My son just bought Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for his Mac laptop. He can load it, but when he goes to start the game up he gets a “blue screen” and then it returns him to the finder.
His computer seems compatible based on box info, except-
his video card is a GMA X3100. On the box it says Video Cad ATI Radeon X1600 and Video Card NVidia Geforce 7300
Can someone translate and maybe have an idea if this is equivalent? Another trouble shooting advice?
Integrated graphics chipsets are fairly notorious for having compatibility and/or capability problems with 3D games. On a desktop, the solution would be to add a new video card card, but since it’s a laptop, your only hope may be to look for a more recent driver for the X3100.
There’s a good chance it still won’t work; I see a lot of complaints about the X3100 online. If it runs, it may only run on the lowest settings. Good luck, though.
Thanks for your input- He’s going try a new driver, but it requires he upgrade to the new OS. Maybe we’ll upgrade the video cards on teh desktop and he can play here.
Of course he has his XBOX 360, PS3 and PSP, so I’ don’t cry too much for him…
He may be able to say he doesn’t agree with the EULA and return it. (If he’s underage, he technically can’t even agree to it. They have to let you do that somehow, or the license is unenforceable.) And maybe get a version for the 360 or PS3.
His video chipset is not going to handle much in the way of newer games. Encourage him to always check online to see if the game supports it. As for equivalence, it’s about equal to the NVIDIA 6100 Go or Radeon Express 1250.
Don’t be in awe of my video card skill–I got it from here.
BigT- I’ve always said that it’s less about the info you know than it is about the info you know how to find!
That is a great website. The game was an impulse buy at the Apple Store the other night. He was going to pay us back, but we’ll prolly just eat this one.
