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    Help! Magic & Magic Heroes VI can't load on my Alienware m14x

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by wfsm, Oct 17, 2011.

  1. wfsm

    wfsm Newbie

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    The Intel HD3000 works well on low fps. When I use my 555M to play, the game cannot load anything, even the logo. Anybody can help me?

    Alienware m14x with 3GB GT 555M+nvidia drivers 285.27 beta

    Magic & Magic Heroes VI ver1.1
     
    wfsm, Oct 17, 2011
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  2. Star Forge

    Star Forge Quaggan's Creed Redux!

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    Might be an Optimus issue. Can you turn off Optimus in the BIOS and see if that works? Turning Optimus off should boot your laptop right to the nVidia card.
     
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    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    You cannot turn off most Optimus systems. Why? The nVIdia GPU is ONLY linked via the PCIe connection.

    Some AMD systems allowed the switch, because they still had the output muxers in the mainboard design, but were merely BIOS modified by the OEM to ignore the muxers and use a newer form of AMD GPU switching.
     
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  4. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Is HoMM6 whitelisted to use the 555M?
     
    Kevin, Oct 17, 2011
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    wfsm Newbie

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    Of course, my PC with 9600GT can run at medium quality.

    Dose the beta version drivers make something wrong?
     
    wfsm, Oct 17, 2011
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