Help with system requirements.

[WaddleDeDeDe]

So I just got Sam & Max and Poker Night & the Inventory and....... I can't play any of them.

I'm operating on a standard Windows XP so assume all graphics settings and installments are the default ones. What do you reccommend would fix it?

[DjNDB]

If you post a dxdiag log i can take a look at your system.

dxdiag
Windows XP: Go to your start menu and click on run. Type in "dxdiag" and hit enter
Windows Vista / 7: Press the windows key on your keyboard or click on the start menu. Type in "dxdiag" and hit enter.

Now click on the button that says "save all information".
It will prompt you to save a file. Save it where you can find it.

Then zip the file (http://www.howtozip.com/indexsubmenu.asp?submenu=windows_-_compressed_folder_1) and attach it to a reply in this Thread.

[WaddleDeDeDe]

Here you go. Now what?

[DjNDB]

Card name: Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (16 bit) (60Hz)
Driver Date/Size: 7/30/2004 14:19:52, 37951 bytes

Description: SoundMAX Digital Audio
Date and Size: 6/23/2004 13:42:46, 266880 bytes

Intel graphics are not supported for these games. Also your drivers are really old.

You might get it to run by setting the color depth to 32 bit.

You can also try to get some new drivers using the ThinkVantage System Update (http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-66956) tool.

[WaddleDeDeDe]

That didn't work, if it help, I get this message:
Could not initialize Direct3D
Make sure you have current video drivers and
close any other applications that might be running.
You will need a video card that supports at least pixel shader version 1.4.

Unfortunately, this error can not be recovered.

Are there any good cards I could purchase to get these games and others to run better?

[DjNDB]

Are there any good cards I could purchase to get these games and others to run better?

There are plenty, but usually that's not an option with notebooks. Do you have a desktop PC too, or just this notebook?

[hsquad71]

Just bought BTTF and tried to play it last night. Got this message:

Could not initialize Direct3D
Make sure you have current video drivers and
close any other applications that might be running.
You will need a video card that supports at least pixel shader version 1.4

I am running a Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Card with updated drivers.

[WaddleDeDeDe]

I do, but let's consider that a last resort, as it's not convinient and doesn't play sound. Some suggestions of cards would be appreciated quite a bit, since I might try out Steam sometime as well.

[DjNDB]

Just bought BTTF and tried to play it last night. Got this message:

Could not initialize Direct3D

Do you have multiple displays running?

I do, but let's consider that a last resort, as it's not convinient and doesn't play sound. Some suggestions of cards would be appreciated quite a bit, since I might try out Steam sometime as well.

Updating a desktops graphics card is in most cases trivial.

With notebooks it is rarely possible, and if so, relatively expensive. You would have to closely look for an individual solution for your model.

[hsquad71]

yes, i have 2 displays running. should i only project on 1? would that cause the error?

[DjNDB]

yes, i have 2 displays running. should i only project on 1? would that cause the error?

It can.
First make sure, that your display color depth is set to 32 bit though.

[Paxman]

Hi,

I recently acquired the game Puzzle Agent for the pc on Steam.
Upon installing, I tried to start the game up and got the message about my videocard not being able to support the version of pixel shader the game uses.

Bums me out a little because my card meets the required specifications.

It's an NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440. It's a weird card, one that i can find any new driver's for. I'm sure that's the problem why the game doesn't work. But i cant seem to find any drivers newer then 2005/2006.

It meets the requirements.
on steam, Puzzle Agent has "Graphics: 64MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card" for a video card requirement.

If you look on here (http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html), its does meet the memory it asks for.

Any help would be great.
I'm scared of downloading the wrong video drivers and crashing my pc. If anyone can point me to a driver for my card, it would be awesome. :)

Im running Windows XP, and i also updated my DirectX.


The game doesnt even start. :(

[Mike]

That card is a legacy device for Nvidia and doesn't support the pixel shader version used by most modern games. Unfortunately, there's nothing we would be able to do to troubleshoot that. If you purchased it through Steam and have no plans on upgrading your video card any time soon, you may want to contact Steam Support for a refund. I apologize for the inconvenience.