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    Oblivion questions on Gateway MT6707

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by navillus, Dec 10, 2007.

  1. navillus

    navillus Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently bought Oblivion for my laptop only to find out that i can't play it. I ran my computer through the system requirements lab and they gave me this about my video card

    "Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No"

    Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0

    any suggestions or am i screwed?
     
    navillus, Dec 10, 2007
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  2. lifeflayer

    lifeflayer Notebook Guru

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    Install drivers... But your laptop comes with GMA 950, so you shouldn't bother with Oblivion anyways.
     
    lifeflayer, Dec 10, 2007
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  3. justanormalguy

    justanormalguy Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry, Life is right. You shouldn't have even though you could play that game on your laptop...
     
    justanormalguy, Dec 10, 2007
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  4. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Try out Oldblivion mod... it works on even Geforce 3's :D
     
    Gophn, Dec 10, 2007
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  5. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Oldblivion is really your only hope. The GMA 950 cannot effectively play newer games, if at all.
     
    Greg, Dec 10, 2007
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    lokster Notebook Deity

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    lol gma950 has no chance in heck of running oblivion without the mod. then again i wonder if you can even run the mod since you dont have TnL or a shader
     
    lokster, Dec 10, 2007
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  7. navillus

    navillus Notebook Enthusiast

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    I installed oldblivion and it crashed the same way it did when oblivion was installed. I got this notebook for college so i guess it wasn't meant to game. Thanks anyways
     
    navillus, Dec 10, 2007
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  8. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    nope sorry, I didnt realize you had a intergrated Intel GMA.

    If you had any other Nvidia or ATI cards (IGP or dedicated), you would have had a better chance to play the game.

    ...but you can try the previous Elder Scrolls: Morrowind.
     
    Gophn, Dec 10, 2007
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