Re: chaos on deponia from steam
[Re: mbday630]
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06/15/13 06:37 PM
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I found this link... take a look.. it talks about having the latest Directx.. link
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Re: chaos on deponia from steam
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07/04/13 11:51 AM
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well, unfortunately, it is working that I don't have a black screen or a runtime error, but, now it still hangs up for minutes at a time. also, occasionally the voice stutters, but, that isn't of consequence. So, this morning I went to device driver and updated my video card again hoping that would help, but, alas, it still hangs up to the point where it is almost impossible to play, unless I would have the patience of Job or something. I really want to play this game, but, getting very frustrated. I have a Nvidia Geforce 7300 LE video card. Any ideas?
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Re: chaos on deponia from steam
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07/04/13 01:04 PM
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I have a Nvidia Geforce 7300 LE video card. Any ideas? The 7300 LE has a very small memory bandwidth. Your best bet is to upgrade the video card, assuming you have an adequate power supply.
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Re: chaos on deponia from steam
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07/04/13 07:11 PM
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Okay, I need to buy a new video card? Which one? Are there only certain ones that work with an old Dell XP computer? I read this:
"What is the physical memory for the GeForce 7300 LE? You will see a lot of GeForce 7300 LE-based cards with 128MB of on-board memory, supporting 256MB of memory in a 512MB system. You will also see GeForce 7300 LE-based cards with 256MB of on-board memory that support 512MB of memory in a 1GB system."
that is greek to me. so, I only have 256 MB of memory? what does it mean that it supports 512 MB of memory?
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Re: chaos on deponia from steam
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07/04/13 07:51 PM
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You will see a lot of GeForce 7300 LE-based cards with 128MB of on-board memory, supporting 256MB of memory in a 512MB system. You will also see GeForce 7300 LE-based cards with 256MB of on-board memory that support 512MB of memory in a 1GB system." That sounds like the video card is borrowing memory (using shared memory) according to what your total system memory is. If you have only 512 MB of system memory, the video card will use part of that as video memory for a total of 256MB. And that there are other 7300LE cards that will borrow enough system memory to total 512 MB if you have 1GB of system memory in your computer. However shared memory is much slower than memory that's built into the video card, and some games will not work with shared memory at all -- despite what certain video card manufacturers would have you believe. If you need to buy a new video card, you may also need to buy a power supply that can support the new video card. We can't really advise you without knowing more about your computer -- like the wattage of your power supply and what type of video card slot you have (AGP or PCI-E). If your computer has a model number, we might be able to find what power supply shipped with it.
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Re: chaos on deponia from steam
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07/05/13 10:54 AM
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mbday, if you have to upgrade your video card, you will probably have to upgrade your power supply. It's the large square thing in the case that provides the power for your motherboard and everything attached to the motherboard. Most power supplies on older branded computers are puny and do not supply enough wattage for upgraded video cards.
So, we would need to have more of the information that Jenny suggested.
If this is your main computer, you may need to consider a new one if it's not worth spending a lot of money to upgrade.
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