Graphics Card

Hey Futurecraft fans! I wanna play Shores of Hazeron (Hazeron.com) but I'm on a Mac. I have VMware Fusion and Windows 8, but my graphics card will not work with the game. I need to change the card, but my Mum doesn't want me digging holes in the computer. Is there anyway to change the card without cutting it up?

~ Khmac

K Thanx Bai

Khmac wrote:

Hey Futurecraft fans! I wanna play Shores of Hazeron (Hazeron.com) but I'm on a Mac.

No, you can't. GPUs on Macs, to my knowledge, can't be changed anyhow. In any case there's no way to magically teleport the graphics chipset out and then telekinetically put in another one. Sorry.

Thanx :3

Useless? I told you the truth. You can't.

Here's my proof. There's absolutely no way to replace or upgrade a graphics card without getting your hands dirty. Even if your mom wasn't paranoid you'd still be voiding whatever warranty you have on it with Apple.

Also worth noting is that you have to purchase a Mac specific card for twice its PC's counterpart's MSRP, and there's still no guarantee it'd work with Shores of Hazeron.

First_Sith_Sitting wrote:

Useless? I told you the truth. You can't.

Here's my proof. There's absolutely no way to replace or upgrade a graphics card without getting your hands dirty. Even if your mom wasn't paranoid you'd still be voiding whatever warranty you have on it with Apple.

That's better then killing me with wallz of text

I have a valuable quote for you about cutting up your computer to fix the graphics card...

Spoiler:

Honestly, I wouldn't even go through the hassle. I tried the game and the planetside part of it looked so bad that it was nearly unplayable...It looked like an early nineties try at a 3D game, not good.

First_Sith_Sitting wrote:

Khmac wrote:

Hey Futurecraft fans! I wanna play Shores of Hazeron (Hazeron.com) but I'm on a Mac.

No, you can't. GPUs on Macs, to my knowledge, can't be changed anyhow. In any case there's no way to magically teleport the graphics chipset out and then telekinetically put in another one. Sorry.

Not sure how telekinetically implanting the new chipset in this case would be different from surgically inserting it with a hammer.

What type of mac do you have? that could help

blockman42 wrote:

What type of mac do you have? that could help

Mac OS x Version 10.6.8

Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Built-in)

AMD Radeon HD 6750M (PCIe)

Laserbilly wrote:

Honestly, I wouldn't even go through the hassle. I tried the game and the planetside part of it looked so bad that it was nearly unplayable...It looked like an early nineties try at a 3D game, not good.

Too bad, I've seen the game in action and it looks epic. Don't say that unless you've finished the game (AKA get into space and are able to blow people back into the stone age)

Khmac wrote:

blockman42 wrote:

What type of mac do you have? that could help

Mac OS x Version 10.6.8

Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Built-in)

AMD Radeon HD 6750M (PCIe)

With macs it isn't so much the specs as it is the model number. Do you have that on hand?

First_Sith_Sitting wrote:

Khmac wrote:

blockman42 wrote:

What type of mac do you have? that could help

Mac OS x Version 10.6.8

Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Built-in)

AMD Radeon HD 6750M (PCIe)

With macs it isn't so much the specs as it is the model number. Do you have that on hand?

System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

Khmac wrote:

First_Sith_Sitting wrote:

Khmac wrote:

blockman42 wrote:

What type of mac do you have? that could help

Mac OS x Version 10.6.8

Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Built-in)

AMD Radeon HD 6750M (PCIe)

With macs it isn't so much the specs as it is the model number. Do you have that on hand?

System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

Your system model, not your operating system.

First_Sith_Sitting wrote:

Khmac wrote:

First_Sith_Sitting wrote:

Khmac wrote:

blockman42 wrote:

What type of mac do you have? that could help

Mac OS x Version 10.6.8

Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Built-in)

AMD Radeon HD 6750M (PCIe)

With macs it isn't so much the specs as it is the model number. Do you have that on hand?

System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

Your system model, not your operating system.

SMC Version (system): 1.69f3
Serial Number (system): C02F90TYDF91

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2

Khmac wrote:

First_Sith_Sitting wrote:

Khmac wrote:

First_Sith_Sitting wrote:

Khmac wrote:

blockman42 wrote:

What type of mac do you have? that could help

Mac OS x Version 10.6.8

Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Built-in)

AMD Radeon HD 6750M (PCIe)

With macs it isn't so much the specs as it is the model number. Do you have that on hand?

System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

Your system model, not your operating system.

SMC Version (system): 1.69f3
Serial Number (system): C02F90TYDF91

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2

There should be some screws at the bottom of your laptop, unscrew it and you can probably mess around with the graphics card.

I hope you're joshing around blockman.

Even on Windows based laptops it's risky, if not impossible, to swap out the gpu. What with Apple's seeming obsession to have the end user be as uninformed as possible I doubt it'd be as easy as you make it out to be, no offense.

Khmac, your graphics card is soldered to the motherboard. I apologize for my misleading advice. There's no way you can upgrade/replace it. Sorry.

This is why I prefer Linux-Based operating systems and desktops.

Ya, the graphics card is probably not replacable. Sorry.

What distro do you use Fenway?

Obviously the way to go with linux is tiny core. Who needs all the bells and whistles really...

I do...


well, sort of, I cant write scripts yet.