DirectX 10 not supported
Ok so.. I got Inquisition today. After installing it and hitting play I get an error that says that my graphics card does not support directx 10. I have a Radeon HD 2600 XT, which I'm pretty positive...
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GPU Review's comparisons across architectures are the ones that are difficult to apply; the SR Labs' results are wrong far too often, and the FutureMark function that once was hosted on YouGamer is gone (Game-o-Meter). Only GPU Boss and Toms' Hardware consistently attempt to use real world gaming benchmarks. I consider most benchmarks to have been based on articial testing, and potentially misleading.
Using Toms Hardware turned out too cumbersome in the long run.
Well, you could always use their heirarchy chart. All you need something that would gauge relative performance.
That isn't really very specific when it comes to game requirements, but I take your point.
You could always utilize this website. http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-2600-XT.3770.0.html
Thanks, and I have referred laptop people there, when nothing else was available. My main interest is attempting to relate a high performance older model GPU to a recent model (probably only medium performance in today's terms), and I have found that the closing couple of sentences in most of Notebook Check's descriptions tend toward an excess of optimism, and I would much rather have a member reply that he was happy with his results in spite of my warning, than vice versa.
If I accidentally said that a given system should be just fine, and it turns out to be too bad to use in my respondent's opinion, I consider I haven't done him / her any good service.
Incidentally, I have never used any laptop as a game platform. I consider them a deadend for that use. The keyboards are generally awful, and the pointer control pads are horribly imprecise. When I travelled a great deal, I enjoyed using Notebook size mobile PCs (and always included a small mouse with mine), but I have none today.
