Second Life and graphics card problem & COD4

Have just discovered that my new laptop, an Advent 9315 2GB mem, Vista Home
etc, contains a SiS graphics system which is not supported by Second Life.
What can I do? Also I have loaded Call of Duty 4 but it too won't run. Help
please as I am going mad without secondlife (I'm a reporter for the sl
newspaper) eeeekkkkk
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks :(

Most laptop video cards cannot be upgraded. That SiS video is very
underpowered for Second Life and CoD4. Not really much you can do other than
use another computer, sorry.

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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page

"Baron DeSantis" <BaronDeSantis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:051384F5-E213-43D4-8635-DE640C8D3A39@microsoft.com...
> Have just discovered that my new laptop, an Advent 9315 2GB mem, Vista
> Home
> etc, contains a SiS graphics system which is not supported by Second Life.
> What can I do? Also I have loaded Call of Duty 4 but it too won't run.
> Help
> please as I am going mad without secondlife (I'm a reporter for the sl
> newspaper) eeeekkkkk
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks :(

The bare minimum for COD4 is an Nvidia 6600. Sorry............:(


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"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
news:3792A096-D7B2-4031-9968-6A8EE736876F@microsoft.com...
> Most laptop video cards cannot be upgraded. That SiS video is very
> underpowered for Second Life and CoD4. Not really much you can do other
> than use another computer, sorry.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page

Actually some SiS video cards actually support DirectX gaming. SiS is a
common chipset maker that tends on the budget side for business. More than
likely your model SiS won't work.

Update the drivers from SiS (if there are any), run DXDiag on your computer
and see if everything checks out OK. More than likely you are not going to
be able to run games on this laptop.

What model notebook are you using? Brand/Model, please.

well... there's two possibilities, one is better than the other (no duh.):
1. You're lucky enough that the graphics card is NOT integrated. Then you
can opo you computer open, pull the card out, and put a high-end nVidia
8-series card in or any other graphics card by nVidia or ATI. Although I
seriously doubt this possibility since Advent laptops do not look like
customizable gamer PCs. Anywhoo, this is the better option.
2. Wah wah wah. Integrated card. Put you computer up for sale on ebay and
hope for the best. Then get a Dell, HP, or a brand-name laptop from a big
company.

"Baron DeSantis" wrote:

> Have just discovered that my new laptop, an Advent 9315 2GB mem, Vista Home
> etc, contains a SiS graphics system which is not supported by Second Life.
> What can I do? Also I have loaded Call of Duty 4 but it too won't run. Help
> please as I am going mad without secondlife (I'm a reporter for the sl
> newspaper) eeeekkkkk
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thanks :(

True that they do SUPPORT DX gaming, but whether or not you can play any
game released within the past 6 years is up in the air. :) I'm even be
impressed if older OpenGL games like Quake 3 ran with an acceptable frame
rate.

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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page


"Andy [YaYa]" <android8675@MAPSONhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
> news:3792A096-D7B2-4031-9968-6A8EE736876F@microsoft.com...
>> Most laptop video cards cannot be upgraded. That SiS video is very
>> underpowered for Second Life and CoD4. Not really much you can do other
>> than use another computer, sorry.
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page
>
> Actually some SiS video cards actually support DirectX gaming. SiS is a
> common chipset maker that tends on the budget side for business. More than
> likely your model SiS won't work.
>
> Update the drivers from SiS (if there are any), run DXDiag on your
> computer and see if everything checks out OK. More than likely you are not
> going to be able to run games on this laptop.
>
> What model notebook are you using? Brand/Model, please.