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    Config [Gears Of War]

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by agbluestick, Sep 25, 2008.

  1. agbluestick

    agbluestick Notebook Geek

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    is there such thing? i just beat crysis so time to move on :D thx guys let me know!
     
    agbluestick, Sep 25, 2008
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    agbluestick Notebook Geek

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    i mean the game runs really good on my laptop as it is and looks amazing but ill get them spikes onces in a while online or off...
     
    agbluestick, Sep 25, 2008
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    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    dude, those are the textures loading
     
    killeruio, Sep 26, 2008
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    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well there is a config for Gears that you can change some values yourself. For instance I managed to make the shadows look even better. There are a lot of variables to play around with. What you can to get rid of the spikes is to change OnlyStreamInTextures=False to True.
     
    Magnus72, Sep 26, 2008
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    jacob808 Notebook Deity

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    Try upgrading to Vista 64 and add more ram, maybe?
     
    jacob808, Sep 26, 2008
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    agbluestick Notebook Geek

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    i have vista 64 and 4 gig ram, read my specs in my sig bud
    thx Magnus72 ill do that!
     
    agbluestick, Sep 26, 2008
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    ok this is what I see in in your sig Gateway M-6864 FX 2.0 Ghz, 677 FSB 4GB DDR2 ATI mobility 2600 HD 200GB. Nothing bout Vista 64. This is the info under the text. The "sig" right?
     
    jacob808, Sep 26, 2008
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