2 questions...

[Acid44]

ok, first question is...

i just installed need for speed carbon and pro street on my comp, they boh require 256MB graphics, 512MB RAM, an i think a 2.4 GHZ pentium

i've got 256 gfx card... which also takes another 256MB if needed from the system... fucked if i know how that works... mid explaining? ( but it's onboard, which im assuming is the problem),756MB RAM (sad i know :( ...) and a 3.0GHZ P4 HT (hyperthreading)... i'm on windows XP Professional/home (semi dual boot... if need be i'll explain that)

also, i just ordered a 256MB nvidia card off of ebay, i hope that helps :S

anyways... when the load they both show a black screen and then crash to desktop with the error reporting window poppin up... any ideas?

second question is...

does anyone know of a good (prefferably logitech) racing wheel/pedal/shifter set for UNDER 75$ canadian, not on ebay though cause i don't exactly plan on paying for it... don't even ask about my plans on that one... i just wing it XD

[Th0r]

It's your video card, and/or RAM.

[Acid44]

do yo uthink the nvidia 256 card could run em? like... would it be the VRAM or just the fact that onboard cards are shit?

[Th0r]

The latter. From personal experience you are best having on board graphics with double what is recommended by the developers of the game you wish to play.

[Acid44]

really? double? damn... any particular reason why onboard is so shit?

[Th0r]

I was once told by a former associate who ran a LAN Cafe that it's to do with the processor. That may of course be BS, and I'm sure someone here can confirm if there is any truth in it.

[Acid44]

hmm... makes sense, onboard ram would be running off of your PCs processor so it wouldnt have the same speed...

[XnbX]

Onboard Video is indeed crap, because it shares ram. Meaning if you have 756MB RAM and your GFX-card is 265MB and can take another 265MB from your ram you've only 512MB left and that might be to little. :sad2:
Also some games don't run if you're using a onboard GFX-card, so it was a good idea you bought a new non-onboard one.

BTW maybe a patch will fix the problem.

[Acid44]

hmm... for some reason i haven't even bothered patchin them yet XD