help !!! pixel or vertex shaders

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After I load the Sierra game "Joint Task Force" I receive the following error
msg "your graphics card does not support pixel shaders or vertex shaders" I
just bought a Toshiba Satellite P205-S6287 with Windows Vista installed. Any
help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
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Paul Smith

rj runyan said:
After I load the Sierra game "Joint Task Force" I receive the following
error
msg "your graphics card does not support pixel shaders or vertex shaders"
I
just bought a Toshiba Satellite P205-S6287 with Windows Vista installed.
Any
help would be appreciated. Thanks.

If this machine has an integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics chip, like the one
I looked up online then it doesn't have any vertex, pixel shaders nor
transform and lighting in hardware and this will severely limit what games
will run on it.

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Andy [YaYa]

Paul Smith said:
If this machine has an integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics chip, like the
one I looked up online then it doesn't have any vertex, pixel shaders nor
transform and lighting in hardware and this will severely limit what games
will run on it.

Lots of 3d games will disable shading if your video card doesn't have it,
but some require it. Check the box on the back. In the tiny print, look for
minimum requirements or specifications.

If it says requires vertex or pixel shading video card, yeah, you might be
outta luck.

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/...PB0U&smoid=true&ct=MH&ListType=Model&x=13&y=8

Link to your computer support page at toshiba.com... under Detailed Specs it
says... Intel 945GM Graphics Chip. After poking around Intel's site a bit.
Yeah, no pixel or vertex support for that chipset.
 

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