Zero Hour . Help plz

[deanw33]

I just bought a 2nd hand laptop running windows xp home. Pentium m 1.7, 1 gig mem, 60 gig hard drive and 128mb graphics. Now the problem is that it will not allow me to play any games that require a little resourses. I tried to play Command and Conquer zero hour and it will not work. I ran a programe from the disk that looks at your system and reports back what it found. Hear is a snippet
----EASy System Summary--------------------------------------
 
     Video Card                    : Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family
     Video Driver                  : ialmrnt5.dll
     Driver Version                : 6.14.10.3943
 
     Sound Card                    : Realtek AC'97 Audio
     Sound Driver                  : ALCXWDM.SYS
     Driver Version                : 5.10.00.5780
 
     DirectX                       : DirectX 8.1
     Operating System                Windows XP Service Pack 2 5.1.2600
 
----EASy System Output---------------------------------------
 
CPU Info
 
     CPU Count                     : 1
     CPU Type                      : 66 MHz GenuineIntel Pentium Model13 Step 6                                     6 13 6
 
     RAM                           : 1016 MB Total
                                     774 MB Free
     Virtual RAM                   : -1648 MB Total
                                     -1798 MB Free
 
     Operating System              : Windows XP Service Pack 2 5.1.2600
 
 
     Default Browser               : Internet Explorer
     Version                       : 6.0.2900.2180
 
Now im no expert but i believe there is a problem where it sais 66 MHz GenuineIntel Pentium Model13 . If i look at the system information in windows it reports a Pentium-m 1.7 Mhz
 
Now i thought i would throw this over to you "higher beings " in the computer world and ask if there is something that i need to do to change the settings or drivers or something ?
Please help as i have no idea what is going on and it is starting to bug me now.
Thanks in advance.

Also, Here is something that may help. When windows first starts i quickly run the programe above and it gives completley different stats. It comes back saying that all is ok. Then if i leave it for 20 seconds and run it again it sais the above , with the low stats etc. Could it be something in windows that is causing this ?

[homer]

im no expert on this, but might wanna try 2 things...

1. download the latest directx (i think the latest is v. 9.0c)
2. buy a new processor

[GX1_Man]

Pentium M has different speeds depending on need and power source. May want to google on that for a while.

A new processor in a laptop is never a good suggestion. They are made for what they have.

[Fed]

I tried to play Command and Conquer zero hour and it will not work.

What happens?

Now the problem is that it will not allow me to play any games that require a little resourses.

What other games & what happens?

[deanw33]

Command and conquer zero hour seems to think that my system isnt powerful enough to run the game and therefore wont start, instead it suggests i update my system before trying again.

Call of duty 2 comes up with a error message about direct x. something like "unrecovable error" and cannot continue.

Now have direct x 9 installed.

Same problem.

Also have installed all the latest drivers for everything i could find.

Same problem.

[Fed]

Call of Duty 2, it looks like your video is too crappy.
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel915gm/sb/CS-020153.htm

Command & Conquer
REQUIREMENTS:
Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP (Windows NT/95 NOT supported)
800 MHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
128 MB RAM
8x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
1.8 GB free hard drive space
32 MB video card using the Nvidia GeForce2, ATI Radeon 7500 AGP video card, or more recent chipset with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver
DirectX 8.1 compatible 16-bit sound card
Supported Video cards: Hardware Transform and Lighting capable AGP video card with 32MB or more memory, and one of these chipsets is required: NVIDIA GeForce2 or greater, ATI Radeon 7500 or greater.

Graphics
Support for Hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L)
 
 
 
Intel® graphics products do not have hardware support for T&L. In most games, transform and lighting calculations can be performed on the processor with acceptable performance. A small number of games that specifically check for hardware T&L support may fail to run.

 

Keyboard; Mouse

[GX1_Man]

Which means it will never work on that laptop. Sorry.

Good find, Fed!  

[deanw33]

For Sale

1 X Laptop

[homer]

lol

[deanw33]

Thanks for your help on this matter guys. Much appreciated.

[deanw33]

Hey Guys, Final Question. I found another laptop for sale and was wondering if it would be suitable for the above mentioned games.

Brand = LG LS50

Chipset is intel 915 series

Graphics is ATI Raedon

Would games run on this with the ATI graphics card ? Or would i have the same problem with the intel 915 chipset ?