graphics issues

[andynerd]

When i play UT3 everything is white or invisible! and on the editor the default checker pattern is all scaled down (even when i scale it up) and shadows/shaders/HDR lighting all don't show up.

Don't hurt me but my graphics are integrated intel 950 GM series with 2 gb shared ram

by the way i just want to be able to make maps i don't really care about playing the game to much (even though it is cool) so the editor is priority

[RoadKillGrill]

I'm surprised it runs AT ALL. Intel integrated graphics are useless for anything more than general use.
You need a videocard sorry.

[AcidVenom]

Actually, I'm surprised that the game started for you. Most laptops integrated graphics aren't even powerful enough to start the game.

[andynerd]

aww man lol and they aren't useless i can run WoW at 60fps but anyway since i am going to burn a hole in my wallet anyway what would last longer/ have better performance.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150311

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814195055

but are you sure there is nothing i can do to get the editor to work? enabling tripple buffering maybe? or increase the amount of ram it uses?

(note: i am using vista *cough cough* piece of **** *cough* cough* and i lied i have 1 gb ram and a 1.5 ghz processor

[RoadKillGrill]

LoL wow you don't need cards like those, the fire GL is not even appicable for your use anyway.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500001
This card for 40$ should be fine to start if you want a quick inexpensive upgrade.

If you want much better card the 8800gt or the ati 4850 at a great choice for about 160-200$

It might be helpful to post your systems full specs and how much you plan to spend.

[andynerd]

o i have a laptop atm so it doesn't matter but what i meant by burn a hole in my wallet was that i am building my new computer and i have roughly 5000$ i don't want to spend all of it though

[oldkawman1]

o i have a laptop atm so it doesn't matter but what i meant by burn a hole in my wallet was that i am building my new computer and i have roughly 5000$ i don't want to spend all of it though

Are you going to build it yourself or pay someone?

Build one something like this,
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ance,1956.html

But buy the E8400 CPU and 2 X 8800GT 512 Mb instead of the Extreeme quad core waste of money and bad SLI support 9800 cards. You should easily be under $3k.

[Kinnison]

with that much money you can get the most powerfull desktop pc thats in existence today...

[andynerd]

Are you going to build it yourself or pay someone?

Build one something like this,
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ance,1956.html

But buy the E8400 CPU and 2 X 8800GT 512 Mb instead of the Extreeme quad core waste of money and bad SLI support 9800 cards. You should easily be under $3k.

thanks for the tip hmm and yes i am building it myself i was thinking of getting the
EVGA 896-P3-1262-AR GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
and i was thinking of getting a dual core 3GHz amd cpu and a 1Tb harddrive with hmm 4gb of ram (2x 2gb) and then a VERY nice case to make it look cool

with that much money you can get the most powerfull desktop pc thats in existence today...

AHAHA lol ya but then again no one can have the best computer it keeps changing if i asked for the best computer in future shop i can bet that a day later something better would come out :P not to mention if i build it i can save anywhere from 200-500$

[andynerd]

oh and i never got this but if i got 2 graphics cards would it be faster? and would the integrated graphics also increase performance?