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    Problem Getting Mass Effect 2 To Work With 7970?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by trayeberle, Oct 17, 2012.

  1. trayeberle

    trayeberle Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys! It's been a while since I made a post on here but I'm in need of some help!

    I recently bought Mass Effect 2 and installed it. My problem is that when I try to click play, all I get is a blank screen and jumpy sound, then my screen freezes and I have to use task manager to end the process... Here's something I noticed. The first time I tried to press play, it gave me a message saying that my display adapter may not be supported or something like that. So I went into the config settings and tried to change the GPU from Intel 4000 to AMD 7970M. Problem is, it wouldn't give me that choice. Only the Intel 4000 can be selected. So then I went into my CCC and tried to set all the EXEs to "High Performance" so they would use my 7970. That didn't work either... :confused: I also tried the newest drivers for ME2 and that didn't fix the problem.

    Any help you guys could give me would be awesome! Thanks so much!
     
    trayeberle, Oct 17, 2012
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  2. Zymphad

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    I don't have issue with any UE3 game other than Borderlands 2 and the terrible physx.
     
    Zymphad, Oct 17, 2012
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  3. trayeberle

    trayeberle Notebook Consultant

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    Ya man.. I honestly don't know what the heck is wrong. I have other games that I had to set to High Performance and it fixed the problem. Anyone else have any ideas? Maybe let me know what files you guys have set to High Performance to get ME2 to work? I might have missed one.
     
    trayeberle, Oct 17, 2012
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  4. littlecx

    littlecx Notebook Deity

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    maybe you can try open kombustor and keep it opened before open the game. i got similar problem when playing metro 2033. the game fails to activate 7970m.
     
    littlecx, Oct 17, 2012
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    what happens when you close kombuster with the game still running?
     
    mattcheau, Oct 17, 2012
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    I never tried this and I think kombuster handles on and off of 7970m more gracefully than the game
     
    littlecx, Oct 17, 2012
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  7. trayeberle

    trayeberle Notebook Consultant

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    Holy crap, that worked! Thanks so much, Man! And matt, I closed kombuster and it works just fine!
    +rep bro!
    It's been a while since I've been on here so it's good to still see old faces on here, Littlecx!
     
    trayeberle, Oct 17, 2012
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