On the details it says "Improved 3D performance and load times for GeForce 8 and 9 series GPUs in some DirectX 9 and OpenGL applications as a result an improved shader optimizer", so what does that mean then? Also, the reason I was looking was because many people have said that card won't be good enough -_-

Hi guys in my laptop I have a Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS. I was wondering if I can download anytihng which will update it and make it better? I just found a download called GeForce Release 175, I was wondering what that will do? The details of it are here:

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winxp_175.19_whql_uk.html

You may remember that I want to run Rome Total War on it ;) Thanks again for all your help.

You'll tear it apart.

bangell99

The game or the laptop?

You'll tear it apart.

bangell99

The game or the laptop?

Hi guys I have ordered a new laptop and I want to know if it will run Rome Total War well. These are some of the specs:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5550
Processor speed: 1.83GHz
Memory size: 3GB
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Graphics memory: 256 dedicated upto 1023 MB (up to??)

If you want to see the whole thing with all the specifications then you can see them here:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1592708485.1219414498@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccedadeemedfmikcflgceggdhhmdgmh.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=676404&category_oid=#productInformationSection

Thanks to all those who can help!!