Checking Minimum System Requirements

System model:  Inspiron 510M

 

 

What is your system model number?

Also, if you click on start, then click run and type "dxdiag" it will give you a brief overview of your system specifications. Now for the display adaptor info you can click on the "display" tab which is next to the initial tab that opens up when you launch the program.

Message Edited by Podolak on 12-15-2004 11:02 AM

What is your system model number?

Also, if you click on start, then click run and type "dxdiag" it will give you a brief overview of your system specifications. Now for the display adaptor info you can click on the "display" tab which is next to the initial tab that opens up when you launch the program.

but how do i know if i have a 32 MB video card or equivalent ??

i can't seem how to find this information,

thanks for your help so far

That would be under the display tab of the DXDIAG also, if you go to this link:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/en/details?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=2

and type in your serial number, it will tell you what your system came with as far as a video card.

The 510m has integrated graphics (integrated into the chipset). Usually it takes some amount of memory from the mian memory because it hasn't no dedicated memory. The benefits of this are that it is cheap, that it doesn't use much power and that it is powerful enough for office applications. However, the 3d performance of the integreated graphics solutions is generally very poor (they aren't intended for gaming, but only for office use), so you won't be able to run most of the recent games on it (like shooters or racing games).

Please note that generally it isn't the number of MB (the amount of memory that you video card uses/has got) that determines graphics performance, but the graphics chip itself.

Could you please post what game it is that you try to run?

well i bought a game called "pool paradise" from Ignition Entertainment which doesn't work, but my main concern is a future game i will have after christmas which is Fifa soccer 2005, what are my chances?

0%   :-(

Fifa 2005 will require at least a 32 MB graphics accelerator, and even this would not do the game justice;  i.e.  it will default to all graphics settings to minimum;  trying to turn them up will make the game too choppy and unplayable.

With integrated grahics like you have, the game may not even load, let alone play.

You are not even close, my friend  :-(

Scooter62

Message Edited by Scooter62 on 12-19-2004 10:33 AM

Message Edited by Scooter62 on 12-19-2004 10:34 AM

yes, thank you all for your wrong advice cos the game works fine.

seems the 0% chance you gave me was rubbish.

You are quite welcome for the CORRECT analysis based on the information you gave us;  it appears that the information you provided was RUBBISH....also known as GARBAGE !!

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@gregavfc wrote:

yes, thank you all for your wrong advice cos the game works fine.

seems the 0% chance you gave me was rubbish.

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If you read my post correctly, you will not find that I said that games don't run at all. It remains a fact that the integrated graphics solutions are much slower than even low end dedicated graphics chips.

That said, enjoy playing fifa 2005.