PC Game Won't Work!?

Question

I recently bought a game called Sniper Elite, the recommended specs for it are:

Windows 98/2000/ME/XP

1.4 GHz Pentium CPU or equivalent

GeForce 4 Ti or better

512 Mb RAM

DirectX 8 compatible sound card

4 Gb free hard disk space

DVD-ROM drive

My Computer has,

Windows XP

1.79GHz

32Mb Video Card (Not definite)

1.49GB RAM

Direct X Compatible Sound Card

6GB Free Hard Drive Space

DVD-ROM Drive

However when I start the game it jumps and runs extremely slowly, is they're something I am missing?

Please Help

Answer 1

My best guess is either or both of the following:

1) Your video card doesn't meet the minimum specs (i.e. it's NOT a Geforce 4 Ti or better).

2) You don't have the correct drivers installed for your video card, and it's just using the Windows default drivers.

Either way, you have to find out which type of video card you have, and (if it's a Geforce 4 Ti or better) make sure the correct drivers are installed for it.

If you don't have a Geforce 4 Ti or better, you need to upgrade the card.

Another possibility is that you don't have a video card at all, and the video functions of your PC are built into the motherboard. This type of video (called integrated graphics) is a very cheap way of adding video to a PC, but unfortunately the performance is very bad for games (it's OK for office/desktop apps, though).

If your PC is using integrated graphics, you need to add a suitable video card to your PC before you can play this game.

Answer 2

You may have programs running in the background.  Shut down the programs that you do not need & then try to play.  Use Ctrl-Alt-del to bring up the Task Manager.  Remember only shut down ones that are NOT System and ones that are not required to run the software