Why Won't My Laptop Play Counter Strike Source?

[Shakabrah]

P4 2.6 GHz, 640MB, 16MB Radeon 7500 Mobility....load in CS Source and then the screen goes black. Any ideas?? Thanks.

 

[lazerman]

Your graphics card sucks too badly to play CSS.

 

[Ste]

Might want to check the minimum requirerments of the game, im pretty sure it need more then 16MB of VRAM, what doesn't these days?

 

[Shakabrah]

Yeah, it sucks. Trying to find a replacement card but I noticed that mine already is a chip not a card. Does that mean I can't upgrade with a card? And am I limited as to what kind of card will work because it's a Dell?

 

[Ste]

Labtops use differen't hardware, they are much smaller, much like credit cards, Im sure you can upgrade it, you just need to find the documentation of the labtop and find what it can take, especially voltage.

 

[lazerman]

You need a new computer. You are using integrated graphics meaning it is part of the motherboard or whatever they are called, so yea get a new computer. Preferably a NON-DELL! Get an AMD Athlon 64bit laptop with atleast a Go 6800GT video card and 1mb of ram!

 

[Shakabrah]

would this 32MB card work for CSS? $100 ouch-o. 64MB is close to $200 OUCHO!

http://www.impactcomputers.com/9u768.html

 

[lazerman]

You aren't going to play CSS even with a 64mb card! You need a new laptop I am afraid!

 

[septoid2]

Your graphics card sucks too badly to play CSS.

Omfg haha this made me chuckle. Sometimes the truth hurts.

 

[Shakabrah]

Truth doesn't hurt, decided to retire the laptop for other use. In addition to our two top audio PC's and one other gaming PC in our house, I just ordered one of these:

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/twisterultraamd.asp

Thanks for all the info. Great forum and great responses (for the most part).