[Ravd]

Hi, i have a problem with the bioshock demo. i downloaded it from gamershell.com instailed it and tried to load it up but it gives me the "Bioshock.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." i can't seem to get rid of it and im not really sure why. well any help would be appreciated.

-Thanks
Ravd

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I would try another download mirror. Might be corrupted for some reason.

Also, what are your system specs? That might have something to do with it as well.

[MoNsTeReNeRgY22]

I would try another download mirror. Might be corrupted for some reason.

Also, what are your system specs? That might have something to do with it as well.

[Ravd]

k ill try it but i have no idea about my specs. i know i have a radeon 9250 video card and 512mb ram lol thats about it

[james_8970]

Pixel shader 3.0 and higher are required to run this game. You video card doesn't have support for these functions and for this reason will not run this game.
James

Edited by james_8970, 08 September 2007 - 01:41 PM.

[danonzarider]

I have exatcly the same problem

but i have a NVIDIA GeForce 5200 FX

Which im sure has Pixel Shader 2.0

Any help on this?

[ADNoland]

Well, from what I see, the minimum system specs require pixel shader 3.0.

1.2 Minimum System Requirements
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CPU: P4 2.5 GHz single core.
System RAM: 1GB
Video Card: Pixel Shader 3.0 compliant video card with 128 Meg Ram and floating point frame buffer blending.
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard Drive: 7 GB

Edited by ADNoland, 07 September 2007 - 07:46 AM.

[starjax]

Yes, you need an nvidia 6600 or better to be able to play this game.

[james_8970]

Yes, I posted the incorrect information, I ment to say 3.0, finger hit the wrong key. Currently there is alot of pressur on 2k to change this in a patch and make the game available to users will pixel shader 2.0, not to mention the DRM issues with the game. They are slowly giving lea way on several issues and hopefully they will release a patch for users with pixel shader 2.0, it would open them to a much wider audience if they did so.
That being said, thanx for pointing out my mistake.
James

Edited by james_8970, 08 September 2007 - 02:33 PM.