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    Laptops and Splintercell conviction

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by rcjonessnp175, May 14, 2010.

  1. rcjonessnp175

    rcjonessnp175 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anybody have this game working on a laptop, i have a asus g71gx laptop which has the nvidia 260m graphics card and my game does not work. I know thiers a warning in the readme stating that laptop video card may not work .
    When i start the game it logs in then a very fast black screen pops up and nothing happens still at desktop. Wondering if anybody has found a work around or certain drivers to fix this.

    Im currently using the 197.16 official drivers and everything is up to date. Hope thiers a fix for this oh and all my other games work flawlessly.

    Jonesy
     
    rcjonessnp175, May 14, 2010
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    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Laptops are PC's too, so if it won't work on a laptop it won't work on a PC. There is no reason a laptop with the minimum/recommended specs can't play this game.

    I'd start researching driver(GPU) and game optimization issues first as those are major culprits on newly released games.
     
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    rcjonessnp175 Notebook Enthusiast

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    works perfectly fine on my desktop with xfire 5870's its the laptop thats having the problem and is a issue with alot of other laptop users on ubiforums threads, and yes i know what a laptop is thanks for reply though
     
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    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    You're looking at your problem the wrong way. It works on your desktop which is comprised of completely different hardware (ATI), and coming to the conclusion that your laptop is having an issue because it is a laptop. This sounds like an Nvidia driver issue. It is possible that it might be due to a Nvidia mobile driver issue, but there is no such thing as laptops having problems because they are laptops.
     
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    AndroidVageta Notebook Evangelist

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    I have it running on my Asus G72GX...basically the same damn thing as the OP, just slightly better in design and all that.

    Havent had any issues with it OTHER than the fact that it runs like rubbish! Were talking a Unreal 2 engine based game (heavily modified obviously) and I have to turn most if not all settings to low-medium to get like 20fps.
     
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    rcjonessnp175 Notebook Enthusiast

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    its a known Laptop videocard problem, has everything to do with it being a laptop as its quite different then the desktop as this game and ubi has said it does not support laptop video cards. All im trying to do is get feedback about people who have successfully played this game with a laptop and if thier was any trick or certain driver to achieve this.
    Not interested in a desktop laptop flame discussion came here for help as Ubi is not helping anybody out on this.
     
    rcjonessnp175, May 14, 2010
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    rcjonessnp175 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What drivers are you using and did you do anything to the games ini config file like disabling the hardware detection when the game boots up.
     
    rcjonessnp175, May 14, 2010
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    im running it very well on the notebook in my sig, no problems what so ever...im using the official 197.16 drivers which are the same as you and we have the same card so not sure why you are having problems.........

    not been rude, but are you using a legit version of the game?
     
    mtness, May 14, 2010
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    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    You've answered your own question then, this game is not designed or supported for play on laptops. Be more careful when you buy future games and make sure the developers support their games on the laptop platform.
     
    rschauby, May 14, 2010
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    works perfectly fine on my laptop, although not very well optimized
     
    ryo1000, May 14, 2010
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    SomeRandomDude Notebook Evangelist

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    The game works well with Nvidia, but it has some issues with ATI cards. ATI released a hotfix, but not for mobility series.
     
    SomeRandomDude, May 14, 2010
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    my friend runs is on a mobile i7 / nvidia 240m

    so it does work with the nvidia 200 series from what i know.
     
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    xTank Jones16x PC Elitist

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    Runs flawless on my Laptop (Specs below in sig).

    Haven't had any problems with it so far, and I get good FPS at around Med-High settings.
     
    xTank Jones16x, May 14, 2010
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    Works on mine... I have everything maxed out except AA and I get decent frames.
     
    AmazingGracePlayer, May 14, 2010
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    sentence Notebook Consultant

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    works fine on mine, all max, no AA
     
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    The 8700M GT came out in 1GB ?? - or is it dual ?
     
    the_forge.nz, May 15, 2010
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    rcjonessnp175 Notebook Enthusiast

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    well its good to hear its working on others laptops so i have some work to do i guess, Ya my version is legit its the direct2drive version thanks everyone for feedback.
     
    rcjonessnp175, May 15, 2010
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  18. xTank Jones16x

    xTank Jones16x PC Elitist

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    SLI

    /10char
     
    xTank Jones16x, May 15, 2010
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    Runs on my laptop as well (X9100, 3870x2, 4GB, Win7 64-bit) only problem that I have is that every 30-45 minutes the game appears to crash and I have to do a hard shutdown o the laptop.
     
    CyPsychotic, May 15, 2010
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    The game runs pretty well on my Dell Precision M4500, before and after patch 1.02

    The Quadro FX1800M gets me about 20 - 40 fps @ 1280 x 720 with nice settings.

    I really like this game, especially Deniable Ops ; Hunter & Infiltration. I'm using a Xbox360 for Windows (wired) gamepad btw, without problems.
     
    Knot3D, May 15, 2010
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    the game runs very smooth with my Acer Aspire 8930G with high setting..
     
    17mayis, May 15, 2010
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  22. ArabellaUK

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    I have the same graphics card in my laptop and it works fine for me
     
    ArabellaUK, May 16, 2010
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