Alright Geek Squad...help me out.

[ashbeeigh]

If it's possible.

I bought a PC game (ahem..it's Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy don't hate). My computer is pretty new (bought it this summer) so I didn't think it would have any problems with the mimimum requirements of:



Supported OS: Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7
Processor: 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 3000+ or higher (3.5 GHz Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 3500+ recommended)
RAM: 1 GB (2 GB recommended)
Video Card: 128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant video card (*see supported list)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM, dual-layer drive
Hard Drive Space: 3.5 GB
Peripherals Supported: Your Shape Camera, Windows-compliant keyboard, mouse

Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
NVIDIA GeForce 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 200 Series
ATI RADEON 9600 / X1000 / HD Series
ATI CrossFire
NVIDIA SLI
Works on most laptop versions of these cards, but due to hardware variances we cannot guarantee performance.


And then comes the graphics card. I guess my graphics card is a piece of crap. Like a step up from shit. I read that there is some external graphics cards in the works but not available now. Is there anything else out there or am I SOL? Any suggestions?

I tried to install it on a shitty desktop that I had before the laptop, but that was a worse option than the laptop. I searched for these graphics cards to see if they're even near affordable to upgrade the desktop but they're as expensive (if not more) than the game. Anywaay.

[Steve Perry]

And then comes the graphics card. I guess my graphics card is a piece of crap. Like a step up from shit. .

You didn't post what card your using. If your not sure download this,

http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3000-2094_4-10793737&ontId=2094_4&spi=3f6b3c8a4be9a0700a16b026767913f5&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext&ltype=dl_dlnow&pid=11115830&mfgId=6304830&merId=6304830&pguid=MvZNUwoPjAQAAHqYyHwAAAEF&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.cnet.com%2F3001-2094_4-10793737.html%3Fspi%3D3f6b3c8a4be9a0700a16b0267679 13f5

You may as well get another video card if you plan to play any other games in the future. If it said this...


Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
NVIDIA GeForce 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 200 Series
ATI RADEON 9600 / X1000 / HD Series

Chances are your SOL! Some of those cards are more than what It cost to replace your motherboard. Go to Craig'slist I saw a guy there selling a good 299,99 dollar card for 40.00 dollars. Make sure you have the right slots.
and gives us updates.

[ashbeeigh]

You didn't post what card your using.

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD with 128MB-1759MB
dynamically allocated shared graphics memory in a Toshiba Satellite A505-S6960.




You may as well get another video card if you plan to play any other games in the future. If it said this...

I wouldn't mind it, but the way I'm reading things it sounds like it's in the motherboard and it's such a new computer (and a lovely one at that I would rather not...) I'm not a gamer. This was just an alternative to spending $300ish dollars on a Wii and all the other games. And now I may end up spending that much on the new card. Arggh!




Chances are your SOL! Some of those cards are more than what It cost to replace your motherboard. Go to Craig'slist I saw a guy there selling a good 299,99 dollar card for 40.00 dollars. Make sure you have the right slots.
and gives us updates.

If I can replace just the card that'd be great. But can I do that?

Again...probably something I don't want to do.

[mookie2001]

pretty fancy system

[ashbeeigh]

pretty fancy system

fancy system for a fancy girl. :) Now, mookie, can you fix it?

[Abraham Quintanilla]

According to what I have read your card is integrated. That means it is part of the motherboard.

here is the specs on your video card not very good for that game.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-4500MHD-GMA-X4500MHD.9883.0.html

[Transporter]

Did you post what your laptop specs are?

There are sometimes video accelerator drivers you can download. according to the specs the only thing i see in the way is your processor, what did PC wizard say?
Pentium D 3.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Graphic card 128 MB,



The 128 video is not that powerful it's not like your trying to play Medal of Honor.

The problem is the game is so new to PC I can't find any decent reviews.

I would bite the bullet and get a used Wii for 80 dollars off criag's list before i buy a 450.00 dollar video card you can't install .

Go to the site that makes the game download a video driver.

[ashbeeigh]

Did you post what your laptop specs are?

There are sometimes video accelerator drivers you can download. according to the specs the only thing i see in the way is your processor, what did PC wizard say?
Pentium D 3.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Graphic card 128 MB,



The 128 video is not that powerful it's not like your trying to play Medal of Honor.

The problem is the game is so new to PC I can't find any decent reviews.

I would bite the bullet and get a used Wii for 80 dollars off criag's list before i buy a 450.00 dollar video card you can't install .

Go to the site that makes the game download a video driver.

Ohh...an accelerator. I never thought of that. Is that like a flux capacitor? I would bite the bullet with a used Wii, but the game is PC. Ugggh. Maybe I should just sell it on CL.

[Transporter]

Download this driver your not a member so you have to click free user and wait 30 seconds.

http://www.general-search.com/fileinfo/2776141/error

[Transporter]

Ohh...an accelerator. I never thought of that. Is that like a flux capacitor? I would bite the bullet with a used Wii, but the game is PC. Ugggh. Maybe I should just sell it on CL.


The reason is because I have a good video card like yours but if i don't download the right drivers it doesn't play all my games.

You can Google your video card and go to the Intel site they have all the drivers give it a shot, just make sure you set up a restore date so you can put the pc back where you started in case you fuck it up.

[Blue Jew]

Take the game to best buy or another store pop it in a laptop see if it plays. The folks at Best buy can tell you if your notebook is able to play it.

Try downloading Guitar hero if your PC won't play it then it's your video card.
http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Guitar+hero+PC

[ashbeeigh]

Download this driver your not a member so you have to click free user and wait 30 seconds.

http://www.general-search.com/fileinfo/2776141/error

I'll try that.


Take the game to best buy or another store pop it in a laptop see if it plays. The folks at Best buy can tell you if your notebook is able to play it.

Try downloading Guitar hero if your PC won't play it then it's your video card.
http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Guitar+hero+PC

Well that would have been helpful before I bought the game since they had my computer there (at Best Buy where I bought the gam) but now I have the game at home nonfunctional.

[phyzik]

Since its a laptop and an integrated video card you could try upgrading your RAM up to 4gb. Ram is cheap right now, there is no reason at all not to have 4gb of ram on a 32bit system.

ram wont fix your problem, drivers will, like others have said (even then, you still might be SOL, 128mb of ram on a video card is shit and I never trust on-board video). Not having 4gb of ram at this day and age though is pretty much inexcusable.

[Blue Jew]

This redneck guy is right but the game doesn't seem to ask for a really good card. If it said 256mb or better i can see how you are sol. have you tried changing your settings to 16 bit or 32 bit some games need those settings to work,

[phyzik]

This redneck guy is right but the game doesn't seem to ask for a really good card. If it said 256mb or better i can see how you are sol. have you tried changing your settings to 16 bit or 32 bit some games need those settings to work,

I know what "game" she is talking about. It just came out. It wont be affected by color settings. My Aunt has the same "game."

You may just need to download and install the latest DirectX 9 version (9.0c).

try going here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3

Hit the download button and the web installer will make sure you are up to date.

[ashbeeigh]

I know what "game" she is talking about. It just came out. It wont be affected by color settings. My Aunt has the same "game."

You may just need to download and install the latest DirectX 9 version (9.0c).

try going here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3

Hit the download button and the web installer will make sure you are up to date.

Nice thought, but I have DirctX 10 installed. :( Installing it they said everything was good except the video card. I'm going to try Transporter's thing one more time and then I'm going to give up and go to bed.

[ashbeeigh]

Yeah. I give up. Off to bed. Thanks for the help!

[PM5K]

Wow, long thread for such a simple problem.

The game doesn't support your video card so it won't work.

The game most likely uses a feature that your card isn't capable of.

I can't speak for your desktop since you didn't post its specs.

Also, don't loose any weight because..... You know.....

[Heath Ledger]

I find it hard to believe that a workout video game would be that demanding that your card would not play it decently.

[Blue Jew]

I find it hard to believe that a workout video game would be that demanding that your card would not play it decently.


That's what blew my mind also. But since it started as a Wii game maybe the graphics need to be top shelf so the person on the screen looks real.

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/your-shape-game-screenshots-pretty-girl.jpg



I have a shit load of games I can't play on this POS 2001 gateway. :bang

all the good war games, Guitar hero, hell I can't even play Scarface or the God father.

Good thing I still have Quake,Unreal tournament,Delta force,Thief the metal age...

[PM5K]

I find it hard to believe

Well start believing.

At first I thought it didn't work, now I assume it does but runs poorly?

[TDMVPDPOY]

question is can she even get into the games settings page and put everything down to low settings?

[PM5K]

Alright two things:

If it won't run at all it's most likely because your video card isn't supported.

If it does but runs poorly there are a few things you can do to try to speed things up:

Go into the BIOS and allocate as much memory as you can to the video card.

Get the newest drivers for your video card (And not the ones at the link above because those are for XP and you are running Vista).

Lower the video settings in the game.

You can also close all other non essential programs (Yahoo etc) and defragment your hard drive.

Personally I'd also run FRAPS before you make any changes, and then after to see what kind of performance improvements you've obtained.

[sabar]

It can probably play the game just fine. It has recent support for shader model and so on.


Installing it they said everything was good except the video card

I'm guessing the installer cuts short because the accelerator isn't officially supported, not because it won't work. I myself have run into this situation many times, mostly from running old stuff on new hardware that didn't exist at the time to be whitelisted. Getting around these things is pretty tricky, assuming that it is the install that is refusing to finish.

So, is the installer cutting you short, or is the executable not running? The first can be circumvented, the second not so much.

[ashbeeigh]

The game runs...It's working. I gt through the intro where Jnny McCarrthy and her pretty face runs around and says "You're wonderful for playing this game! Now you'll look exactly like me!" After that, when it goes to set up the profile, like to get started the screen goes black and all I have is an arrow. I hear music and the guide telling me I need to get started.

[ElNono]

The game runs...It's working. I gt through the intro where Jnny McCarrthy and her pretty face runs around and says "You're wonderful for playing this game! Now you'll look exactly like me!" After that, when it goes to set up the profile, like to get started the screen goes black and all I have is an arrow. I hear music and the guide telling me I need to get started.

I'm reading on their website (http://yourshapegame.us.ubi.com/) that the game comes with a webcam. Do you have it plugged in and working properly?

[Cry Havoc]

I actually know the exact laptop Ash is talking about.

The game should run. Even an integrated card isn't a total pile of crap these days, and that game isn't going to be made for gamers-only computers, it would be idiotic since no gamer is going to play it. :lol

Sounds like you have a separate issue, Ash.

[ashbeeigh]

I'm reading on their website (http://yourshapegame.us.ubi.com/) that the game comes with a webcam. Do you have it plugged in and working properly?

Yeah. The intro asks you to set it up and the blue light comes on. She goes, "Alright, you're set!"


I actually know the exact laptop Ash is talking about.

The game should run. Even an integrated card isn't a total pile of crap these days, and that game isn't going to be made for gamers-only computers, it would be idiotic since no gamer is going to play it. :lol

Sounds like you have a separate issue, Ash.

Thanks for ruining my day, CH. And it's not even game day. I haven't had any problems with it...ever.

[PM5K]

So does the desktop you ran it on do the exact same thing?

[ashbeeigh]

So does the desktop you ran it on do the exact same thing?

The desktop would need a massive overhaul. More memory and a new video card. I think we have extra memory here (at home) but I don't know if buying a new card would be worth it. I installed it on it and the screen was white. I didn't even get to the profile section.

It's pretty much a lost cause.

[PM5K]

Try compatibility mode or running as admin for shits and giggles?

[Cry Havoc]

Yeah. The intro asks you to set it up and the blue light comes on. She goes, "Alright, you're set!"



Thanks for ruining my day, CH. And it's not even game day. I haven't had any problems with it...ever.

I didn't mean that your laptop has a problem. Could be a number of things.

[phyzik]

The desktop would need a massive overhaul. More memory and a new video card. I think we have extra memory here (at home) but I don't know if buying a new card would be worth it. I installed it on it and the screen was white. I didn't even get to the profile section.

It's pretty much a lost cause.

I have like 5 video cards laying around the house that are pretty decent (nothing special compared to todays cards but they should run the game).

Lets see here....

Just on my desk within reach I have:

EVGA Geforce 8600 GT (PCIe)
BFG Geforce 6800 GT (AGP)
and a EVGA Geforce 6800 GS (PCIe)

Your welcome to have one (or all). they are just sitting here not being used. As far as I know, they all work.

I MIGHT have another newer AGP card laying around somewhere that I took from work as well (no, I didnt steal it :lol). I think its in a computer that I no longer use.

Let me know and we can set up a time and place for pickup if you dont mind using your desktop.

You will need to find out if your desktop has AGP or PCIe slots. From the sound of it, its pretty old and probably has AGP but you never know. If its even older than AGP technology then yeah, its not worth upgrading.

[Jefe.]

Did the game always play to that point or did it just start now and what steps did you do to get there?

This helps others pinpoint the problem.

[phyzik]

Did the game always play to that point or did it just start now and what steps did you do to get there?

This helps others pinpoint the problem.

We shall rape the horses and ride off on the women!!!!

I love that scene. :lol

[XMas TRoLL]

Any updates?

[koriwhat]

dont rely on some weak ass game to get you in shape cause it aint gonna happen... get out there, run a few miles, do a few push ups and sit ups, eat right and keep striving to be your best.

these games like diets are temporary and definitely need to be phased out in our society. get back to hard work!

[Fat boy]

dont rely on some weak ass game to get you in shape cause it aint gonna happen... get out there, run a few miles, do a few push ups and sit ups, eat right and keep striving to be your best.

these games like diets are temporary and definitely need to be phased out in our society. get back to hard work!

Word! :tu

[ashbeeigh]

dont rely on some weak ass game to get you in shape cause it aint gonna happen... get out there, run a few miles, do a few push ups and sit ups, eat right and keep striving to be your best.

these games like diets are temporary and definitely need to be phased out in our society. get back to hard work!

Oh shut up. If I wanted that type of response i would have posted this in the Club. I know that, I'm not that stupid. This is in addition to all that stuff. Eat it dude.


Any updates?

Nope. I haven't figured anything out.

[koriwhat]

Oh shut up. If I wanted that type of response i would have posted this in the Club. I know that, I'm not that stupid. This is in addition to all that stuff. Eat it dude.

so youre upset at me because i suggested something most rational people who are really ready to get in shape would do? let me reiterate what i said before, no video game is going to get you in shape! step away from the tv and the wii(or your computer) and go outside and run and whatnot.

don't get upset because i speak the truth.

[DizzG.]

The truth is good but many don't want to hear it. That is why i left SR! :toast