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  • need help with nvidia optimus

    #1
    so i got a new laptop that can play games (yay!) but cuz it uses intel integrated graphics for it's general display and a nvidia M425 i can't play fallout 3 with it cuz i load up a save and the game locks up (BOOOOOOOOOO!)


    anyone know what to do about this?
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  • #2
    I ould check to see if there is a driver update for your CPU. this can easily be done through either the device manager or through windows update. pick your sin

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    • #3
      Originally posted by apt.pupil View Post
      I ould check to see if there is a driver update for your CPU. this can easily be done through either the device manager or through windows update. pick your sin
      i did that with both, they both said they were up to date, now what D:

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      • #4
        wait then. It is still a fairly new chip that I haven't had experience in dealing with. Your next step would probably be to tweet @MicrosoftHelps on twitter. they respond fairly quickly, and If I run into a major ssue that I cant deal with- I turn to them

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        • #5
          well i did some digging on dell's website and i've concluded microsoft officially fails harder then before cuz i found a driver update for the GPU from this month, and the chip apparently hasn't been updated since November of last year

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          • #6
            grrrrrrrrrrr...still doesn't work D:<

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            • #7
              k, apparently the card had nothing to do with it, it was bethesda failing to have fallout 3 properly support multicore CPUs -__-, i just made the game only use 2 of the cores and it works fine now

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              • #8
                haha so microsoft fails, huh?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by apt.pupil View Post
                  haha so microsoft fails, huh?
                  seeing as how it's updater missed 2 major driver updates for my GPU yeah, i'd say they do fail alot, this however wasn't their fail

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                  • #10
                    windows update should never be relied on fully for that. it is reliable for the common consumer who buys pre built pcs from manufacturers. Take my Acer laptop for example: the card in my Acer Aspire 5741G is an nVIDIA GEFORCE GT320M, and there has never been an update for it, because nVIDIA doesnt make drivers for it: they expect ACER to make the drivers

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