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    Half Life 2 : Lost Coast

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ghostrida45, Jun 13, 2007.

  1. ghostrida45

    ghostrida45 Notebook Geek

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    i did the free thing through the ATI offer to get this lol ... my desktop has a ATI card... so i installed steam on my new notebook specs in sig and ran half life 2 deathmatch fine but when i load lost coast i get a Engine Error : Gamegui when it loads ... any ideas?
     
    ghostrida45, Jun 13, 2007
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    its definitely the OS

    basically no games like 64 bit operating systems (yet- that will change in the future) and the few that do REALLY dont like vista 64 bit.
     
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    kk thats what i figured... going to set up dual boot xp and vista and just use xp for games i think ... so ill do that this week
     
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    64-bit has no value to most people right now. Sager should have included both the 32- and 64-bit discs with your NP5760 ghostrida - just install Vista 32-bit.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 13, 2007
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    dude i cant even install steam on my notebook. i dont know what the deal is. i have the 32 bit version too.
     
    imhungry29, Jun 13, 2007
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    you SHOULD be able to run stuff on vista 32 bit...

    either way, ideally you should be running xp right now.
     
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    i have vista, all my games work...
     
    cabral, Jun 14, 2007
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    ya i have both the 32bit and 64bit cd's hvnt tried it with 32bit but i just reformatted and loaded xp on there just to compare to see how it handles the games i play different from vista 64 bit
     
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