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    call of juarez bound in blood with ati 6550

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by wewe, Jun 10, 2011.

  1. wewe

    wewe Notebook Evangelist

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    i have this new laptop , acer timelinex .
    the vga is a ati 6550 .
    anyway when i start the game even the video start playing like in slow motion . even when the video ends and i want to move the mouse in the menu it's in slow motion .
    i don't understand since this is a great VGA .
    anyway it's not mentioned on the list of supported cards but i still don't think it's a problem .
    anyone have any clue ?
     
    wewe, Jun 10, 2011
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  2. MahmoudDewy

    MahmoudDewy Gaming Laptops Master Race!

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    Do you have switchable graphics ?
     
    MahmoudDewy, Jun 10, 2011
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  3. Syberia

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    Make sure you are not still running on the integrated GPU.
     
    Syberia, Jun 10, 2011
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  4. wewe

    wewe Notebook Evangelist

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    no i am not , it's having these effects on the radeon VGA that's for sure .
     
    wewe, Jun 17, 2011
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    you are in battery mode or max performance mode in energy settings??(powerplay of vga are active??)
     
    gieffe22, Jun 17, 2011
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    Tried to disable intel graphics and use ati one?? Checked the clocks of the GPU w. GPU-Z?? Updated driver??
     
    alxlbf2, Jun 17, 2011
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    The video playing slowly makes me suspect a possible cpu issue. Alt+Tab out of the game and use task manager to see if your cpu is running at 100%
     
    dooms33ker, Jun 17, 2011
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  8. jerg

    jerg Have fun. Stay alive.

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    Or (more likely, since the new TimelineX's have powerful arrandale i5 CPUs that are more than capable of rendering videos) it's a codec issue.
     
    jerg, Jun 17, 2011
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  9. wewe

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    Hello guys (sorry for the late reply) ,
    anyway i tried everything and nothing worked and i gave up on the game but didn't uninstall it . anyway after 2 months i installed no one lives forever 2 (i know it's old but it's great) and when i was playing the game i noticed that there's a problem with full screen , i can play full screen but i still see a considerable amount of black border on both sides of the screen .
    so i googled it and found a solution , it's like a trick to change resolution with ati catalyst then restore it back using the desktop personalize button .
    anyway it worked for NOLF 2 full screen ....
    today i decided to run call of juarez again since i didn't uninstall it , maybe what i did for nolf 2 will fix call of juarez , and guess what , IT DID :)
    i cannot confirm that this is what fixed the game since i did not try to run call of juarez again for 2 months but neither i remember doing anything else or updating drivers , so i think that the trick for nolf 2 worked for call of juarez too .
    this post is just for sharing , in case anyone want to try this trick .
     
    wewe, Aug 31, 2011
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  10. wewe

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    ah , back again for this , it wasn't fixed because of what i posted in the previous post , it was about INTERNET , the game is slow and unplayable when i am offline , i don't understand why tho .....
     
    wewe, Oct 11, 2011
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