hi guys
this is frustrating. i bought this game 2 years ago and haven't installed. no that i have it says that please verify minimum computer requirements.
-Dell Optiplex 620
-Windows XP professional
-Service Pack 3
-Direct X 9.0c something
what is Shader and pixel 2.0?
uhm
-70 GB of hard drive space left
-1014 MB ram
-Comcast high speed internet
-Intel 82945G Express Chipset family
-224.00 MB
what is the problem? i should qualify for at least the minimum system requirements category?

I appreciate any help i can receive.

Hello there,

it's not completely clear from your system specifications, but it looks like your graphics adapter does not meet the minimum requirements. You probably have a Dell Optiplex 620 variant that only comes with an onboard graphics solution, which is simply not enough to run the game.

To be sure that this is indeed the cause of the problem, create a DxDiag. To do that, do the following:

• Go to Start - Run, type in dxdiag and click Ok
• In the DxDiag application, click Save All Information...
• Copy the contents of the created text, go to http://pastebin.com/, paste it there, submit it (may be set an expiry date and set it to private) and post the link here.

Dunno how thats gonna help anyone since no one can even view it.

sorry
http://pastebin.com/wTV6gvNs

Yeah you only have the Intel onboard graphics adapter. Your Dell Optiplex should have a PCIe slot, so you could buy a dedicated graphics card. But before you consider that, you should think about buying a new PC altogether may be . Yours also needs a RAM upgrade.

any suggestions
im actually thinking of building a gaming pc my self from scratch. but i might at the moment just buy a card.

He said you need more then just a card. You need more ram, and possibly other things.

if I were you, Id wait till your gaming PC is done.

funny i know what he said

Well, it really depends on how much you want to spend. Up to €130: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition OC for example. And then maybe another €15 for an additional 1GB of RAM (bare minimum...).

But before you do that, you should confirm that your motherboard does indeed have a free PCIe slot. And you should check exactly what type of RAM you have installed and how many modules. You can do that with CPU-Z.

thanks for spending time on my behalf spooky.
another question based on that saphire video card. whats is gddr5? i know memory can be ddr2 or 3 but 5?

There's little difference for the consumer other than "it's faster."

The 'G' means that it's for graphics. The five is just the number revision that everyone is currently agreeing to use.

There's some more technical stuff on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDDR5

i deeply appreciate all the help i got. i had this game for years and just couldnt instal first becuase of the stupid key code but then i had to switch the o's to q's and now this bummer.