Video card problem?

I just got a fairly simple looking "Family Feud" game for my computer, but I can't get it to run. It's requirements include several items that I know I have, plus "DirectX 9.0c compatible 3D video accelerator card with 64 MB RAM".



I don't know much about the whole video card thing. I bought a Dell E310 within the last year. It has a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz w/HT technology. The only thing I can find about video is under "Display Adapters" and it lists "Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family".



What does all this mean, and is this the reason I can't get the game to run?|||Directx 9.0c is not supported by all video cards, mostly only newer ones with Shader Model 3.0 in them. Although many new cards do have shader Model 3.0 (which is required to run Microsoft's new OS, Windows Vista), some of them are not DirectX 9.0c capable, but only DirectX 9.0. If this is the case with your video card, then it might be the reason you cannot run this game. In about four years or so, newer games will only be able to be run by graphics cards that are capable of running DirectX 10, so many people will have to upgrade their video cards.



Best thing you can do is update all your drivers from Microsoft's site and hope it works, but if your card does not support directx 9.0c, you might be out of luck. Hope all goes well though.|||Read the side of the box it sould tell u what kind of video card u should have. Your computer may be to powerful to run it if it is an old game, cause i have had that problem with older games.|||While that particular video chipset does have some limitations, from my experience they involve Valve's Source Engine (for Half-Life 2). My wife's computer has that same video chipset, and it plays many modern games with little trouble. If my memory serves, the 82915g has 128mb of memory, which is double what your game requires.



The first step would be to go to Intel's website and download the latest driver. After you install it, restart your computer and try again. If it still doesn't work and gives you an error code, that will probably be very helpful in determining the source of trouble, but most likely it won't be your video card.|||Search and install the DirectX 9 drivers. If that works you should be set. The video adapter being quoted is the 915 bridge chip on your motherboard. You are likely to need to purchase a separate video accelerator card for your machine (also called a video card). Check your motherboard to see what kind of connectors it supports:



PCI (of course)

AGP?

PCIe?



You can get a PCI video card, but an AGP or PCIe version would give you better performance. Check you owners manual for the motherboard or Dell's site.