Does Intel have a video card equivalent to ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce
GTS?

Intel makes no add-on video cards,thier only video lies on thier chips fixed
to the board.The 7500 series was'nt ati better cards,if AGP is what youre
after,try the 9800 PRO.

"John" wrote:

> Does Intel have a video card equivalent to ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce
> GTS?

I recently purchased the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix and minimum
requirements for a video card were ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS.
What would you recommend as an equivalent to one of those?

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Intel makes no add-on video cards,thier only video lies on thier chips fixed
> to the board.The 7500 series was'nt ati better cards,if AGP is what youre
> after,try the 9800 PRO.
>
> "John" wrote:
>
> > Does Intel have a video card equivalent to ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce
> > GTS?

Does that mean you have onboard video that is not good enough to run the
app?
What video slots do you have?
This PC isnt a Laptop is it?

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news84A04B8-FE8F-4EA6-B78E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently purchased the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix and minimum
> requirements for a video card were ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS.
> What would you recommend as an equivalent to one of those?
>
> "Andrew E." wrote:
>
>> Intel makes no add-on video cards,thier only video lies on thier chips
>> fixed
>> to the board.The 7500 series was'nt ati better cards,if AGP is what
>> youre
>> after,try the 9800 PRO.
>>
>> "John" wrote:
>>
>> > Does Intel have a video card equivalent to ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA
>> > GeForce
>> > GTS?

Correct
I'm not sure, but HP said my computer can use the video cards I listed.
It's a desktop

"DL" wrote:

> Does that mean you have onboard video that is not good enough to run the
> app?
> What video slots do you have?
> This PC isnt a Laptop is it?
>
> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news84A04B8-FE8F-4EA6-B78E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I recently purchased the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix and minimum
> > requirements for a video card were ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS.
> > What would you recommend as an equivalent to one of those?
> >
> > "Andrew E." wrote:
> >
> >> Intel makes no add-on video cards,thier only video lies on thier chips
> >> fixed
> >> to the board.The 7500 series was'nt ati better cards,if AGP is what
> >> youre
> >> after,try the 9800 PRO.
> >>
> >> "John" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Does Intel have a video card equivalent to ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA
> >> > GeForce
> >> > GTS?
>
>
>

There are at least three different types of video card slot, you need to
provide the exact model of your PC, or look in the manual.

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:12DBA370-E3EC-4107-BFE4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Correct
> I'm not sure, but HP said my computer can use the video cards I listed.
> It's a desktop
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Does that mean you have onboard video that is not good enough to run the
>> app?
>> What video slots do you have?
>> This PC isnt a Laptop is it?
>>
>> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news84A04B8-FE8F-4EA6-B78E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I recently purchased the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix and minimum
>> > requirements for a video card were ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce2
>> > GTS.
>> > What would you recommend as an equivalent to one of those?
>> >
>> > "Andrew E." wrote:
>> >
>> >> Intel makes no add-on video cards,thier only video lies on thier
>> >> chips
>> >> fixed
>> >> to the board.The 7500 series was'nt ati better cards,if AGP is what
>> >> youre
>> >> after,try the 9800 PRO.
>> >>
>> >> "John" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Does Intel have a video card equivalent to ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA
>> >> > GeForce
>> >> > GTS?
>>
>>
>>

John wrote:
> Correct
> I'm not sure, but HP said my computer can use the video cards I listed.
> It's a desktop


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix_(video_game)

"The PC version game has shipped with a number of issues which have to this date
not been addressed with a patch from Electronic Arts."

Rating: "5.0 mediocre"
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure...result;title;1

Game trailer - apparent release June2007 ? The referenced video cards are oldies.
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/gamesp...717&id=6169717

Even has 410MB demo version of game. HPOOTP_PC_DEMO.exe
Read the user comments about the demo. (Some download sites want you
to be a member to download. I did a search, and there are other sources.)
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure...d_6173066.html

Demo can be downloaded here.
http://www.ausgamers.com/files/details/html/29183

Maybe after you've tried the demo, you won't need to buy it :-)
The demo should give you some idea exactly how powerful the computer
really has to be. If the computer only has graphics provided by
the motherboard, and not a separate video card, that would be a
bit iffy. If there is any kind of separate video card (PCI Express,
AGP, or even an older PCI card), it might be worth a shot.

Paul

>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Does that mean you have onboard video that is not good enough to run the
>> app?
>> What video slots do you have?
>> This PC isnt a Laptop is it?
>>
>> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news84A04B8-FE8F-4EA6-B78E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I recently purchased the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix and minimum
>>> requirements for a video card were ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS.
>>> What would you recommend as an equivalent to one of those?
>>>
>>> "Andrew E." wrote:
>>>
>>>> Intel makes no add-on video cards,thier only video lies on thier chips
>>>> fixed
>>>> to the board.The 7500 series was'nt ati better cards,if AGP is what
>>>> youre
>>>> after,try the 9800 PRO.
>>>>
>>>> "John" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Does Intel have a video card equivalent to ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA
>>>>> GeForce
>>>>> GTS?
>>
>>

I was able to download the demo, but when I tried to open the game to play
nothing happened. Am I missing doing something to open the game? My HP
computer
xp Home Edition meets and exceeds all the minimum requirements shown in the
read me file.

"Paul" wrote:

> John wrote:
> > Correct
> > I'm not sure, but HP said my computer can use the video cards I listed.
> > It's a desktop
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix_(video_game)
>
> "The PC version game has shipped with a number of issues which have to this date
> not been addressed with a patch from Electronic Arts."
>
> Rating: "5.0 mediocre"
> http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure...result;title;1
>
> Game trailer - apparent release June2007 ? The referenced video cards are oldies.
> http://www.gamespot.com/pages/gamesp...717&id=6169717
>
> Even has 410MB demo version of game. HPOOTP_PC_DEMO.exe
> Read the user comments about the demo. (Some download sites want you
> to be a member to download. I did a search, and there are other sources.)
> http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure...d_6173066.html
>
> Demo can be downloaded here.
> http://www.ausgamers.com/files/details/html/29183
>
> Maybe after you've tried the demo, you won't need to buy it :-)
> The demo should give you some idea exactly how powerful the computer
> really has to be. If the computer only has graphics provided by
> the motherboard, and not a separate video card, that would be a
> bit iffy. If there is any kind of separate video card (PCI Express,
> AGP, or even an older PCI card), it might be worth a shot.
>
> Paul
>
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> Does that mean you have onboard video that is not good enough to run the
> >> app?
> >> What video slots do you have?
> >> This PC isnt a Laptop is it?
> >>
> >> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news84A04B8-FE8F-4EA6-B78E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>> I recently purchased the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix and minimum
> >>> requirements for a video card were ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS.
> >>> What would you recommend as an equivalent to one of those?
> >>>
> >>> "Andrew E." wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Intel makes no add-on video cards,thier only video lies on thier chips
> >>>> fixed
> >>>> to the board.The 7500 series was'nt ati better cards,if AGP is what
> >>>> youre
> >>>> after,try the 9800 PRO.
> >>>>
> >>>> "John" wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Does Intel have a video card equivalent to ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA
> >>>>> GeForce
> >>>>> GTS?
> >>
> >>
>

John wrote:
> I was able to download the demo, but when I tried to open the game to play
> nothing happened. Am I missing doing something to open the game? My HP
> computer
> xp Home Edition meets and exceeds all the minimum requirements shown in the
> read me file.
>

I got it to run on my Win2K machine. The Win2K OS has more issues than
any version of WinXP, and I did find a trick to get it working. I have a
pile of demos downloaded here, that I never got to use, because of Win2K.

The first problem for me, with the game, was starting my monitor running
at an extremely low resolution (512 x 384 or somewhere thereabouts - I
didn't take notes at the time). My LCD monitor OSD popped up and said
"out of range", but the image still rendered on the screen (a miracle).
I immediately went into the program options, and bumped it up to 640x480.
Perhaps some registry editor work can fix that.

Second thing to do, is enable "subtitles". I found the sound volume level
of the characters tended to vary a bit, and I needed the subtitles to make
up for inaudible speech.

Moving the character around the playing field, uses "WASD" or cursor characters.
I found some inconsistency in the controls, for example, sometimes in corners
I found myself spinning in circles (in real life, I do that a lot anyway :-) )

The game demo is time limited, and in the ten minutes alloted, I never managed
to get off the courtyard.

I tried to play "marbles", but the one shot I managed was so weak, as to be
ineffective.

I'm sure the kids will love it :-) Making a puzzle from the controls,
is more fun than the puzzles in the game.

In terms of video performance, the video animation that plays at the
beginning, wasn't entirely smooth. I have a 3GHz P4 and a 9800Pro
video card, and that is a bit better than a motherboard with integrated
video. The actual gameplay didn't seem to be too taxing.

For safety, I actually put this game on a cloned copy of my system disk.
Just in case the demo was going to install a lot of cruft. The DX9 folder
seemed to contain a lot of stuff, and at least one of the cab files
came in handy. By extracting XINPUT1_3.dll from one of the .cab files,
placing that in the game folder, that solved the first dependency for
Win2K. The second issue with the XINPUT1_3 file, was solved with advice
from here. After that, the game would start for me (albeit in too-low
resolution). I expect a forum somewhere, has advice if the game demo simply
won't start for you. Check some of the user comments in the forum links
I put in the previous post. Someone is bound to spill the beans as to
what'll make it work.

Win2K - cab extraction, xinput1_3.dll , TraceMessage , GetUserNameA
http://www.techspot.com/blog/87/fix-...-windows-2000/

Paul

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:49:04 -0800, John
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Does Intel have a video card equivalent to ATI Radeon 7500 or NVIDIA GeForce
>GTS?

Why ask here? This has nothing to do with the OS. Do your own
research elsewhere.