Do I Need A New Video Card?

danzarely

Feb 4 2006, 09:16 PM

I just installed Black and White 2 but I keep gettins this "Please update your video card." message---but---I have NO IDEA how to..any help?

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James_K

Feb 4 2006, 11:34 PM

You have to tell us what video card you have already you most likley just have to update you drivers then it sould be fine but it also could be that you video card is not powerful enough to play B&W2 if you gave us the brand name and model number it would be easier for us to help if you know what it is and you know how to get drivers you can just update and do it your self here are the 2 main card manufactureing companys
www.nvidia.com
www.ati.com
it also can be intragrated into your mother board so check your host mb website too

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Mark420

Aug 13 2006, 03:29 PM

Its Probably reffering to updating your driver for your video card..
Goto the card manufacturers site and look for the latest driver for it..install it reboot change the settings of the desktop etc from their default vales ..then load the game and cross your fingers

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eminus

Apr 9 2007, 07:42 AM

yup a little more info on your card would be helpfull

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threesix

Apr 9 2007, 03:07 PM

get CPUZ press print screen go into paint and press ctrl+v then save the screenshot go over to imageshack and show us the screenshots. then we may be able to better determine what is the matter. from what it says though i would figure that your video card is either intergrated ( not a card at all ) or too old which means it would be time to get another one for around $150 if you want a decent one a good one is around $300-400. hope this helps.

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Ozwaldo

Apr 10 2007, 07:13 PM

These are the minimum system requirements to run Black and White 2:

* OS: Windows XP/2000
* Processor: 1.6 GHz Pentium 4 or above
* Memory: 512 MB RAM
* Hard Drive: 3.5 GB
* DVD: 8 Speed
* Video Card: 64 MB with 1.1 Pixel Shader
* DirectX: Version 9.0c (included)
* Sound Card: Directx 9.0c compatible
* Input: Mouse, Keyboard

As you can see, the game isn't very exigent.

In order to help you, we need at least some info about your motherboard or graphics card.

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Arkane

Apr 10 2007, 08:45 PM

The only time you should need to get a new video card is if it does not have Pixel Shader. I had this problem when I originally got the game and couldn't play it for quite a while. When I finally did it worked perfectly fine. So ya, basically if you don't have pixel shader you have to get a new video card. If that doesn't work try to update your drivers and let us know if it works =D

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meloniessweetie

Apr 14 2007, 08:36 PM

Driver Issue or a patch

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xboxrulz

Apr 15 2007, 02:23 AM

I think he/she has the minimum requirements as Black and White is a REALLY OLD SKOOL game.

xboxrulz

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mnur183

Apr 24 2007, 06:57 AM

come on man. it's easy to update your video-card. just follow the instruction to update.

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espsasuke

Jul 16 2007, 07:07 AM

I have a friend who has no pixel shaders, he's running on simply CS:S and Halo, and if it is an oldschool game then you shouldn't have to update your graphics looking at the specs of the game, if it doesn't work try not using that graphics card becuase pixel shaders is a must, almost all graphics cards are way over 64mb i mean you never see a 128mb in shops now

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xboxrulz

Jul 16 2007, 04:59 AM

Not quite true, the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 is AGP and so are the ATI X1900s.

They come out faster on PCIe, but if you're willing to wait, there's going to be AGP versions later.

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HellFire121

Jul 16 2007, 04:21 AM

Well it depends on the brand of card you are using for a driver update. Driver updates are VERY simple. Navigate to the ATI or NVIDIA site, depending on which card you have. Find the download driver link for nvidia forceware or ati catalyst drivers.
Simply follow the instructions to download the file, then install it.
If you are still getting issues it's the card itself that needs updating.

Go out and buy a mid range card, best value for money i find. But before you do, you need to make sure your motherboard can run it. You need to know wheather your motherboard supports AGP or PCI-E for the video card connections. If it is on AGP, you seriously need to consider a full system upgrade. Every mid and high end card comes in PCI-E now. You will have little luck with AGP.

Installing it is a simple as finding the slot on your motherboard, slotting the card in and screwing it to the case. When you boot up, navigate to the manufactures site and download the latest drivers for the new model.

Hope it helps
-HellFire

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vidit

Jul 11 2007, 02:17 PM

As everyone here has said "It will be a little helpful to know about your card and configurations", so as I. And probably it might be due to an older video-card or it can be also due to the older-driver version of your current Graphic-card. The former problem can be solved by purchasing a new video-card and the latter can be easily solved without any costs involved by downloading the newer version of the driver from the driver's manufacturer's site. I'll also suggest that if you have low video memory and ample RAM try increasing the video-memory in the BIOS menu.
Good Luck.