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    just got gears of war on gateway-fx

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by agbluestick, Sep 2, 2008.

  1. agbluestick

    agbluestick Notebook Geek

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    so i just got this game installed took like 30 min to install dont know why, but i had a chance to play for a bit runs amazing on this laptop im really surprised i get a spike once in a while no big deal tho.
    so i was wondering is there anything i can OC on this laptop? oh btw it gets pretty hot while playing too.
     
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  2. Dook

    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    It gets pretty hot while playing, yet you want to overclock it?

    To answer your question, technically yes, the GPU can be overclocked with nVidia System tools, however there are some issues with the GPU that are thought to be heat-related, so you may wanna hold off.
     
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    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    How did you install it?Mines stops working about 10 seconds in.Did you install any patches or anything? I always get a Gears of War has stopped working.Please help. :confused:
     
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    WileyCoyote Notebook Evangelist

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    hehe gears of war is an amazing game. Im running it on max settings @ 1280x800 on a overclocked 8600m gt ddr3! It actually runs cool on my laptop maxing@ 74C. But even with all that i get the stuttering once in a while too. I think its more of a software issue for this game!
     
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    Pai Notebook Evangelist

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    I do know if anyone else noticed this, but the shuttering is caused by the HARD DRIVE. GoW is based on the Unreal Engine which streams textures in on the fly results in shuttering if the HD could not load the textures fast enough. If you change the texture setting from Highest to High you would noticed a lot less shuttering, because the textures loads faster. :)
     
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    Change this line in the config OnlyStreamInTextures=False to TRUE
     
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    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    Thanks Magnus72.Even though I couldn't get it to work that way..lol
    But I did finally get it to work, I tried the games file and guess what it was right there with all my other games for some reason.The game looks a little out of place next to Solitaire and Chess.
    Anyway it was with all those other games clicked on it and pressed play and it worked...YES!
    The game looks and plays great even after getting my *** kicked in the first level, but at least it works that way.Never played the 360 version so this should be a very nice treat.
    Don't ask me why I tried the games folder, just plain luck!!
    Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. :eek:
     
    IKAS V, Sep 2, 2008
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