Diablo III

twinturbonet

Go to Start and select "RUN" then type "DXDIAG" and you can see your memory there along with other PC info.

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Pauly

cool, first thing ill do once im home

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Gun Metallic 2012 370 Z 7AT

Pauly

jarblue, thats what i thought, but when i looked at the pie chart thing, it only had a sliver of used space. still plenty available. but im sure its more complex and i just dont get it. im a tard. anyway, ill post all the details of my comp guts in a few hours.

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Gun Metallic 2012 370 Z 7AT

JARblue

I completely missed that its a laptop. Definitely check the specs as its more likely that the video card is the problem. The only thing is, my D3 installed fine on that old computer with just the integrated video. It was only after it installed that it failed to run, and it ran fine with a new video card and no reinstall of the game.

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Pauly

well one is a laptop, yea. but im trying it on a desktop too. the desktop is xp. laptop is 7.
the desktop seemed to have plenty of hd space and all the requirements, but stayed stuck on 0 or 1% when installing. ill have to download directx 9.0 update thing and see if i can find what kind of video card i have.

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Gun Metallic 2012 370 Z 7AT

Pauly

ok desktop has
microsoft xp pro 5.1 build 2600
model: hp compaq dc 5800 microtower
intel core 2 duo cpu E8400 @ 3ghz (2cpu's)
2051mb available
directx version 9.0c
memory: 1006mb of ram

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Gun Metallic 2012 370 Z 7AT

JARblue

Everything you list there meets the min requirements except that I don't see a video card listed. If you're running off the built-in motherboard chip then that may be your problem.

What is "2051mb available"?
Also, you have what would typically be considered a single CPU but with 2 cores - not "2cpu's". It is a very nice CPU despite its age, and will more than provide solid performance for D3. I came close to purchasing the 8500/8600 many times before I finally purchased my AMD Phenom X4 for half the price.

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JARblue

That seems a bit off to me as 1 GB = 1024 MB. I check dxdiag on two other XP machines and one gave 2046 (2 GB) and other reads an off number because its the max that XP recognizes (~3.75 GB)

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Zaggeron

if that 2051mb is your HD space available, you don't have enough to install the game. I think it requires 8 GB of HD space.

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Pauly

the only option to download the game from blizzard prompts me to buy it

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Gun Metallic 2012 370 Z 7AT

JARblue

Pauly, go to battle.net and sign on or create and account if you haven't already

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Pauly

i have a bnet acct

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JARblue

log in and go to game management and look for D3

edit* Manage my Games (Account Management)

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Pauly

reccomendations on the box say 2gigs of ram, wtf, i barely have half of that

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Gun Metallic 2012 370 Z 7AT

JARblue

But the minimum is 1 GB. I would definitely look into an upgrade. It'll probably cost you $20 to get 4 GB even though XP will only recognize and use about 3 GB (unless you run 64-bit XP).

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