can-i-find-out-what-kind-graphics-card-i-have.html
Ecco Ashbourne
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02-04-2010 01:05
says i'm using an intel g33/g31 express chipset family o.o
Milla Alexandre
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02-04-2010 05:14
I think perhaps that's the problem right there...intel

But, those preferences will BE grayed out for anyone at first, until you check the box on top....I think it says 'custom'...... I'm not in world right now but I will be later.....and of course these forums are doomed to get flushed tomorrow......but look at the very top area of your graphics preferences......there's a square that is probably un-checked.....that needs to be checked, for all those others to be accessible. On the other hand...if that's gray too....then it's definitely your graphics card being incompatible.

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Ecco Ashbourne
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02-04-2010 17:43
i figured it'd be my graphics card. now I know there are alot of recommended cards in the system requirements page, but it says NOTHING about windows 7. which card, in you guys' opinion, is the most efficient for running SL?
SuezanneC Baskerville
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02-04-2010 18:02
What kind of computer do you have?

Brand and model and other such info.

Of particular importance to the question of adding a video card is how much power your power supply can put out.
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Ecco Ashbourne
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02-04-2010 19:41
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12347232 thats the type of computer i have.