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Shader 3 issue
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Corran Thorran
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-02-27 17:26:55 UTC
Now I know what you all are thinkin. "Great, another n00b who didnt do his homework" however I did do my home work this time! You see, I can play both LOTRO and WoW on my laptop just fine (and from what I've been able to find you have to have shader 3 on your computer) however when I try to play EVE I get the pop up of death, and with my desktop crashed at the moment I'm jonezin for my EVE Blink anyone got any ideas? Or have I done my homework wrong? thanks in advance!
Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#2 - 2012-02-27 17:58:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Commissar Kate
Can you please give us a bit more info by posting your dxdiag of the machine that you are trying to run eve on. Cant help out much unless we get that info.



To run the DirectX diagnostics tool:

For Windows XP: Press 'Start' and select 'run'. Type dxdiag in the text field and Click "OK".
For Windows Vista/7: Press 'Start' and type dxdiag and hit enter.
When you do this, a window will pop up.

Click the "Save All Information" button, located in its lower right corner.
Once you have saved the file, you can open it and copy-paste the text here.

-k8

My Fanclub
Corran Thorran
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-02-27 18:24:42 UTC
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.111025-1629)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gateway
System Model: MX6960
BIOS: Rev 1.0
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2038MB RAM
Page File: 753MB used, 3175MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
Display Devices
Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) GMA 950
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27A2&SUBSYS_0366107B&REV_03
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4543 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/18/2006 15:57:00, 45694 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ialmnt5.sys
Mini VDD Date: 9/18/2006 15:57:00, 1166972 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-64E2-11CF-7462-6C23A2C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x27A2
SubSys ID: 0x0366107B
Revision ID: 0x0003
Revision ID: 0x0003
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

There ya go
Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#4 - 2012-02-27 18:38:48 UTC
Sorry but your out of luck with playing eve on that laptop. The Intel GMA 950 graphics chips only supports software shader model 3 and hardware shader model 2.


Sources:
http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#Graphics_Media_Accelerator

-k8

My Fanclub
Corran Thorran
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-02-27 18:46:49 UTC
Dang well thanks for the help anyway. Now I play the waiting game. lol