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Anonymous
Feb 5, 2011, 1:38 PM

hi, i just installed the game prince of persia: the forgotten sands on my Pc(i'm using a windows 7)  but when i try to play the game, this message comes up "your graphic card doesn't support shader model 3.0, which is required for this game" so the game doesn't load. is this a software or hardware problem? whats shader model 3.0? how do i fix it?

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  1. Anonymous
    Feb 5, 2011, 3:06 PM

    It is a hardware problem. If you are running graphics from an integrated video card or an older 3rd party card, consider upgrading to a card which supports 'shader 3.0'..  

    Mike Hall MVP - Windows Expert: Consumers http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

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  1. Anonymous
    Feb 5, 2011, 2:55 PM

    Install the latest driver for your graphics card from its chipset manufacturer's site.

    If that does not work, which graphics card do you have?

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  1. Anonymous
    Jun 26, 2011, 3:31 PM

    hi, i just installed the game prince of persia: the forgotten sands on my Pc(i'm using a windows 7)  but when i try to play the game, this message comes up "your graphic card doesn't support shader model 3.0, which is required for this game" so the game doesn't load. is this a software or hardware problem? whats shader model 3.0? how do i fix it?

    me to this prob with the same game n same OS................I have intel G31/G33 graphic chipset n 256 MB of Graphics memory..........any drivers??

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  2. Anonymous
    Jun 26, 2011, 4:39 PM

    See http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-014257.htm. The G31/G33 only supports shader model 2. You need a graphics card which supports shader model 3 or later and has Windows 7 drivers..

    The latest driver for the G31/G33 can be found by  http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect/graphics.

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  3. Anonymous
    Feb 2, 2014, 3:30 AM

    Yes but how do i get shader model 3.0

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