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    Far Cry on Intel GMA 950

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by sonyfxa36, Aug 27, 2006.

  1. sonyfxa36

    sonyfxa36 Notebook Evangelist

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    When i try to play Far Cry On My Toshiba Satellite P105 it shows up all Blue. Why am i experiencing this? My GPU is Intel GMA 950
     
    sonyfxa36, Aug 27, 2006
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  2. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There is your answer.

    The GMA 950 is not good at all.
     
    usapatriot, Aug 27, 2006
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  3. sionyboy

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    Make sure you have latest drivers for your graphics card, and latest patches installed for Far Cry.

    Far Cry should 'play' on a GMA 950. But you'll have to go for low settings at 640x480 I would guess. See Here
     
    sionyboy, Aug 27, 2006
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  4. syxbit

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    it might boot up, but won't be playable
     
    syxbit, Aug 27, 2006
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  5. libertyct

    libertyct Notebook Geek

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    yup, your gpu sucks for gaming sorry
     
    libertyct, Aug 27, 2006
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  6. Chele

    Chele Notebook Consultant

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    I'm pettry sure that the 950 would be able to run far cry, not a playable level but if should n ot display that blue screen. Try to update the drivers and game patches.
     
    Chele, Aug 27, 2006
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    I didn't think integrated graphics could run Far Cry, but apparently they can. Make sure you have all of the patches installed (done in order).

     
    chrisyano, Aug 27, 2006
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    YES IT CAN PLAY THE GAME I HAVE PLAYED IT WITH MY GMA 900!!!! download lastest patches and there is a new driver for the intel graphic chip.800 x 600 and medium i think dont remember.
     
    alex5523, Aug 28, 2006
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  9. HavoK

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    Far Cry does work on the GMA series - and it is playable at the very lowest settings.
     
    HavoK, Aug 28, 2006
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  10. Thaenatos

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    Yeah you should have kept the acer....GMA may be able to "play" the game, but it wont be very playable or good looking. I would say turn everything to the lowest setting possible and go from there.
     
    Thaenatos, Aug 28, 2006
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  11. kfry

    kfry Newbie

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    I was wondering if i can play world of warcraft on the GMA 950 and uf there s a site with a list of games that u can and cannot play on this card thank you very much
     
    kfry, Dec 9, 2006
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  12. ltcommander_data

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    Yes the GMA 950 can handle WoW quite well. WoW isn't that complex and you should be able to do 800x600 fine, maybe 1024x768 if you stretch it.

    Here is the official Intel compatibility list:
    http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel945gm/sb/CS-021400.htm

    I should warn you that it's not very accurate though. First, they don't update it when new drivers are released, so some games that say don't run may actually run with the latest patches and drivers. On the flip side, their definition of playable may be different than yours.
     
    ltcommander_data, Dec 9, 2006
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  13. kfry

    kfry Newbie

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    Is this chip set better then the intel gma 950 NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 shared 128 mb and if so waht kind of games can it play to still reacive pretty dencent graphics thank you
     
    kfry, Dec 9, 2006
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  14. lappy486portable

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    The Nvidia GO 6150, is alot better than the GMA. With that you should people able to get medium settings on pre 2004 games.
     
    lappy486portable, Dec 9, 2006
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  15. metalneverdies

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    i have a friend with a toshiba with the gma 900 and with very low settings he can run far cry but its still pretty lagg... how ever your blue screen is not normal and your card could be over heating, somthing wrong with your game, or you need to update things

    pretty much any thing is more powerful than gma kfry
     
    metalneverdies, Dec 10, 2006
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