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Old 03-03-2008, 02:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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question about video cards
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I am new to this game. Just bought it today but it looks like I'm going to have to upgrade my video card to be able to play. I am running the game on a HP pavilion ze4900 Laptop (if that helps) and was wondering if anyone knew what the cheapest way to go to upgrade my video was. I am currently looking at the ATI Radeon 9000 64MB DDR AGP 2x/ 4x Graphics Card Dual - head. Does anyone know if that will work?
I am really looking forward to playing so any help will be great.
Thanks a lot.
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Old 03-03-2008, 02:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: question about video cards
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HP pavilion ze4900 Laptop (if that helps) and was wondering if anyone knew what the cheapest way to go to upgrade my video was.
Buy a desktop.



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Re: question about video cards
Can't really upgrade a video card on a laptop unless your using one of those modular laptops from Asus.
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Re: question about video cards
hmm...well...I do have a dell desktop I could play on. How would I go about finding out if it has the right video specs?
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Run dxdiag.exe, and if that doesn't work download Direct X and try again.
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Re: question about video cards
Turn it on and find out what it has. Then try it, or run the benchmark program.



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