Trying to set up "The Chronicles of Narnia", and message says everything
needed is installed and working except for "video acceleration"--is this
something I can download, or is it something that has to be purchased
elsewhere and then be installed? If it's downloadable, where is it?

Hi lilchicken2u,

Here's the video requirements for their game (demo):
DirectXT 9-compatible, 64MB or TurboCacheT Direct 3D card
with Vertex Shader v1.1 AND Pixel Shader v1.1 Support
(NVIDIA GeForceT 3 or equivalent)

What type of video card do you have? Is it DX 9 compatible?

Here are a few ways to identify which video card you have
installed on your computer.

1. Click Start / Run / type: dxdiag
Click the Display Tab
Look under Device for the name and manufacturer

2. Click Start / (Settings) Control Panel
Click Display
Click the Settings Tab
Click the Advanced... button
Click the Adapter Tab

3. Click Start / Run / type: msinfo32
Click on the + Components
Click on Display to see the name on the right

4. Use Belarc to see indentify your Video, Chipset and Motherboard:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1385.html

5. Get the information from the manufactures website (or store)

6. Look on the Video card itself if you plug into a card, or

7. Look in your Motherboard manual if you plug into the
on board video built into the motherboard of your computer.

Hope that helps you identify the make and model of your video card,
and afterwards, Try updating your Video drivers using these steps:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers Good Luck! :-)

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lilchicken2u Wrote:
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| Trying to set up "The Chronicles of Narnia", and message says everything
| needed is installed and working except for "video acceleration"--is this
| something I can download, or is it something that has to be purchased
| elsewhere and then be installed? If it's downloadable, where is it?