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    bioshock on 5920 w/ Intel (GMA) X3100

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by dragonwen, Dec 26, 2007.

  1. dragonwen

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    has anyone know how to get it to work, the furthest I got was loading the game. I set everything to the minimum but it still hangs. I got halflife 2 installed, and it works great, I wish Bioshock would work. I also installed the new driver from intel's website but still won't work.
     
    dragonwen, Dec 26, 2007
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Bioshock is too demanding of a game, I kind of doubt if it will work at playable frame rates if at all.
     
    Greg, Dec 26, 2007
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    Try loading everything on low. If it doesn't load, then you are out of luck.
     
    pocketgamer, Dec 27, 2007
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    I did load everything on low but it still hangs, may be intel will come out with another diver soon. thanks for the reply.
     
    dragonwen, Dec 27, 2007
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    The X3100 is an integrated package and not a dedicated graphics card - if you go read some other threads on GPU reviews & benchmarking etc you will confirm the X3100 is not designed for gaming, and that you will have a hard time in this department. Unfortuantely a better driver will not fix the situation - it is the X3100 hardware that is your bottleneck for gaming - so if you do wish to game a bit you may want to upgrade your laptop to one with decent dedicated graphics. :)
     
    5150, Dec 27, 2007
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    Incursis, Dec 27, 2007
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