Laptop with GeForce 260M crash on PhysX enabled games

Posted on 2023-03-18, 20:35

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I've recently puchased an old gaming laptop - ASUS ROG G60VX packed with c2d cpu and geforce 260m (close to 250 desktop). 3dmark06 runs perfectly fine, gives me 11k score. Battlefield 3 worked also without any crashes. But then i've tried several PhysX enabled apps: Alice Madness Returns Cryostasis …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2023-03-17, 10:38

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Guys I’ve got another fat Toshiba laptop - 740CDT. It needs some cleaning but otherwise it’s functional. One issue, it won’t turn on when the battery is inserted. If you do it the power led will just blink red. The seller explained me half the story, that you need to cover one contact and laptop …

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2023-03-12, 11:26

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Will check soon. For now I’ve checked another laptop, Compaq N410c with no native dos sound support. Worked flawlessly. Even made a video: https://youtube.com/shorts/rRuJxorpDVA Thanks again!

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2023-03-12, 09:03

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I’ll be an ordinary person with “I’m following the guide but it’s not working, help me” The laptop is Toshiba Satellite 5205 with sound device Yamaha F753 @ Intel 82801CAM ICH3-M - AC'97 Audio Controller [B1] PCI Windows 98 installed, I’m entering dos via command prompt only option on f8 menu My …

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2023-03-09, 08:34

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Hi! I’m always happy to see when a new project starts for retro hardware. And I also was always bothered by DOS support for AC 97 :) Lots of old laptops were dropped because its absence. In particular, I’ve got Compaq N410c which, compared to N400c, lost its DOS sound support, because of newer sound …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2023-01-21, 22:21

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Got a non-retro question about app. Currently, if i want to display FPS in OSD, i need to do some extra steps since fps is absent without game running. So it's necessary to run the game, then launch hwinfo and line will be there. Is there a way to make fps always available? Sometimes i explain …

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Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop

Posted on 2022-10-18, 09:44

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Author forgot our main Yamaha product 😀 Filename Untitled-1.jpg File size 53.39 KiB Views 1642 views

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2022-10-07, 19:28

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I'm sure i had true form on my ati 9800. But now i'm on laptop with ati 9700 mobility, no i've got no idea how to enable it. I've got driver from january 2004.

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Re: Laptop with modded driver sends videogames signal to external monitor

Posted on 2022-10-01, 08:42

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I've been trying to make my life easier, with this issue, but still no luck. I made a quick resolution switch, so i could enter 1024x768 when i wanna play games and get back to 1400x1050 when i'm done. But even in windows, if i switch resolution fast, sometimes i get black screen and only by …

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Re: Far Cry

Posted on 2022-09-29, 14:35

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Okay case solved I think, I installed on old machine original distributive, not the GOG one, and now light is back.

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Re: Far Cry

Posted on 2022-09-29, 13:41

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Well, this looks like a generic game thread so I’ll ask my question here. I’ve got a laptop with ATI 9700 Mobility, Win XP and catalyst 7.11. I’m bothered that I don’t have light with dynamic shadows, this can be seen at the beginning of the game. Take a look, 27596F14-3425-4A83-987F-BAEAF1C3199B. …

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Re: Laptop with modded driver sends videogames signal to external monitor

Posted on 2022-09-27, 17:20

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No idea what's going on. Both games and windows support different resolutions, but only if i sit in native one it can't display games. And it's only on custom drivers. No logic here 😀

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Re: Laptop with modded driver sends videogames signal to external monitor

Posted on 2022-09-27, 11:53

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Okay, after some experiments I found that when laptop screen works in its native resolution (1400x1050) I’m constantly getting black screen when I launch games. Any games. But if I set windows to other resolution, 1024x768 for eg, games will launch fine. They also launch from windows sitting in …

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Re: Laptop with modded driver sends videogames signal to external monitor

Posted on 2022-09-27, 08:38

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Nope, it’s generic 1024x768. With no external display I get black screen, but if I press keys to switch output I can bring game back to laptop screen, but this end up with low fps or app exit.

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Laptop with modded driver sends videogames signal to external monitor

Posted on 2022-09-27, 08:12

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Guys, Acer Ferrari 3400 laptop, with ATI 9700. On stock drivers everything works okay, but since it’s driver from 2003 and I’m playing Doom 3 from 2004 I face some freezing. I modded desktop driver like I always do for laptops and installed newer driver. Now the problem is that any game I launch …

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Re: Low peformance in Vietcong: Fist Alpha, on old PC

Posted on 2022-09-23, 12:57

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Like I said in my previous posts I had low fps even on 2ghz and 2,4ghz cpu. I also noted that switching divers gave me 7 more fps (20>27). I conclude it’s a badly programmed game that run good on specific hardware with specific drivers.

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Re: Deus Ex visual difference on Apple Computer and PC

Posted on 2022-09-19, 14:26

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OS9 can be installed with some hacks on older ibook with ati 9200. 9550 is not presented in os9 drivers so it won't work. But already waiting for older ibook so i'll be able to test the game under classic environment with older gpu and install os9

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Re: Deus Ex visual difference on Apple Computer and PC

Posted on 2022-09-19, 12:22

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Well, in 16bit i can clearly see dithering. And there are no powerplay things. This chip works on maximum clock all the time.

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Deus Ex visual difference on Apple Computer and PC

Posted on 2022-09-18, 16:22

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Guys, I'm currently digging in my new purchase - Apple iBook G4 from 2005 based on Power PC CPU and ATI Mobility 9550. Situation is not that simple since there are no native version of Deus Ex for OSX, so I'm running it via so called Classic Environment, an OS9 half-emulation half-direct access. …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2022-09-12, 10:58

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Guys, please remind me the story about Compaq Presario 1800? As i understood, there is a model with SOLO 1 and ATI M3, which is actually good for retro gaming, but there are other 1800 models with worse videocard, am i right? I found one in Russia, but no idea about its config. All i know it is …

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