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Someone bought my son a copy of "LEGO Star Wars" for the PC. Of course, none of the kit we have has an advanced enough video card to play it.
Is there a way to find out (without installing a card and trying it) whether a card supports a particular feature/version (in this case PixelShaders 1.1) of DirectX?
NB: I know about the DXCAPS stuff, but I want to make sure I buy the right card; I also don't want to spend a huge amount of money, having seen some cards for more than 100 UKP...
in the frame at the moment are
GEFORCE FX 5200
ATI RADEON 9550
GEFORCE 6200
I've looked on the NVidia website, but that didn't help much, and the Eidos site wasn't exactly useful. Is there a 'supported features' list available?
Steve S
Developer for hire
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(Grrr... can't modify my message for some reason...)
In addition to the AGP cards, I'm also considering
PCI Express : GEFORCE 6200TC
PCI: NVIDIA FX5200
Ideally, there's someone out there who has one of these and can tell me that LEGO SW actually works!
Annoyingly, I opted for the Intel graphics option (at no 'extra' cost) rather than the NVIDIA when I bought my laptop 
Steve S
Developer for hire
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Hi Steve S,
I am using a Geforce fx 5200 AGP card now and i find it quite good. Although it is a "old" card, i can play "doom 3", "Half life 2" and "Lord Of The Ring Battle for middle earth 2" with it. Not on full Detail settings of course. I'll ask i few friends of mine that are runnig the same screen card if they've played "LEGO SW". But i can't see why it wouldn't.
But i'll get back to you.
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas A. Edison
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TVM. I managed to find a PDF on MSDN which details various chipsets and the feature support for DX9, which told me that yes, it will work. It's not the fastest card, and turning on all the game video features does slow it down, even on a P4 2.xGHz 1.5GB RAM system, but it's playable, which was the main thing.
Steve S
Developer for hire
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Hi there,
I am working on the Auto Answering project.
I use an External Modem (COM port) with voice support.
I have a problem with playing sound on the phone.
I heard my sound file with speaker and this file is Ok,
but when i wanna playing this file on the phone with WINMM.DLL ,I hear this sound with weak tone!!!
Is there any body can help me ?
Thanks,
---Mojtaba Ebrahimi---
Zehne Ziba Corporation
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Either amplify the file ("make the file louder") or try to find out which volume-setting the modem-output uses and increase that programatically.
For example: you can set different volumes for files played from CD, files played via line-out, etc.
I guess (and thats just a guess) that your speakers have a built-in amplifier (e.g., the speakers have a power-cord and an internal or external transformer) and thus what you hear on the speaker is amplified by the speakers. Thats why it sounds too weak when played unamplified (as it probably is on the phone line).
Cheers,
Sebastian
--
Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.
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Hello everybody,
Is there a way I can capture the raw data from my web camera? I know how to acquire bitmaps with c# but the bitmaps are already processed data and I need the matrix of light intensities over the ccd/cmos array. Please guide me with c# code.
Thanks
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You can't do that with any normal webcam, the processing is done by the webcam hardware before sending the data over to your computer.
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Im not sure its helpful for you but see here[^]
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I have recently got a new computer and I want to get a graphics card installed but I am not sure whether my computer can it has 2 PCI Ports and 1 PCI Express X1 (instead of a PCI EXPRESS X16)
Can my computer get a graphics card?
PS my computer on using INTEL integrated graphics
my email is amill141@eq.edu.au
Eg:
XFX GeForce Fx 5200 PCI (128MB)
Memory Size: 128MB , Interface: PCI , Maximum resolution: 2046 x 1536 , Graphics Processor: nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
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I don't know if you already bought a screen card but what MotherBoard do you have?
Make and Model if possible...
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas A. Edison
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There is such a thing as apci graphics card, that is not pci-express. These cards generally ar not as popular and most shops will not stock them, but you can get them. You can probably get up to a 128MB card, maybe 256MB, but the downfall is lower graphics bandwidth. If you are not using it for very high performance, it should be fine, Gaming, Video editing, a PCI Graphics card should do the job.
Ask your local pc store if they can get them or browse online.
Tip: If you go into a shop and you don't see certificates, chances are, the person may not know what your talking about, always go to a trained professional.
Posted by The ANZAC
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Hi when some time boot my system ,a error is display beginig dump of physical memory with a blue screen .
please sugess me.
thanks
nilesh
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Without knowing what the STOP code and error message is and what version of Windows you're using, there's nothing anyone can do to help you.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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install windbg.exe (free downlload).
then use it to open the crash dump you will find in your system dir, or in your minidump dir.
note the offending .sys file it names as guilty, then identify which device this driver belongs to by searching the internet/looking at the properties of the sys file etc.
then bitch like hell to the company that sold you this pile of crap driver.
Truth is the subjection of reality to an individuals perception
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hello!! can anyone tell me how to get the Manufacturer's serial number (and not the volume number) of Hard disk using C++? i am trying to retrive the hard disk serial number while using Windows9X. i have seen a code which does the same thing, but it does not work for windows9X. can anyone give me any information about this?? thanks..
-vijay
-vijay
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Hi,
I have this code but in Visual Basic.
You can compile this code to dll and use it to C++.
if you want this code send me an email :
Irangame@gmail.com
Good Luck.
---Mojtaba Ebrahimi---
Zehne Ziba Corporation
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take a look at:
ftp://ftp.dmares.com/pub/batch_files/DISKNO.C
it is something i have used. however, you have to compile it as a 16 bit DOS command line program. it should run under a Win98 DOS box.
currently it only works on IDE chaing 0 and 1. if you have plugin cards like Promise cards, it is not set to those addresses.
i got this code from a friend, don't totally understand it at this point. if you modify it to be more generic as to IDE drive number, i would appreciate the cleaned up code.
it won't compile or work on W2k or XP.
dmares@dmares.com
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Hi friend,
I reply your mail, but it delivery and faild.
Please check your mail!
I have a code in Visual Basic 6.
It's work with Windows XP OS but i don't test it with Windows 98 OS.
You can test it 
If it worked you can create a dll file in VB and use it on VC++.
If it's worked notice me 
*For testing exe file in win 98 you must install Visual Basic run times files.
I uploaded this code for you.
You can download it from below link.
http://www.zehneziba.ir/download/Hard Disk Serial.zip
Good Luck.
---Mojtaba Ebrahimi---
Zehne Ziba Corporation
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HiI use window 2003 enterprise version. My cmd.exc file has crupted .how I fix
in proper position .any body suggest me for this .
plz give me a mail.
nilesh
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You can ask Windows to check all protected system files using sfc /scannow. Have your Windows CD ready.
To extract a single file from the OS CD, use the extract tool.
If you have disk corruption it's usually a sign that the drive or memory in your system is faulty. Use the Windows Memory Diagnostic[^] or MemTest86 (original[^], revised[^]) tools to check that there are no memory faults. If nothing shows up, replace the drive.
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