COD:4 Problem, Video Card.

Aaron129 · 01-20-2008, 02:02 PM

I have a stock Dell Dimension3100 computer, got it 2 years ago. Only thing I have ever changed/added was more RAM..... I bought COD:4 yesterday, and after installing, get the error that everyone else gets..

Error during initialization:
Video card or Driver doesn't support UBYTE4N vertex data.

I went ahead and bought a semi-cheap one from Staples, get home, open my computer to see my old Video card was HARDWIRED on to my motherboard....

So my question; can I install this new Video card? Is my computer not capable at all of playing this game?

Not sure how to get my comp specs, but here is what I gathered;

Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
2.79 GHz, 1.99 GB of RAM

is what it says in System Properties.

Help, please! :)

1 g0t 0wn3d · 01-20-2008, 02:05 PM

can you post a picture?

Aaron129 · 01-20-2008, 02:52 PM

Of what?

1 g0t 0wn3d · 01-20-2008, 07:09 PM

it being hardwired to the system

**bigfellla** · 01-21-2008, 06:46 AM

The computer has a Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 which is integrated and is not powerful enough to play cod4. You will need to upgrade, and the board has a PCI-Express slot so you should be right.

1 g0t 0wn3d · 01-21-2008, 08:19 AM

oh i thought they did something whird like weld a card in there lol

Yeh the pci will take over when you put it in, if not go into bios and change the primary vido to pci express

dai · 01-21-2008, 09:29 AM

you will also need to upgrade the power supply

01-20-2008, 02:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aaron129 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: WindowsXP	COD:4 Problem, Video Card. I have a stock Dell Dimension3100 computer, got it 2 years ago. Only thing I have ever changed/added was more RAM..... I bought COD:4 yesterday, and after installing, get the error that everyone else gets.. Error during initialization: Video card or Driver doesn't support UBYTE4N vertex data. I went ahead and bought a semi-cheap one from Staples, get home, open my computer to see my old Video card was HARDWIRED on to my motherboard.... So my question; can I install this new Video card? Is my computer not capable at all of playing this game? Not sure how to get my comp specs, but here is what I gathered; Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz 2.79 GHz, 1.99 GB of RAM is what it says in System Properties. Help, please! :)

01-20-2008, 02:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
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Aaron129 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: WindowsXP	Re: COD:4 Problem, Video Card. Of what?

01-20-2008, 07:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
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01-21-2008, 08:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,341 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: COD:4 Problem, Video Card. oh i thought they did something whird like weld a card in there lol Yeh the pci will take over when you put it in, if not go into bios and change the primary vido to pci express __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

01-21-2008, 09:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 44,240 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: COD:4 Problem, Video Card. you will also need to upgrade the power supply __________________