AH2 wont run

[newmandownunder]

When I try to activate AH2, I get a message saying "Your video adaptor does not support Hardware T&L.  It will not be able to run AH2".  I have downloaded Direct X 9.0.  I have a Dell Optiplex 170L computer, Pentium 4, with an Intel[R] 82865G graphics controller and an ATI Rage Ultra video chipset/card or something or other (not easy to puzzle out from the Dell web site).  AH1 ran just fine- so why the problem with AH2? I have 512 meg RAM, 3.0 GHz Pentium 4.  Do I need a new video card- if so, what's my options?

[XtrmeJ]

You basically answered your own question. If you have downloaded the latest drivers from the name brand website, then your video card does not support T&L and thus will not be able to run AH2.

[newmandownunder]

Thanks for the advice- but I havent a clue what video card I should get

[XtrmeJ]

How much are you willing to spend? We can go from there.

[newmandownunder]

Good question.  Here in Oz prices are about double  that in the US.  I guess I want something pretty decent but not the rolls royce.  I want AH2 to perform well- can video cards make that much difference? (I know nothing of these dark things)

[XtrmeJ]

First off start pressing the "Reply" button instead of "New Post". Lets keep this all consolidated in one neat thread. Do you know your system specs? Vid card does make a huge difference, but you may have , to be forward, a crappy computer.

[newmandownunder]

Thanks for the tips- my first nite on the BB- finding my way around it all  What specs are important for this?

[newmandownunder]

This is what I seem to have-does this help?  I appreciate your tolerance

Processors and Chipset  
 

 3.0GHz/800MHz front side bus, 512K advanced transfer cache

Chipset: Intel®  865GV
 
 
Operating Systems:  Microsoft® Windows®  XP Professional
 

 
 Two DIMM slots support 128MB-2GB Non-ECC 400MHz or 333MHz2 Dual Channel3 DDR SDRAM Shared (Between 32 and 64MB of system memory may be allocated to support integrated graphics, depending on system memory size and other factors) memory

[DAVENRINO]

Maybe most important question is - Do you have an AGP slot?  You may have to look inside the case for the brown slot above the white ones.

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