Hey guys, i'm not great w/ computers at ALL... my computer's book says it has "integrated Intel 3D graphics". But I just bought Call of Duty 2 and after installing it and trying to run it, it said something about my video card not being able to do "alpha blending". Anybody know what that's about or what I can do to fix it? If I need a new vid card and/or more memory, could somebody tell me a ballpark of what i can get them for? Thanks!

12/12/2005 8:43:03 PM

First we need to know what ports (PCI, AGP or PCI-E) your computer has for the graphics card. Most likely it does have pci ports and possibly agp (which is prefered over pci).

12/12/2005 8:49:35 PM

reading directly from the book- "Primary IDE channel: 40-pin connector on PCI local bus", "Secondary IDE channel: 40-pin connector on PCI local bus"

I know that's lame of me but believe it or not, not everybody knows their shit w/ this stuff haha. thanks for bearing w/ my ignorance.

12/12/2005 8:54:39 PM

hehe, ide channel = hard drive stuff... i'm sure it has pci slots but you're really wanting to use an agp port if you have one--must faster

12/12/2005 8:55:40 PM

haha sorry- hmm all it says for externally accessible ports/connectors under video is 15-hole connector. thats prolly still the wrong thing but oh well, let me know if i can look more up

12/12/2005 8:57:31 PM

Maybe it would help everyone else if you posted what PC you have (brand and model number).

[Edited on December 12, 2005 at 9:16 PM. Reason : sp]

12/12/2005 9:15:46 PM

ummmm... dell dimension 2400 series...

12/12/2005 9:21:37 PM

12/12/2005 9:31:07 PM

hey thanks asshole...

12/12/2005 9:32:36 PM

if its the really really cheap dell, you might be in trouble because my ex girlfriend got one of those and it didn't even have an agp slot.

12/12/2005 9:36:38 PM

OK, so I found the specs: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim2400/en/sm_en/specs.htm

Looks like it has only 3 PCI slots. I'm not a gamer or big on graphic cards, but I don't think PCI graphic cards are not worth much. I'll let somebody else who knows about this, post their opinions.

12/12/2005 9:44:11 PM

My thoughts: Return CoD2. You won't ever be able to run it with a PCI graphics card. I think the most advanced one to come out was like a Voodoo 3 or something.

12/12/2005 10:43:21 PM

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,115403,00.asp

Quote :

"The result was bland-looking colors and jerky action during game play. And without an AGP slot, there's no practical graphics upgrade. "

Sorry man, no soup for you.

12/12/2005 10:44:31 PM

well fuck me running. cant take it back either, bestbuy wont accept returns on opened, non-defective games. oh well.

12/13/2005 1:55:38 AM

$5

12/13/2005 1:56:30 AM

yeah right. i'd rather give it to one of my friends than have a douchebag pay me 1/8 what i paid for it. nite yall.

12/13/2005 2:01:29 AM

$6

12/13/2005 2:05:33 AM

You'd rather GIVE it away rather than accept payment for it (however little it is)? That makes no sense.

12/13/2005 2:38:42 AM

it does when he can give it to a friend and play it on his friends computer when he visits

12/13/2005 11:44:34 AM