Signs of Aging Dell

Published: 7/17/2005 | Updated: 7/17/2005 | Discuss

This very honest synopsis came from the demo of a recent game (taken verbatim):

WARNING: 0
Your video card is not support Pixel shader 1.0.
This will bring to suggestive worsening of game graphic.

INFO: 0
Your video card is not support Pixel shader 2.0.
This will bring to slight worsening of game graphic.

WARNING: 3
Your video card is not support 4-texturing.
Most of visual effects will be disabled.

INFO: 1
Your video card is not support 2-window tracing.
Thermal sights will be displayed incorrect.

[...]

INFO: 4
If you overclocking processor, then:
- game will crush;
- show BSOD.
Disable overclocking.

Most games these days simply “crush” if they don’t find a hardware shader. So much for testing. Disregarding funny English, this game went to great lengths to tell me how hopeless my laptop was. :)

Extra brownie points to the person who knows what game this is from.

Comments

1 Craig | Monday, July 18, 2005 at 6:55 AM

Was it the Lego Star Wars game? I got those same errors on my Dell laptop when trying to run it.

2 Milan Negovan | Monday, July 18, 2005 at 7:54 AM

Oh, really, it was the same message? Interesting. Mine came from another game. :)

3 Mark | Monday, July 18, 2005 at 8:11 AM

Lego Star Wars? Cool! I gotta check that one out! (Of course my machine will probably bomb too!)

4 Joel Bernstein | Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 11:19 AM

Alternate Title: Why not to outsource your error message writing to Japan.

5 Milan Negovan | Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 11:32 AM

Actually, the game was "Tank T-72: Balkans in Fire" and, I believe, it's a Russian development.

6 George | Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 10:48 AM

Same problem with overclocking. In game T-72 Balkans in Fire. Can somebody help me?

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