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GRAPHICS CARD NEEDED!!

mazamaze — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:05:54 GMT

I have installed the game Broken sword 4 onto my Vaio laptop and cannot play the game due to Direct X error, i have installed the latest Direct X and still no success starting up the game. Having searched for advice online apparantly i need to purchase a new graphics card?? But which one should i buy for my Vaio BX laptop, how much will it cost, and how do i install it?

Hope someone can help

Thanks

Marie

Re: GRAPHICS CARD NEEDED!!

Blencogo — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:30:50 GMT

Hi Marie and welcome to Club Vaio.

It is not good news I'm afraid.

The BX-Series of laptops is designed for business use and the ATI graphics are not really designed for gaming. As with almost all laptop computers, the graphics chip is part of the main board and cannot be upgraded - it would be cheaper to buy another computer. It is only desktop computers and some very large and expensive notebooks that can be upgraded.

You don't say which BX-Series Vaio you have and there may be better drivers for the graphics but it will never be capable of playing the most modern games.

Re: GRAPHICS CARD NEEDED!!

mazamaze — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:18:32 GMT

Hi Blencogo

Thanks for your reply, i do also have a desktop computer, guess i will have to try that instead, ah well the joys of computing.
My notebook is the BX196SP model, and have managed to succesfully install and play older games, yet now experiencing difficulty with this particular game.

Thanks again

Marie

Re: GRAPHICS CARD NEEDED!!

kee-lo_ — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:51:38 GMT

Yeah the main problem with PC gaming is that graphics cards get old very quickly, one week you have a sweet 512MB VRAM Geforce, and in 3 months time 1GB ones come along.