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    Rainbow Six: Vegas, big problem!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by lmclaney, Dec 15, 2006.

  1. lmclaney

    lmclaney Notebook Enthusiast

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    I went into my local GAME today and so the boxes for the new Rainbow Six game being displayed for pre-orders. I had a look at the requied hardware to play the game and it listed all the high end NVidia and ATi graphics cards. So, this made me happy as I now have a go 7900, but after further reading of the box it stated something along the lines of: This game does not support laptop versions of these graphics card!!

    Can anyone tell me if this is true as I really want this game, has anyone played this game with it working fine? If this is true then how many other games don't support laptop graphics cards, I don't see why a laptop card won't be supported.

    Thanks
     
    lmclaney, Dec 15, 2006
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  2. asenna

    asenna Notebook Consultant

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    some laptop cards are slower than there pc counterparts .and i think that it is the reason for them to put this on the box

    as far as i know there is nothing that a good laptop gpu cant do .
    so if somebody can confirm this, than just buy this game and play!!!
     
    asenna, Dec 15, 2006
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  3. HavoK

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    It says that on every single game, if you look closely. Mobile chipsets are never supported, but they always work as long as they fall within the requirements.
     
    HavoK, Dec 15, 2006
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  4. lmclaney

    lmclaney Notebook Enthusiast

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    cool thanks for sorting that out for me, I didn't know each ame said that.

    Thanks
     
    lmclaney, Dec 16, 2006
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  5. 05marshallol

    05marshallol Newbie

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    I bought this game the other day. Im having a big problem and need help too. I have a laptop and I am running the ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100/1150 graphics card. I have installed the game and then I try to play the game: the game opens up but then freezes at the loading screen. Cannot get any further, please help!
     
    05marshallol, Feb 17, 2008
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  6. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    with vegas 1 it diddnt allow me to run it on my lapppy becaause it would give me a window saying that my card isnt supported.... but i think they fixed that
     
    aan310, Feb 17, 2008
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  7. FearTheTerp

    FearTheTerp Notebook Consultant

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    I don't think your Radeon Xpress 1100/1150 can handle Rainbow Six. Heck my 8600GT barely handles the first Rainbow Six.

    If I were you, I would try some newer video drivers.
     
    FearTheTerp, Feb 17, 2008
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  8. Satyrion

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    WTF? i played the first Rainbow six with my Voodo 2 card and a pentium 1 and 128 mb sd ram
     
    Satyrion, Feb 17, 2008
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  9. Zoomastigophora

    Zoomastigophora Notebook Evangelist

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    Vegas requires SM3.0 and does not provide support for hardware that does not have SM3.0 i.e your Xpress 1100. There may be a hack to get around it, but it really isn't worth attempting to play Vegas on anything less than MR X1600 or equivalent as everything else lacks the power.
     
    Zoomastigophora, Feb 17, 2008
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  10. E30kid

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    Way to bump a completely dead thread all the way up this board.

    BTW, RS:V won't run on any integrated or really weak card, including yours.
     
    E30kid, Feb 17, 2008
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