failed to find suitable display device??

[lostwords]

everytime i try to start WoW it gives me "failed to find suitable display device."

anyone know how to fix this?

[lostwords]

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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/24/2008, 03:06:50
Machine name: COMPY
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) (2600.xpclient.010817-1148)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Compaq
System Model: Presario 6010US
BIOS: 686Y4 v2.01
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+, ~1.4GHz
Memory: 768MB RAM
Page File: 189MB used, 1688MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name:
Manufacturer:
Chip type:
DAC type:
Device Key: Enum\
Display Memory: n/a
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Monitor:
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: vga.dll
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.0000 (English)
DDI Version: unknown
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/17/2001 14:56:06, 9344 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: vga.sys
Mini VDD Date: 8/17/2001 13:57:56, 19584 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B70EE0-4340-11CF-B063-282AAEC2C835}
Vendor ID: 0x0000
Device ID: 0x0000
SubSys ID: 0x00000000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Not Available
D3D Status: Not Available
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

[Erinion]

I've had a quick look and this is your specs:

"Graphics Card: Integrated NVIDIA GeForce2 Graphics
Graphics RAM: 32 MB
Interface: Integrated"

Let me put that into perspective - my mobile phone has 64 times more memory than your integrated graphics.

Your PC is about 6 years old and far too outdated to play almost anything - bin it and buy a new one.

[Kalos]

He has a point, it's just too old. Haven't seen a Geforce 2 since 2003. They've progressed 7 generations down the line since then. Most Geforce 4s were pretty bad at this game, a Geforce 2 is going to suck I'm afraid, and there's not much that can be done. It's very, very old.

[lostwords]

what if i buy a newer graphics card?

[Kalos]

what if i buy a newer graphics card?
It's not just a matter of buying a new one and dropping it in. Graphics cards have changed slots twice over the last eight years, you don't even have the slot to run most of the cards today, which are based in PCI-E. And then you have the massive swell in power requirements, which most old PSUs won't take, and even if they did they don't have the compatible plugs and design to do so. The machine is very weak, even if you replaced the graphics card with something miraculously compatible. It truely is best to bin it as a gaming machine at this point.

[elsegundo]

what if i buy a newer graphics card?

no dont waste your money. just get a new system. once you upgrade your videocard, you'll have to match it up with a better mobo, then better ram, then faster this and faster that and then you realized it would have been easier to have bought a new computer. even a $300 system can run WoW decently at low settings. the only thing you could save from your old computer that would work find on your new system would be your monitor. but even that is up for debate.

whats your budget?