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From: nukatie81 (nukatie81_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:37:03 -0700

Sorry, replying again, has been more than 5 minutes, and my other post didn't
come up. Can I D.L. another graphics card?? I think mine is the s3 graphics
twister, not sure?? have 32.0 MB of ram available. Can I D.L. graphic card
from nVidia or ATI web site(s)?? Any help (more) would be appreciated very
much!! Thank you :-)

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "nukatie81" <nukatie81@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3870FFCD-B5E2-4D36-9623-C383125DE6DE@microsoft.com...
> > System Information
> > ------------------
>
> Ahh found the problem, your graphics card isn't actually supported. :-(
>
> Here's the requirements:
>
> * 800 MHz processor
> * 256 MB RAM
> * Windows(R) XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 Operating System.
> * At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space
> * A T&L-capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM.
>
> Supported video cards:
>
> ATI Radeon(TM) series (7000 or better)
> VE series (see note below)
> 7000, 7200, 7500
> 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
> 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
> X300, X600, X800
>
> NVIDIA(R) Quadro(TM) series
> Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4
>
> NVIDIA GeForce series (GeForce2 and better)
> GeForce 2
> GeForce 3, 3 Ti
> GeForce 4, 4 Ti, MX 420, 440
> GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
> GeForce 6600, 6800
>
> Intel(R) Extreme Graphics (see note below)
> 82845, 82865, 82915
>
> NOTE: If you have a non-T&L capable video card, such as Intel Extreme
> Graphics or Radeon VE series, then you need at least a 2.0 GHz processor.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.
>
> *Replace nospam with smirnov to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>

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