Can I play the Game

[rudysmith3]

I have problems with the demo like everyone else, goes to my desktop when I try and play the 1st level, but now, everytime I try and install the demo, it asks me to remove all the components, after it reads and extracts from the setup, like an uninstall. Then it quits from there and I cannot install the demo, I don't understand that because I have tried many different download sights. Now that isn't the main concern. Will I be able to play the game with these specs? Here they are:

Dell Labtop
2.4ghz Intel Core Duel Processor
1 GB Memory
Video Card:Media Accelerator 950GM, Inspiron 9400/E1705
100GB Hard Drive
Microsoft XP

Please Help?

[CandyKid]

I highly doubt you'll be able to play this game with a GMA950. The Intel integrated graphics cards are horrible performers at 3D gaming and do not support many of the newer features.

PLUR
CK

[rudysmith3]

Thank you for the quick reply candykid, but I do not know computers that well, so could you maybe have some patience with me because I am confused about why I cannot play it, when the game requires as I am sure you are aware:
Supported OS: Windowsâ® 2000/XP (only)
Processor: Pentiumâ® 4 or AMD AthlonTM 1.5 GHz (Pentiumâ® 4 2.4 GHz recommended)
RAM: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
Video Card: DirectXâ® 9 compliant w/ 64MB RAM (128 MB recommended)
Sound Card: DirectXâ® 9 compliant
DirectX Version: DirectXâ® 9 or higher (included on disc)
CD-ROM: 12X CD-Rom or better
Hard Drive Space: 2+ GB
Multiplay: Broadband internet connection

Now I have all the recommended ones because they told me the video card was at least 128MB, but I guess just not a good one. So if you or anyone else could help, please do. Thank you very much!

[unreal_az]

Your video card has to be DirectXâ® 9 compliant and the Media Accelerator 950GM isn't. I think it will be detected as a dx7 video card.
The thing is you video card can run dx9 aplications (like cod 2, hl2 and others) but isn't designed for these.
Also a feature that most dx9 video cards have is the pixel shader that in the demo is fixed to at least 1.1 and due to this cards that for some reason don't have it can't run the game. Unless they modify the engine so it can run whithout the pixeel shader you will not be able to play it on your video card.
About the unistall part i think you should delete the unistall key in regedit. It's located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall

[Kourama1982]

WHat if I am running a Mac OS X. Can I play the game?

[unreal_az]

If you mac is in specs yes. The thing is the mac version will be released later.

[Kourama1982]

I guess you are talking about the V demo .... but I'm interested if I an play any of them on Mac OS X.

Thanks for listening.

[znork]

Originally posted by Kourama1982:
I guess you are talking about the V demo .... but I'm interested if I an play any of them on Mac OS X.

Thanks for listening.

Homm v will be realeased on mac i dont know when!

[unreal_az]

demo isn't mac compatible to fully answer your question...

[CandyKid]

Intel GMA900/950 videocards are shared-memory videocards which means they don't have their own dedicated memory. They use system memory and thus can be very large or very small depending on usage or settings.

But this doesn't negate the fact that the GMA family is designed to use the CPU for key graphical processes rather than integrating them into the GPU.

As said, this causes problems and very poor 3D performance, though having a Core Duo will help.

PLUR
CK

[rudysmith3]

Its me again, I have another question for you. Someone told me that it might help to get my drivers upgraded and that might give me a chance to play the game. Is this accurate? If so, what drivers do I need and where can I do that? Any help will be great, thank you.

rudysmith

[Labyrinth]

Drivers can change alot, and you can find them on your gfx board's manufacturer's website, but I doubt that they can make the game playable for you.

As you certainly can't lose anything, I'd go for a try, though!