RR_Trials Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Hey,Just bought myself need for speed carbon, for the computer, and i have installed it fine and gone to turn it on.It brings up the little screen thing that has a picture and says need for speed carbon, then it just turns of and goes back to my normal desktop. I have tryed turning my pc off and still no luck.Please can some body tell me what it is i have to do to play, because i really wont to...P.S this is pretty much my 1st real pc game and so i don't know weather it is normal or not.Thankyou.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxx Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Does your computer meet the requirements of the game? Like RAM, graphics card Etc?Alexxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 yep, pretty shure it dose, it lets me play sims 2 and its the same requirments i think...edit: Ahhhh FFS it don't work on my dads laptop either im well and trukey F**ked OFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Campbell Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 do you have any dodgy software, things like demontools?EA have something built into their newer games that prevents the game working if certain programs are there, though it seems wierd as sims 2 is also EA.Also have you tried google or the EA site itself, there's usually loads of info there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 I found a system requirements analysis thing... Video CardMinimum: 64MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card (NVIDIA Geforce4 Ti+/ATI Radeon 8500+)You Have: Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller (Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME Controller) FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 64 MB , You have - 64.0 MB Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 1.1 , You have - 0.0 Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 1.3 , You have - 0.0 ... also ....it says that my CPU speed isnt fast enough.. CPU SpeedMinimum: 1.7 GHzYou Have: 1.40 GHz Performance Rated at 1.68 GHz FAIL: Sorry, your CPU Speed does not meet this minimum requirement. You may want to contact your system manufacturer to get information about upgrading your computer. Dose anyone know what all this means and know how much roughly it would cost me to upgrade as i don't have a clue what any of this is, it may just be new drivers i need to install.Thankyou in advance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxx Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Your CPU isn't fast enough for the game therefore wont work.Alexxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 how do i upgrade it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Campbell Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) simple answer?buy a new computerhard answer?find out what socket your CPU is, find a faster version or get a new motherboard, ram, cpu, video card as needed Edited December 27, 2006 by dan_brisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxx Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 By buying a new one, its like the central thing to the computer the brain if you must. It's the processor, look on E Buyer or something for a new one.Alexxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Sooo i need a new prossesor? That is going to be costy isn't it Do i need a spacific one for my laptop or are they all the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxx Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Don't have a clue about laptops, just usually laptops are a bitch to upgradeAlexxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Campbell Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 if you have a laptop i'd say your bascially looking at a new laptop.without a pretty decent knowledge of computers/building them laptops are a real pain to upgrade, and most have cpus soldered in so you'd need to change most of the internals anyway.do you not have a main computer? weren't you on about dual monitors recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 I have duel monitors, on my laptop..I'm a bit pooped as i can't afford a new laptop or computer.Oh well thanks for all your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Campbell Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 ahsorry about that fella, most of us have been there.Laptops really suck as gaming machines i'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Well i was thinking about going apple for a long while as im into graphic design and listening/editing music. I know they are very fast etc and probably would run how i would like for gaming but, can I connect my monitor to a Mac book, or do i need a very exspensive apple screen?Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxx Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 If you got an apple you would have to boot with windows anyway using boot camp or such program, due to the difference in operating systems. I think anyway. And with macs you can run normal screens.Alexxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Macs arent very good fo gaming either my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Non the less, better then my laptop atm,Cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Macs arent very good fo gaming either my friendBootcamp + Windows = the same performance as the equivalent of a PC with the exact same hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Do most games run on a mac (without the new mac add on),and let me just be shure, can you deffonatly add a normal screen to a iBook (the same screen as you would use for a desktop), as on the iBook pictures i could not see a port that looked the same as the port on the back of my laptop.....cheers, and sorry for the late reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 To play carbon properly your going to need at least an nvidia 6 series card, a good 512mb (at the very minimum) of RAM and a 2 ghz processor.Even then the settings are going to all be on low and you'll be playing at something aweful like 800x600 resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 I realy am annoyed im going to save till next christmas to get an iBook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 iBooks don't exist any more...And I wouldn't buy any Apple to play games on. In fact I wouldn't buy any laptop at all for games. IMO games consoles for games, everything is very simple that way - There's no need to worry about min specs and changing your computer every month. But yes, you can add another screen to an iBooks and Powerbooks (Which no longer exist), MacBooks or Macbook Pro's. The bigger ones (15" +) just plug straight in I think, the smaller ones need an adapter that comes with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Cheers, MAC Book was the one i ment.So i should be able to add my ordinairy (non apple) monitor into the mac book with the adaptor that comes with it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Cheers, MAC Book was the one i ment.So i should be able to add my ordinairy (non apple) monitor into the mac book with the adaptor that comes with it...Yeah, you can do whatever. Mine comes with adapters for a VGA monitor (normal computer monitor connection), a DVI monitor (posh newer monitors) and you can also buy an adapter to hook it up to the TV (via component, s-video or scart) which is pretty useful too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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