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I have the POP:the forgotten sands DVD but I can't play it on my laptop( I have: 2.0GB RAM, Intel Core 2 CPU 1.33 ghz, But I don't know what graphics chipset I have! I have sony vaio notebook VGN TZ2500), an error is showing up telling me that my graphic card doesn't support shader model 3.0 is there any way I can play the game without upgrading my graphic card?

I installed 3d analyzer but I don't know if I can configure it to run the game

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What graphics chipset do you have? What CPU do you have? Is it powerful enough so that a software shader is an option? – David Schwartz Nov 25 '11 at 23:55
@David Schwatz I have: 2.0 RAM Intel core 2CPU 1.33 ghz But I dont know what graphics chipset I have! I have sony vaio notebook VGN TZ2500 – TooCooL Nov 26 '11 at 0:06
Start->Run: dxdiag will tell you which version of DirectX you have and (in the "Display" tab) which graphics card/chipset you have – Nate Koppenhaver Nov 26 '11 at 5:09
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Sorry, it's not going to happen. You have an Intel 900 series video chipset and a low-end Core 2 mobile CPU. There's just no way. Neither hardware nor software shading is possible.

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ok thanks for the answer now I feel relief :) – TooCooL Nov 26 '11 at 0:20
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You might try what this guy posted over at YouTube. Shows how to set up PoP to work without a supported graphics card.

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This file is either removed due to copyright claim or is deleted by the uploader. I tried to find it but All I found is the version 2 not the version 3 – TooCooL Nov 26 '11 at 0:10
That's really strange because it was there just a few minutes ago when I grabbed the link for the post. Curse you YouTube and your attempts to kiss industry butt (and avoid lawsuits...)! – BBlake Nov 26 '11 at 0:14
Currently the YouTube link works for me. But this demonstrates why link-only answers are frowned upon though. :( – techie007 Nov 26 '11 at 20:10
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About the only software i know that can emulate a GPU shader would be swiftshader. There used to be a standalone version, i belive, when it was an independant project, but transgamer changed things a little. Apparently you can try downloading the demo, and move the appropriate DLL where needed. I'm not sure what are the limits of the demo however.

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