Forum:Running Fallout 3 on Laptop?

Okay, I posted about this awhile ago and never got a response. I searched for the old post and couldn't even find it.

Anyway, I am wondering if I could run Fallout 3 on my laptop since I have no other computer and cannot afford a gaming PC. With that said, I went to the "Can You Run It?" website and it says that I passed everything for playing the game but for some reason it says I failed the video card portion although it also says that I meet every other requirement related to it. Needless to say, I am confused as to what I don't have that is required.

Here's what it says:

Required

Video RAM 	       256 MB

3D 	               Yes

Hardware T&L 	       Yes

Pixel Shader version 	2.0

Vertex Shader version 	2.0

You Have

Video RAM 	       1.7 GB

3D 	               Yes

Hardware T&L 	       Yes

Pixel Shader version 	4.0

Vertex Shader version  4.0

So basically I meet all of those requirements. The issue is that it also says this above that part:

Minimum: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better) You Have: Intel(R) HD Graphics

I've never been a big PC gamer so I am not sure exactly how things work. Does this basically mean that I need a video card despite meeting every other requirement relating to video? What exactly does the card have that I don't have already. Just reading that, I would assume that my Intel HD Graphics or whatever doesn't support Direct X 9.0c or something. Is that the issue?

Any help is greatly appreciated. I've played the hell out of Fallout 3 and New Vegas on PS3 and would now like to continue playing with the addition of mods and such. :D Gary 42 19:13, October 12, 2011 (UTC)

Laptop Videocards are quite frickle things. Often they share memory with the main system or are downstripped to save power. Try to update drivers for your Laptop but i am not very optimistic.--78.54.147.87 19:32, October 12, 2011 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. The problem is not that the game is working because I have not got the game yet. I was just wondering if it would even work at all before I get the game. I guess there is probably no way to tell. :( Gary 42 19:50, October 12, 2011 (UTC)