Direct 3D?

[Cazza Fable]

I have just bought Neverwinter nights2 and have installed in on my Vista computer. Does anyone know what is means when i try to play on it and it wont start? It just says "Could not find any compatible Direct 3D devices".
I do not know much about computers, but I have worked out I have an Direct X10 if this is any help. I have also tried oblivion and could not run that either. thanks so much.

[Xandax]

Which graphic card do you have, do you know?

What happen if you run dxdiag - does it report any problems?

Have you installed drivers for your graphic card?

NwN2 can run under Vista, so the problem looks to be with your graphic card/drivers.

[Cazza Fable]

My graphic card is Intel(R) 82945G Express chipset controller 0.

What is Dxdiag?

How do we install drivers for the graphics card?

Thank you

[Tricky]

Unfortunately your graphics card does not support the latest in Hardware T&L. This will likely cause problems in many modern games.

On this page I found a list of compatible games. Although NWN2 isn't on there, I can assure you it needs that Hardware T&L. You can however use that list to see what other games you could try out.

I know it is kind it is harsh, but you are definitely not the first to make a mistake like that. Asking for a refund on the game shouldn't be a big deal.

[Cazza Fable]

It it possible to change a graphics card?

If so, is it expensive and what should I change it to?

Thanks for all your help.

[Cazza Fable]

Sorry I forgot to put this.

Could I upgrade my graphics card somehow so it would be able to play more advanced games?

Thanks again.

[Xandax]

It is mostly possible to upgrade your graphics card, but type depends on the motherboard. Which means if you are not terrible familiar with computers, it might be a daunting, if not impossible task.
So if you know somebody real life with a little computer knowledge, you could get them to look at your computer/manual for motherboard and perhaps give some recommendations.


(Oh, and please edit a post, when adding new/more information, instead of posting two times shortly after each other, especially when nobody has replied between that time )

[Kiwi]

For the OP, this is probably too late now, but any other messager with a similar onboard chip problem (and there are many) may need to know that only a miniscule percentage of laptop PCs are set up for video upgrades, and almost all that can be upgraded must be done so by the factory, not the owner.

Quite a number of desktop PCs also have been sold without any true video bus for upgrades as well. Only AGP or PCI-e bus hardware qualifies for game- playing capability, and the cheapest of PCs were sold with plain PCI slots. Plain PCI simply isn't good enough.

Well above 90 % of all PCs are supposedly being sold with only an onboard video chip, and laptops particularly no provision for using a discrete video device. A sizable part of that number use the various Intel tinker toy devices that do not work at all in modern 3D games.

Both ATI and nVidia have been offering onboard video chips that actually do include all of the required Dx9 functions (such as T&L, which has only just recently been included in one Intel IGP, the X3000). These IGPs run slowly, and are unsuitable for animated 3D games.