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[civheaded]

So I bought and downloaded ME1 for $20 from direct2drive thinking, "Ah man, this is gonna be great!"  Turns out, not so great.  I thought I had eyed over the minimum system requirements well enough but now as I try to load the game it doesn't get past the splash screen.  I've looked around the forums and tried downloading the latest driver versions for my ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics card.  As I got to looking around more I found that ME1 doesn't support the HD3200.  So cut it to me straight doc, is it flatlined or is there someway to get it to work?

[RyrineaNara]

Download all the patches I'm having the same problem, but that worked for me.

[steelcobra266]

i bought me1 for $5.00 and it runs perfect lol

[eshrafel]

I don't think there's any physical reason that card won't run with ME1 as it supports pixel shader 4.0, however I don't think the performance will be legendary. I doubt it should crash unless you are extremely pressed for free memory. What are the other specs of the system?

[Recnamoken]

Just because it supports Shader Model 4.0 doesnt't mean it's a fast videocard.

[Gorath Alpha]

Recnamoken wrote...

Just because it supports Shader Model 4.0 doesnt't mean it's a fast videocard.

Hell, no, and just because it has Dx10 doesn't mean it even is a real video card at all.  The definition for that term requires an entirely separate circuit board for the video, assembled separately from a mainboard, and then plugged into it after both of them are totally completed.  A mere chip, buried inside of an ASIC, doesn't quality as a "CARD" at all. 

However, unlike the bad old days when an AGP bus was so comparatively expensive all by itself, that a cheap system might omit the video bus, entirely, a proper desktop PC (there are no supported laptops, period) will have an empty PCIe video slot to upgrade into. 

[zwamhoff]

civheaded wrote...

So I bought and downloaded ME1 for $20 from direct2drive thinking, "Ah man, this is gonna be great!"  Turns out, not so great.  I thought I had eyed over the minimum system requirements well enough but now as I try to load the game it doesn't get past the splash screen.  I've looked around the forums and tried downloading the latest driver versions for my ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics card.  As I got to looking around more I found that ME1 doesn't support the HD3200.  So cut it to me straight doc, is it flatlined or is there someway to get it to work?

If you really want to enjoy the game on your PC you are going to need better video hardware.  If you are on a laptop, you will probably not  be able to upgrade (very few laptops have this capability).  If you are on a desktop, find out if you have a PCI-Express or AGP connector and go pick up a decent video card.  Something around $100 should do well.

[Gorath Alpha]

zwamhoff wrote...

...  If you are on a desktop, find out if you have a PCI-Express or AGP connector and go pick up a decent video card. 

You didn't need to be wasting time on that.  The HD 3200 video chip is based on the HD 2400 video card, and the last generation for AGP was the Radeon 9n00 cards, so that is three generations since it was standard, and at least two since AGP was no longer a concern with regard to chipsets.  If it was someone with an nVIDIA MX as his onboard, that would be the right time period, though. 

The Xpress200 was PCIe, based on the Radeon X300, the Xpress 1250 was next, based on the Radeon X1300. 

[eshrafel]

I think we all agree it won't run fast, I was just a little surprised it doesn't run at all. Perhaps the hardware does not properly implement various high-end graphical features properly. I have run ME1 with anything from a 7900 up to a 295 and not had a single issue.