ok i know a very limited amount about the inner workings of computers (so be patient with me)if you need any more information to help ill do my best. i have just tryed running halflife 2 for the first time and it says 'your video hardware does not meet the minimum requirements' and goes on to say 'i should update my video drivers to the latest version avaliable from your driver vendor, now i understand that means that i need to get something (i assume video drivers) any body give me any advice on what i have to do and how much it will cost me (i am a student so dont have money to burn)

Drivers are free, but we have to know what video card you have so we can point you in the right direction to get them. However, if your video card "does not meet the minimum requirements", drivers aren't gonna help...you'll need a new card Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz 512MB PC3200 Asus Ti4800SE 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

Well, first things first. We need to know if you even have a video card or if it is intergraded onto your motherboard, do you Know? Give us some info about your card, Click Start>Run, type "dxdiag". Click on the tab the reads "Display". Now Post what it reads in the upper right corner. Post the Name, Manufacture, Chip-type, and total Video card memory. Then we will go from there. Also post what DirectX version your using you can find it on the system tab. abit is7 i856pe Prescott 2.8ghz @ 4004Mhz 286x14 FSB @ 1144Mhz 512x2 in dual config @ 430mhz 9800 se unlocked & clocked @ 444mhz/800mhz

thanks for the response hope this info helps information under the display tab. on the upper right - main driver: vtdisp.dll version: 6.14.0010.0194(english) date:07/12/2004 WHQL logo'd:Yes mini VDD:vtmini.sys VDD: n/a DDI version: 9 (or higher) other info on the display tab- name: VIA/S3G unichrome IGP manufacturer: VIA/S3G chip type: VIA/S3G unichrome IGP total video card memory:64.0 MB (i dont know much but this seems quiete low) DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) hope this helps. and thanks for any help you can give.

thanks, i know its alot to type, and it doesn't help when they dont allow copy & paste, lol. O.k I hope u are ready for this, your IGP (intergraded graphics processor) is the colprit. And just by googling your chipset I see alot of people having proplems playing games as well. I think its because (not sure), but your IGP might lack video acceleration, which is requried to play most games. Do you have an asus motherboard? if you do then your drivers you need are here http://www.asus.com/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A7V8X-MX&Type=Drivers If you dont know then download this cool utility that i use everyday, cause i'm a nerd, thats called CPu-Z, download here http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php once we know who makes your motherboard we can figure out were to get your drivers. abit is7 i856pe Prescott 2.8ghz @ 4004Mhz 286x14 FSB @ 1144Mhz 512x2 in dual config @ 430mhz 9800 se unlocked & clocked @ 444mhz/800mhz

under mainboard manufacturer it says ASUSTek computer INC. is that what you were looking for

Please help me as well with the same problem howieg@walla.com Here is a generated file from cpuz on my computer. I have a VIA/S3G unichrome ll Graphics card and I am trying to play Reenter the Matrix CPU-Z Report ---------------------- CPU-Z version 1.31. CPU(s) Number of CPUs 1 Name AMD Sempron 2800+ Code Name Palermo Specification AMD Hammer Family processor - Model Unknown Family / Model / Stepping F C 2 Extended Family / Model F 2C Brand ID 38 Package Socket 754 Core Stepping E6 Technology 90 nm Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64 CPU Clock Speed 1600.0 MHz Clock multiplier x 8.0 Front Side Bus Frequency 200.0 MHz L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size L2 Cache 256 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size L2 Speed 1600.0 MHz (Full) L2 Location On Chip L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes L2 Bus Width 128 bits Mainboard and chipset Motherboard manufacturer MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD Motherboard model MS-7142, 1.00 BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD BIOS revision 6.00 PG BIOS release date 06/01/2005 Chipset VIA ID0204 rev. 00 Southbridge VIA VT8237 rev. 00 Sensor chip Winbond W83627THF Memory DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM DRAM Size 256 MBytes DRAM Frequency 200.0 MHz FSB:DRAM CPU/8 CAS# Latency 2.5 clocks RAS# to CAS# 3 clocks RAS# Precharge 3 clocks Cycle Time (TRAS) 8 clocks Bank Cycle Time (TRC) 11 clocks DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks # of memory modules 1 Module 0 DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 256 MBytes Software Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) DirectX version 9.0c