how much? id be interested in the splinter cell.
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brehs so i bought me game stop xbox style controller to play some games on my laptop ( i have bought a bunch of games the past few month from steam but never played none) , so i bought this control with that objective, my laptop is not a gaming laptop but the specs on i thought would be decent enough to run a game on low settings or something but 
, each of the games i own i checked out the setting on a website to test if i can run it and:
video Card
Minimum: DirectX 9.0c Compatible 3D accelerated 128 MB Video card with Pixel Shader 3.0 or equivalent (NVIDIA GeForce 6600+ / ATI Radeon X1300+)
You Have: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
I meet all other requirements to run the games, so my question is this, can i take my laptop to a computer shop and have them upgrade the video card also, how much would that cost me?
This is the laptop i have , only difference i have the 1 TB harddirve
http://www.gadgetreview.com/2012/04...on-entertainment-laptop-700-after-coupon.html
games am trying to play:
burnout paradise
L4D2
mirrors edge
@Liquid
Or should I just wait and gett steambox
, each of the games i own i checked out the setting on a website to test if i can run it and:video Card
Minimum: DirectX 9.0c Compatible 3D accelerated 128 MB Video card with Pixel Shader 3.0 or equivalent (NVIDIA GeForce 6600+ / ATI Radeon X1300+)
You Have: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
I meet all other requirements to run the games, so my question is this, can i take my laptop to a computer shop and have them upgrade the video card also, how much would that cost me?
This is the laptop i have , only difference i have the 1 TB harddirve
http://www.gadgetreview.com/2012/04...on-entertainment-laptop-700-after-coupon.html
games am trying to play:
burnout paradise
L4D2
mirrors edge
@Liquid
Or should I just wait and gett steambox
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I found some Steam Machine prototypes while playing Portal
playing portal right now too, game is
playing portal right now too, game is
I just went through it again to get the Transmission Received achievement
DF is BUSY
ididknotnothat.
looks like i might be returning my card to newegg. constant fukking driver crashes AFTER playing games 
might be a problem with the card itself.
the down time
the shipping delay over new years
might have to just suck it up til after the holidays
might be a problem with the card itself.
the down time
the shipping delay over new years
might have to just suck it up til after the holidays
DF is BUSY
ididknotnothat.
i'll let you know what my plans are as soon as i can.
looks like i might be returning my card to newegg. constant fukking driver crashes AFTER playing games
might be a problem with the card itself.
the down time
the shipping delay over new years
might have to just suck it up til after the holidays
did you overclock it?
edit: you sure it's not crashing (black screen) and recovering ingame, and then you're seeing the "your display driver has crashed..." message when you exit the game?
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looks like i might be returning my card to newegg. constant fukking driver crashes AFTER playing games
might be a problem with the card itself.
the down time
the shipping delay over new years
might have to just suck it up til after the holidays
try different drivers.
when i updated to a new driver a month or two ago i was crashing like crazy.
then i rolled back and was all good.
i waited for the new driver and got that and i'm still all good.
try the some older drivers.
DF is BUSY
ididknotnothat.
nah i gamed for like 2-3 hrs straight NO problems (no black screens, no screen lags or lockups, my fps is a constant rate, and i see my gpu load and fan on my second monitor strong and consistent.
but as soon as my gpu de-loads and idles at the desktop... a few seconds later "driver crash and recovered". i can replicate the crash almost every single time...
tried with 311.82 WQHL and 311.93 beta.. same thing.
no overclock, no overvolt, stock out of the box.
it happened on my old windows, so i stopped being a bytch and installed fresh windows- still happened.
DF is BUSY
ididknotnothat.
i guess i could give it a try, but it just doesnt make sense to me why i should have to, especially with the ol' "nvidia drivers are better" mumbo jumbo i always hear about
DF is BUSY
ididknotnothat.
thats the craziest shyt though, i can game and benchmark for hours on end without breaking a sweat. as soon as i deload for a bit- crash /smh
worst case scenario- my new card might also crash (knocks on wood) but then i can safely say its not a hardware issue. i'm not losing any money over this so its all good tbh.
worst case scenario- my new card might also crash (knocks on wood) but then i can safely say its not a hardware issue. i'm not losing any money over this so its all good tbh.
If you guys set up some L4D2 coop hit me up as well. 
anyone wanna run some L4D 2?
