bioshock demo on vista HUGH problem

[bioshockfan2]

i just got the demo on my vista 32 bit but...well...when i start the game its fine but the sound is a bit screwed and i cant see meh cursor so i just run my mouse around until i high light the play thing so anyway the cutscene starts with screwed up sound then it ends......the graphics are all screwed up like thares like black boxes over some water and the rest of the area is black all i can see is fire so yeah its very screwed if i buy the full version of bioshock well it act like this?

[headkase]

You most likely do not meet the hardware requirements for your graphics card. The minimum is an Ati X1300 and up excluding the X1550 OR an nVidia 6600 and up. The symptoms you are describing are classic for not meeting minimums.

[bioshockfan2]

how do i update the ati i have a ati radeonx1200

[headkase]

If you have a desktop computer you can bring it into a shop and see what it will accept for a new graphics card. If you have a PCIe slot a decent card such as a Radeon HD 4670 will run you about $90. If you have a laptop then the graphics are almost always not upgradeable.

[bioshockfan2]

DARN i got a laptop how do i upgrade the ati

[headkase]

You cannot. However there is a site called: ShaderShock which allows older Radeon cards such as yours to run Bioshock. They call them "fixes" and there are many different ones attached to different forum posts. Poke around and read a bit on that site. It will not look as good and there may be outright glitches. I do not believe you can try it in advance with the demo. ShaderShock is not supported here so if you run into issues you need to register at the above link for help.

[bioshockfan2]

how do i download that

[bioshockfan2]

You cannot. However there is a site called: ShaderShock which allows older Radeon cards such as yours to run Bioshock. They call them "fixes" and there are many different ones attached to different forum posts. Poke around and read a bit on that site. It will not look as good and there may be outright glitches. I do not believe you can try it in advance with the demo. ShaderShock is not supported here so if you run into issues you need to register at the above link for help.

those are for 800/500 or something cards thares not a version for 1200

[headkase]

Please register and seek advice on the ShaderShock forum as linked.

[bioshockfan2]

i dont see whare to register

[headkase]

They do seem to have registration turned off for some reason Anyway, theres a lot of posts on that board so practically everything must be covered. Your graphics card is a shader model 2.0b part. So I would recommend that a good start would be: Here. I can't help much with ShaderShock as I really do not know a lot about how it operates. We don't support it here because we don't know it well. Use the search function a lot on that board and you should get the hang of it!