My Game wont work someone please help me :(

[Octane_Booster]

Hi,
I have the game mage Knight Apocalypse, this game wont work no matter what i do, i have installed the latest patch for it but it still says application crash. My computer specs are as follows also i am running windows vista business. I hope someone can help me so i can find a way to make this game work it's properly a very good game when it works.



Operating System System Model
Windows Vista Business (build 6000) LENOVO 9129A3M ThinkCentre A61
System Serial Number: L3A0356
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.30 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: LENOVO LENOVO 1.0
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: LENOVO 2UKT38AUS 09/11/2007
Drives Memory Modules c,d
564.56 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
407.96 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H60N ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]

Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 [Hard drive] (250.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VFA160R1E3PN0K, rev V5DOA7DA, SMART Status: Healthy
Lexmark USB Mass Storage USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
WD 3200AAK External USB Device [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) -- drive 1 896 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM2' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes


c: (NTFS on drive 0) 244.57 GB 138.55 GB free
f: (FAT32 on drive 1) 319.99 GB 269.42 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Controllers Display
IDE Channel [Controller] (4x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x) ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 [Display adapter]
LEN L192 Wide [Monitor] (18.6"vis, s/n V1P3320, June 2007)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (5x) Realtek High Definition Audio
Communications Other Devices
Agere Systems PCI-SV92PP Soft Modem


6TO4 Adapter
6TO4 Adapter
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Marvell Yukon 88E8071 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
primary IP Address: 192.168.0.1 / 24
Physical Address: 00:19B:B7:E8:80

Networking Dns Servers: 202.180.64.9
202.180.64.2
HID-compliant consumer control device
HID-compliant device
USB Human Interface Device (2x)
Lexmark 5000 Series
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant mouse
Trusted Platform Module 1.2
SM bios service
SM bus service
Generic USB Hub
USB Composite Device (2x)
USB Mass Storage Device (2x)
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub (6x)
Generic volume shadow copy
USB Mass Storage

My OS is also up to date as well.

[interman]

It's probably because of your video card...

[Gazz]

Originally Posted by interman

It's probably because of your video card...

Like Inteman said, it's the video card. The one onboard your pc is a ATI Radeon X1250. A solid card if only used for displaying os and Aero functions, but not capable of handling any more then that. All pc manufacturers have the tendency to put minimum specification hardware in their desktops at maximum prices.

Get another video card to play this game or purchase a console if that's too much work and you just want to play games in general.

[Richard_Rahl]

Originally Posted by Octane_Booster

Operating System System Model
Windows Vista Business (build 6000) LENOVO 9129A3M ThinkCentre A61
System Serial Number: L3A0356
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.30 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: LENOVO LENOVO 1.0
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: LENOVO 2UKT38AUS 09/11/2007
Drives Memory Modules c,d
564.56 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
407.96 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM2' has 512 MB

First I wish to say that whoever runs Vista on a system with only 1 Gb of RAM is either ignorant or a bit crazy. To play games on a Vista system I recommend at least 2, preferably 3 GB of RAM.
And the video card is not sufficient as well.

Edit: I guess you made a typo. Probably it is a bus of 2000 Mhz. I have only seen Intel Core 2 Duos with a sub-1000 Mhz Front-side Bus.

[Octane_Booster]

First thanks for all your help and advice its good to get other peoples opinions. Now umm i guess i will start with why i have a vista os thats a easy one our house burnt down last xmas and insurance ave my 4 vista computers not what i wanted but hey better than nothing. So I'm not crazy or ignorant just making do with what i have now. I can say that Civilization 4 works fine on this computer along with a few other games it just seems to be this particular game along with one other game called Bionicle heroes (my sons game) I can't have made any mistakes putting my specs here as i cut and pasted them into here using a programme called Belarc Adviser. Also before i go if my graphics card is not good enough what card do you recommend as i would need to save and get a new one but i do have to wonder even thou i can play other games with 3D graphics would getting 1 gig or ram be enough to make a big enough improvement to the computers performance ?

[Richard_Rahl]

Adding RAM would be wise, but read this paragraph carefully. It appears that it is posible to add 1 GB of PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SDRAM. This can either be 1 module of 1 Gb, or 2 modules of 512 Mb. Unfortunately, Lenovo's website didn't provide any info about the voltage of the memory. So before adding RAM, make sure you let an expert find that out. Else you might ruin that pc (if it is a wrong voltage).

Ok, now about the graphics card. Since you had your house burnt down, I can imagine you cannot spend hundreds of dollars/euros. So do not choose Nvidia, their cards of an acceptible price aren't that good (only the expensive ones are). I advise you a ATI Radeon HD 3850, though prices and performances vary. So let's await other people's opinions about this .