playing with weak video card

pivdro · 03-22-2015, 05:23 PM

so minimum requirement for this game is like 500 VRAM and i have like 260.

i know i have no business playing it, but shit. not every day games like this appear

anyway its actually mostly playable except the part where screen gets dark sometimes and its annoying. like so:

i move mouse and it changes to the norm

so i guess this is unfixable, right?

[i know it is, but still hope for miracle solution (which is not buying better laptop)]

Solais · 03-22-2015, 06:04 PM

Yeah, you pretty much have to deal with this. Seen other people having similar issues with too weak cards. I think it might be something to do with shadows, but not sure.

*God Of Gaming* · 03-22-2015, 06:07 PM

I remember when a friend of mine tried playing Quake 4 on a Radeon 9250, and the game looked like a disco, flashing randomly colored lights everywhere

RanCorX2 · 09-18-2016, 05:27 AM

i remember trying to play crysis on low end pc, ah the memories.

*God Of Gaming* · 09-20-2016, 09:53 AM

nice necro, btw I also played Crysis on a single-core sempron 1.8ghz, radeon 9550 and 512mb ram, of course 640x480 lowest settings and often below 30fps, but managed to finish the whole game that way.

Discy · 09-20-2016, 11:10 AM

I played a lot of games with an underpowered rig and barely playable fps. That's a part of growing up it seems.

Solais · 09-20-2016, 11:40 AM

Reminds me how that even affects the mind. Back then, I had dreams that lagged just like my games did.

*Mane* · 09-20-2016, 01:30 PM

Oh man, I remember when I played NFS Underground on a Pentium III pc (750mhz)... I suppose I got 15fps with luck. It was pure lag.

Solais · 09-20-2016, 02:20 PM

It wasn't even that long ago. When I played the new Shadow Warrior, the game lagged for me at point so much, that the katana as a weapon didn't work at all, so I had to use regular guns.

*Pan* · 09-20-2016, 05:37 PM

I used to play games on all low 800x600 for a while. I've never really cared for graphics since then.

*Finzy* · 09-20-2016, 08:36 PM

*insert boast about how he's been playing games on low end laptops for ages, till he finally got a 960M GTX recently that can run shit

*

03-22-2015, 05:23 PM	#1
pivdro Gnaar Joined: Mar 2015	playing with weak video card so minimum requirement for this game is like 500 VRAM and i have like 260. i know i have no business playing it, but shit. not every day games like this appear anyway its actually mostly playable except the part where screen gets dark sometimes and its annoying. like so: i move mouse and it changes to the norm so i guess this is unfixable, right? [i know it is, but still hope for miracle solution (which is not buying better laptop)]

03-22-2015, 06:04 PM	#2
Solais Developer Fairy Croteam Representative Joined: Nov 2009	Re: playing with weak video card Yeah, you pretty much have to deal with this. Seen other people having similar issues with too weak cards. I think it might be something to do with shadows, but not sure. __________________ Since Old Lost Age I Shine My Serious Sam 3/HD Workshop While I do work for Croteam, I'm first of all of this community, so my opinions are my own and do not represent Croteam's views. Unless when I use this nice blue color I totally didn't steal from Blizzard.

03-22-2015, 06:07 PM	#3
God Of Gaming Khnum Joined: Nov 2011 Location: Bulgaria	Re: playing with weak video card I remember when a friend of mine tried playing Quake 4 on a Radeon 9250, and the game looked like a disco, flashing randomly colored lights everywhere __________________

09-18-2016, 05:27 AM	#4
RanCorX2 Footballer Orc Joined: Mar 2006 Location: UK	Re: playing with weak video card i remember trying to play crysis on low end pc, ah the memories. __________________ joined the forum when i had a pentium 4, geforce 6600, ide hdd's, 2gb ram, sis chipset, windows xp. feel all nostalgic now.

09-20-2016, 09:53 AM	#5
God Of Gaming Khnum Joined: Nov 2011 Location: Bulgaria	Re: playing with weak video card nice necro, btw I also played Crysis on a single-core sempron 1.8ghz, radeon 9550 and 512mb ram, of course 640x480 lowest settings and often below 30fps, but managed to finish the whole game that way. __________________

09-20-2016, 11:10 AM	#6
Discy Goodbye Moonmen Seriously! Khnum Joined: Jul 2003 Location: The Netherlands	Re: playing with weak video card I played a lot of games with an underpowered rig and barely playable fps. That's a part of growing up it seems. __________________ "Is there any better Gerüstbaufirmenvorarbeiterschlüsselanhängerfarbenwasserlöslichkeitskontrollchemiker than discy? No!" -Shrinker [22:30] Fiendian: Discy, Finzy and Louva shall merge into a superentity known as the Lickyfonz. "Can we just move Discy's posts to the HOF automatically already? :P" -Jetty Ir-Kalla: Serious Sam Classic map pack in development (Ir-Kalla: Egypt Demo)

09-20-2016, 11:40 AM	#7
Solais Developer Fairy Croteam Representative Joined: Nov 2009	Re: playing with weak video card Reminds me how that even affects the mind. Back then, I had dreams that lagged just like my games did. __________________ Since Old Lost Age I Shine My Serious Sam 3/HD Workshop While I do work for Croteam, I'm first of all of this community, so my opinions are my own and do not represent Croteam's views. Unless when I use this nice blue color I totally didn't steal from Blizzard.

09-20-2016, 02:20 PM	#9
Solais Developer Fairy Croteam Representative Joined: Nov 2009	Re: playing with weak video card It wasn't even that long ago. When I played the new Shadow Warrior, the game lagged for me at point so much, that the katana as a weapon didn't work at all, so I had to use regular guns. __________________ Since Old Lost Age I Shine My Serious Sam 3/HD Workshop While I do work for Croteam, I'm first of all of this community, so my opinions are my own and do not represent Croteam's views. Unless when I use this nice blue color I totally didn't steal from Blizzard.

09-20-2016, 05:37 PM	#10
Pan Silver Lined Boots Joined: May 2007 Location: Looking for Snake	Re: playing with weak video card I used to play games on all low 800x600 for a while. I've never really cared for graphics since then. __________________ "Don't you have to be told to do things to be considered a slave?"

09-20-2016, 08:36 PM	#11
Finzy Finzy Corp. CEO Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Whatshisoffice	Re: playing with weak video card insert boast about how he's been playing games on low end laptops for ages, till he finally got a 960M GTX recently that can run shit __________________ Serious Box Solid - SS3 Stealth Mod Finzy's Frozen Asylum -- Serious Escape: The Simian Encounter SS3 Mod -- Mountain Madness SS3 Demo

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