Why I can't play war craft III and wow on my computer?

kklove520 · 05-25-2009, 12:07 AM

I can't play war craft III game and Wow happily on my computer. it's black. i hardly see. I know it does have something wrong in my computer. I can't play Left4Dead at all.

My computer is Dell optiplex
Display Adapter: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
Monitor: LG FLATRON L1730P (But in Device Manager it says: Generic PnP Monitor)

Plz help me TECHSUPPORT!

Tiber Septim · 05-25-2009, 02:10 AM

Hi kklove520, welcome to TSF.
The cause is likely due to the IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor). IGP's are never as good as a dedicated card and often don't support all features needed for newer game to run.

Best you can do is check here to see if your driver is up to date.
If this is a laptop, upgrading is virtually impossible. If this is a desktop and you are willing to upgrade let us know and we can help pick out new parts for you.

**Jason09** · 05-26-2009, 08:28 AM

Was it always like this, or could you play them in the past?

05-25-2009, 12:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
kklove520 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1 OS: vista service pack 3	Why I can't play war craft III and wow on my computer? I can't play war craft III game and Wow happily on my computer. it's black. i hardly see. I know it does have something wrong in my computer. I can't play Left4Dead at all. My computer is Dell optiplex Display Adapter: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family Monitor: LG FLATRON L1730P (But in Device Manager it says: Generic PnP Monitor) Plz help me TECHSUPPORT!

05-25-2009, 02:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
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05-26-2009, 08:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
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