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    Gears of War crashing - dell precision m4300

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by booyaa, Dec 27, 2007.

  1. booyaa

    booyaa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello. I bought this thinking it will run. It crashes within 2 min every time..

    Anyone had success running it on:

    precision m4300
    vista business
    core 2 duo t7300@ 2ghz 2ghz
    2 gb ram
    nvidia quadro fx 360m ( not sure what this is equivalent to)
    wuxga

    I have tried setting the video in windows to numerous resolutions and also in the game options with eveyrthing low - keeps crashing

    am i hosed?
     
    booyaa, Dec 27, 2007
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  2. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    try opening it from a shortcut or if you have vista, the Games section. I had the same problem trying to run it by opening it from the disc.
     
    Arquis, Dec 27, 2007
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  3. gryphonz

    gryphonz Newbie

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    Did it work? I'm thinking of getting an m4300 too.
     
    gryphonz, Jan 1, 2008
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  4. Mippoose

    Mippoose Notebook Deity

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    Try using gaming drivers?
     
    Mippoose, Jan 1, 2008
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