1. #101
    Dear Sorceress and others who know a lot more than I:
    I bought MM6 but can't play on my laptop. No problem, I need to get a desktop for work. Does anyone have any recommendations on what type/brand that will come with the system requirements for MM6?
    I can only spend about $800. Was thinking about going to a Staples. Does the brand (HP, Gateway, etc.) matter? How will I know if the video card is compatible? I know very little about PC systems. I just don't want to buy a desktop and take it home to find out that I can't use the game.
    For example, the desktops at Staples have "Intel Core i3-2100 Processor" and a "Video Graphics" of "Intel HD Graphics." Is that the graphics card? That doesn't sound compatible to me. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you for your time.
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  2. #102
    Will the intel 4 chipset graphics card ever work for this game? I think the only reason I cannot get this game to run is because of this reason. I want to avoid buying a video card just for this game if it'll be made compatible some time
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    "Video Graphics" of "Intel HD Graphics." Is that the graphics card? That doesn't sound compatible to me.
    Yes, it is the graphics chipset.
    You are correct : it is not compatible.
    For Heroes 6, you need a supported GeForce or Radeon videocard.

    Will the intel 4 chipset graphics card ever work for this game?
    NO. Intel graphics chipsets are not designed for complex 3D contemporary games.
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    thank you sorceress for confirming that for me. Looks like I'll have to purchase one of those miniumum requirement graphic cards But I could probably sell this intel one and get some $ back :P...thanks again (Now I know what needs to be done to play this game!)
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  5. #105
    I have Windows 7, 32x 4Gt,
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M and 2Gb RAM.

    Is that not enough to run the game, as it crashes every time at the moment I try to start a campaign/any other game mode.
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    The cause of your crashes might be a compatibility issue between your laptop videocard and the game programme. It is currently a well known situation that Heroes 6 does not run adequately on all laptops. The suspected cause is a compatibility issue between "mobile" videocard architecture (the M in your 330M card) and the Game's graphical code. There is an official thread on this situation, but it does not offer fail-safe fixes :

    http://forums.ubi.com/eve/foru...1096804/m/3311008359
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    Originally posted by ogreman76 :

    Looks like I'll have to purchase one of those miniumum requirement graphic cards
    I do not recommend that you do that : "minimum requirement" is a deceptive expression. It just means that the videocard will let you run the Game, but you will have to run it at low-quality settings. I have read angry posts by people who met the minimum requirements and who experienced problems that made the Game unplayable.

    I would say that the "recommended" requirements are the real minimum -- but still a minimum, a better sort of minimum.

    Anyway, it is a good investment to purchase the best videocard you can afford, in order to secure yourself good gaming in the 2012-2013 period (at least).

    To my knowledge, you will not be able to sell your Intel graphics chipset : it is integrated to the motherboard. You would have to sell the motherboard and then purchase a new one + the new videocard. (3D-gaming quality cards are not integrated to a motherboard : they are separate pieces of hardware.)
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  8. #108
    Quite right. You should start at least with card targeted "For occasional" gaming.

    Such is H5750 and above or Nvidia GTS 450 , when we're speaking about newer models.

    Less performance is sort of hazard, although it may work there are many reasons why you should not pick these up - one of them is, that this wouldn't be money/performance wise investment to the future.
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  9. #109
    Hi
    After installing the game and applying all updates and patches whenever I try to run the game it gives me the following error:
    "Your video card does not meet the minimum requirements"

    Is there a way to bypass that check and run the game anyway ?
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    I do not think so. I have never read that somebody successfully bypassed that videocard check.

    You can test you luck by contacting Ubisoft Support :

    http://www.ubi.com/US/Support/...nationalSupport.aspx

    If you contact Support, you will have to at least give it this info : videocard brand + exact model number.
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