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    Need help with Brothers in Arms:EiB

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Beavis5765, May 21, 2006.

  1. Beavis5765

    Beavis5765 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am trying to run Brothers in Arms EiB on my Alienware Area 51 m5500 laptop and im having trouble loading the game, here is what i mean:

    The game installed successfully and when i get it to the loading screen the audio plays and the video doesn't (it still says loading with a red bar across the bottom) The compputer i am running has a 1.7GHz Pentium M processer, with 1GB of RAM. I think my video card is the problem (i have Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile) and it says i need a Radeon 9000 or 8500 X series or a nvidia geforce 4/fx/6 series. If there is a way to run the game by doing something to my current hardware or software (patches or drivers) plz tell me if not can someone tell me what video card i need to buy to buy too upgrade what i have. Also my graphics card is "Maximum graphics memory: 128MB" so i would want to have something equal or better there. Another more "newbish" question i have is if i could have 2 mobile graphics cards in my laptop and be able to switch which one i use by changing settings. Thanx a million to anyone that replies.
    -Ben
     
    Beavis5765, May 21, 2006
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