Massive Display Glitch

[me1433]

Hi, I posted a while back, but I will provide more info now. Whenever I load into DBS:BS I experience a MASSIVE graphics problem. I can pan around and such, but these "shadows" just move with me. I've done everything I can think of. Any suggestions?

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM SPECS:

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System Information

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Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1

 

System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard

System Model: HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC

BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL

Processor: Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T5450 @ 1.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.7GHz

Memory: 2038MB RAM

 

DirectX Version: DirectX 10

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

 

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Display Devices

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Card name: Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

Manufacturer: Intel Corporation

Chip type: Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

DAC type: Internal

Display Memory: 358 MB

Dedicated Memory: 0 MB

Shared Memory: 358 MB

Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

Driver Name: igdumd32.dll

Driver Version: 7.14.0010.1437 (English)

DDI Version: 9Ex

Driver Date/Size: 2/11/2008 20:36:08, 3301376 bytes

 

Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeWMV9_B ModeVC1_B

YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch

DDraw Status: Enabled

D3D Status: Enabled

AGP Status: Enabled

[Shaman]

Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family - onboard graphics chipset not intended for gaming - hardware and its driver support is the reason.

Sorry but this laptop HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC - does not meet specs for gaming. All you can do now is to try update its mainboard drivers or contact HP support with this bug information (good luck with HP support :o)

Edited September 21, 2009 by Shaman

[me1433]

Well that was $20 well spent :P... Oh well.. live and learn I guess.

[TKMR]

Before you give up, check and see if your laptop has a PCI-E slot. If it does, buy a laptop graphics card, and you'll be good to go. =) It will get VERY hot though, so make sure to have plenty of ventilation.

 

Also: Laptops are not gaming computers, you can play games on them, but it isn't advised because they get so hot, and you can't easily upgrade them. If you're going to play games, I advise you save up for a good desktop. =)

[Pyroflash]

yeah, although I have to disagree there about laptops not being good for gaming(mine runs perfectly, but then again I do have a 9800 GTX in here), but in terms of yours, there are a number of things to point out. Your CPU is bad, and I mean bad. You are running a T series 5450 which means that on top of massive performance hits due to cooling problems, now you have a more expensive processor that is worse than a desktop one for the same price.

 

Next item, the graphics card? Well, it seems that you don't have one. At least you don't have one with a competent driver development team, or any significant power compared to a more modern card(its like comparing a Geforce 6 series card to a GX2 295 card). What you are seeing there is actually common in the graphics world. Those weird triangles you see on screen are known as artifacts. They occur when your graphics card cannot correctly compute solutions based on the information, code, etc. given. Now, normally one would only see these artifacts when something is terminally wrong with the graphics card(severely overheating, nearing the end of its "life-span", has corrupted drivers, etc.), but in your case, I think its just that the drivers are bad to begin with. Now, you can try updating your video drivers from intel and see if that fixes it, but don't hold out much hope for that.

 

The next problem on the list is your RAM. Your 2GB of low frequency RAM can hardly run Vista let alone play a game requiring 500 MB of RAM while running Vista at the same time.

 

I am sorry for the harsh comments mate, and wish the best of luck to you. The most potent advice I can give you right now though, is to save up for a couple of high grade computer parts and assemble them yourself.

 

Best of luck to you though, I know from experience that dealing with a laptop can be hard sometimes.

[TKMR]

yeah, although I have to disagree there about laptops not being good for gaming(mine runs perfectly, but then again I do have a 9800 GTX in here)

 

The next problem on the list is your RAM. Your 2GB of low frequency RAM can hardly run Vista let alone play a game requiring 500 MB of RAM while running Vista at the same time.

 

When I say they are bad for gaming, I don't mean that it's not possible to game on them, it absolutely is. However you will get a LOT more bang for your buck in a desktop, plus a desktop can be customized a lot more, replacing parts, etc. Plus laptops have horrible ventilation and overheat very quickly when playing games. It is POSSIBLE to play games on them, just not necessarily the best idea.

 

Also, I'm currently running 7, with 2GB 667Mhz DDR SDRAM and BS is very smooth.

[Ramstein]

Before you give up, check and see if your laptop has a PCI-E slot. If it does, buy a laptop graphics card, and you'll be good to go. =) It will get VERY hot though, so make sure to have plenty of ventilation.

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a decent pci-e video card is larger than a laptop! :huh:

[TKMR]

a decent pci-e video card is larger than a laptop! :huh:

 

That's why you get one that is specifically built for a laptop. ;)

[me1433]

Thanks guys! Pyroflash, no worries man, the harsher the comment, generally the more helpful;). I'm going to try this PCI-E video card idea, since it seems to be the fastest/least expensive route. If anyone has any suggestions for which I should buy, please let me know.

[Feuerfalke]

I am not sure a PCI-E card will help you.

 

PCI-E cards are usually only for desktop-PCs, though there are variants for notebooks. Besides some exceptions, these notebooks are not like the HP Pavilion dv6700, though. They are made for gaming and prepared for upgrading, largely neglecting battery endurance (some even don't have one). You call these usually PowerBooks. The list of real notebooks with exchangeable graphics cards that fit cards supporting modern games is short.

 

The only things you can upgrade on your HP Pavilion dv6700 are CPU and memory. Everything else is integrated in your mainboard. As HP knows this, they offer two variants of your Notebook, one with a cheap Intel-Graphics-Chip and one with nVidia GraphicsCard adapted for Notebooks.

 

Quite misleading they call the cheaper variant the Entertainment Version, but they are not aiming at the PC-gamer, but at people watching DVDs with it. For this job the Intel-chip is fast enough.

 

Long story short: I'm sorry, but there is no way you can upgrade your PC to play BlackShark.

The only hope you can have is the current development of external graphics cards connected via USB, but AFAIK due to bandwith limitations they are not available anywhere soon.