Buy or Update?

[elizabethzebraburg]

I'm trying to play Star Stable Online and it says: "Star Stable Online requires a graphics card with support for OpenGL 3.0 or Higher....." Does this mean I need to buy a new Graphics card or is there and update on the computer that I need to do? I have a Windows 7 laptop Please help me out thanks!!

 

[COLGeek]

What is the make/model of your laptop?

 

[elizabethzebraburg]

Windows 7, Intel core duo2, HP Pavilion Entertainment PC (not sure if the last part is something about it, just typing the names I can see on the laptop keyboard)

 

[COLGeek]

Look on the bottom for a label that has the exact model number. We need the info to determine what type of video adapter your laptop has and what it can/can't support.

 

[COLGeek]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from elizabethzebraburg : "What should I do????"

I'm trying to play Star Stable Online and it says: "Star Stable Online requires a graphics card with support for OpenGL 3.0 or Higher....." Does this mean I need to buy a new Graphics card or is there and update on the computer that I need to do? I have a Windows 7 laptop Please help me out thanks!!

It would help if you listed the exact model and specs of your laptop.

 

[COLGeek]

Please don't start a new thread to ask the same question. Thank you.

 

[elizabethzebraburg]

Ok I found a sticker that has two things on it the first is, dv6-1355dx entertainment notebook, and the other part says, DirectX 10 support. Does that help?

 

[junii]

I'm trying to play Star Stable Online and it says: "Star Stable Online requires a graphics card with support for OpenGL 3.0 or Higher....." Does this mean I need to buy a new Graphics card or is there and update on the computer that I need to do? I have a Windows 7 laptop Please help me out thanks!!

Best thing to do here is to just get a new system all in all. This laptop is too old, and replacing a GPU in a laptop is not worth the cost, and with you, you probably have iGPU, which means you can't replace it, unless you replace the CPU and replacing a CPU in a laptop is hard and especially if the CPU is soldered on. It is possible to replace it but it is hard and not worth it.

 

[junii]

Ok I found a sticker that has two things on it the first is, dv6-1355dx entertainment notebook, and the other part says, DirectX 10 support. Does that help?

In my opinion, I'd say go with an upgrade.

EDIT: PC UPGRADE, CHANGE THE WHOLE SYSTEM.

 

[COLGeek]

That laptop uses a Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD video adapter. It is integrated as part of the CPU and can't be upgraded.

All you can really do is updated the video drivers. Get the 32-bit or 64-bit version and install them, depending on the version of Win 7 you are running.

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22519/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-Driver-for-Windows-7-and-Windows-Vista-exe-?product=81503

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22521/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-Driver-Windows-7-64-Windows-Vista-64-exe-?product=81503

 

[elizabethzebraburg]

Ok thanks for your answer!