The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Portal crash problems

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by fatheads69, Apr 14, 2008.

  1. fatheads69

    fatheads69 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    hey guys,

    i want to play portal, but every time i enter a portal, the game crashes. im thinking its my video card not having enough RAM. its only got 64mb RAM of system video memory compared to 192mb of shared system memory. is it possible to allocate more to the video side?

    or has anyone encountered this problem in portal before?

    thanks
     
    fatheads69, Apr 14, 2008
    #1
  2. dYlJ

    dYlJ Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    27
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Try turning down the texture quality and/or the portal rendering depth.
     
    dYlJ, Apr 14, 2008
    #2
  3. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

    Reputations:
    6,156
    Messages:
    11,214
    Likes Received:
    68
    Trophy Points:
    466
    whats the specs of your notebook?
     
    flipfire, Apr 14, 2008
    #3
  4. fatheads69

    fatheads69 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    i have, portal rendering is at 0 and all quality is at LOW
     
    fatheads69, Apr 14, 2008
    #4
  5. fatheads69

    fatheads69 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    well that would be....

    Intel Dual Core T2450 @ 2.00GHz
    2038MB RAM
    130GB Storage
    32 Bit Operating System
    Windows Vista Premium
    Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family
    Intel GMA 950

    and aah not sure what else youd need to know
     
    fatheads69, Apr 14, 2008
    #5
  6. dYlJ

    dYlJ Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    27
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    64 mb of dedicated VRAM should be enough. Are you using up to date drivers? And yes, what are the specs of your notebook?

    EDIT: Oops, I saw you listed the specs. Try updating drivers.
     
    dYlJ, Apr 14, 2008
    #6
  7. fatheads69

    fatheads69 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5

    drivers are all updated.
     
    fatheads69, Apr 14, 2008
    #7
  8. Jlbrightbill

    Jlbrightbill Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    488
    Messages:
    1,917
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Jlbrightbill, Apr 14, 2008
    #8
  9. fatheads69

    fatheads69 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    fatheads69, Apr 15, 2008
    #9