Does intel 945GM work at all?
By
Coyote_Seven,
Posted on: 2012-06-20 19:54 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
It'll run the game on very low settings.
Your video drivers may be damaged (or just really too old) though as your resolution is reporting as
1024 x 2147483647
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
I don't know, it must be because it is a Tablet PC. No amount of driver updating, installation, reinstallation, using drivers from intel site or lenovo site will even let me launch the game at all. I've tried the launch parameters in ncsoft launcher to try and disable video card check; still will not even let me launch the game at all. I am at a total loss...
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If you look, the number 2147483647 seems to show up everywhere on his CoH Helper log. A very interesting number. That's the max value for a 32-bit signed integer.|
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
It'll run the game on very low settings.
Your video drivers may be damaged (or just really too old) though as your resolution is reporting as 1024 x 2147483647 |
I believe his machine has more problems than just CoH not being able to run.
Also, this might be relevant?
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-010479.htm
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http://www.intel.com/support/graphic.../CS-023713.htm|
Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
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| The integrated graphics controller of the Intel® G965 Express Chipset and Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset supports hardware acceleration of OpenGL* applications in 16-bit and 32-bit color depths. OpenGL 1.5 is the latest version currently supported by the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Drivers on this chipset. Drivers that come with Windows* or that are downloaded from Windows* Update typically do not support OpenGL. For optimal performance of OpenGL applications, install the latest graphics drivers from Intel. Also, exit any running background applications or programs that run in the Windows task bar. |
Whoops! No, this:
http://www.intel.com/support/graphic.../CS-021517.htm
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The Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset family supports hardware acceleration of OpenGL* applications in 16-bit and 32-bit color depths. OpenGL 1.4 is the latest version and is currently supported by the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator drivers. Drivers that come with Windows* or that are downloaded from Windows Update* typically do not support OpenGL. Use the following steps for optimal performance of OpenGL applications. Exit any running background applications, such as virus scanners, NetMeeting* or any programs that run in the task bar. Install the latest graphics drivers from Intel. |
Like I've said in the OP, I have tried those drivers...many times. Does not work at all with this game.
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That page does explicitly state that those particular drivers there do support OpenGL. Without knowing more information about what goes on when you attempt to apply those updates, I couldn't be sure what's happening.|
Originally Posted by Jen_Thorn
Like I've said in the OP, I have tried those drivers...many times. Does not work at all with this game.
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I do wish that page gave the driver version number though. I suspect the installer is failing to actually replace the older driver files for whatever reason. Perhaps if you used something like Driver Cleaner?
Intel GMA 950, ever heard Mr Spock use the term "stone knives and bearskins"?
Read about it here.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-G...50.2177.0.html
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
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Intel stopped updating this drivers in 2009 anways, so thats going to be the latest. I did driver cleaner and everything, installed lenovo drivers from a fresh windows install, reinstalled windows compeltely and tried the intel ones too. Still get popups "you appear to be using an old driver". Then I click okay, and then it says "No opengl driver found...". vOv|
Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
That page does explicitly state that those particular drivers there do support OpenGL. Without knowing more information about what goes on when you attempt to apply those updates, I couldn't be sure what's happening.
I do wish that page gave the driver version number though. I suspect the installer is failing to actually replace the older driver files for whatever reason. Perhaps if you used something like Driver Cleaner? |
Edit: tried every old driver I could aswell.
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Since OpenGL 1.4 is the latest version that the drivers for that chipset supports, it's highly likely that what the OpenGL check is looking for is something from a newer version of OpenGL. It's also possible that it's due to the way the drivers were written. Intel has always had poor OpenGL support in their drivers. If they didn't code their drivers to handle whatever call the game is making during the OpenGL check, it's going to fail.
The Windows built-in drivers don't have OpenGL support. It's possible that the Lenovo drivers don't have full OpenGL support. Intel has always had poor OpenGL support in their drivers (which makes it harder for manufacturers to provide drivers with good OpenGL support).
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Got the game to work. Game runs just fine on OS X on this same card. Figured there's no way it won't be able to find OpenGL.
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Can't speak for the rest of your system, but I have a duo-core laptop with 2 gigs of ram and the 945gm Intel video and it runs COH just fine.
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Could you post a CoH helper please?|
Originally Posted by Torment And Agony
Can't speak for the rest of your system, but I have a duo-core laptop with 2 gigs of ram and the 945gm Intel video and it runs COH just fine.
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link: http://home.roadrunner.com/~dasloth/CoH/CoHHelper.html
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Just want to know if anyone on a laptop with this chipset runs the game. I'm on a thinkpad X60 Tablet and I get no openGL driver error. Yet my R40 with a Radeon mobility 7500 can run the game (although 10-12 FPS).
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at 6? 20, 2012 19:53 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120330-1504)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO
System Model: 6363WAV
BIOS: Phoenix FirstBIOS(tm) Notebook Pro Version 2.0 for ThinkPad
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU L2400 @ 1.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
Memory: 4096MB
.Net Memory Report: 1592MB out of 3062MB available
Page File: 1616MB (1444MB currently in use)
C Drive: (TOSHIBA MK1255GSX H) 70447MB out of 114370MB (61%) free
E Drive: (ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
F Drive: (KXADGH UR01MB0 SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer / Chip: Intel Corporation / Intel(R) GMA 950
Video Memory: 256 MB
Driver Version: 8.15.10.1930
Driver Date: 2009/09/23 12:18:08
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0001.7255
Driver Date: 2009/05/18 17:32:58
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: LENOVO
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 6363WAV
Motherboard Version: Not Available
BIOS Manufacturer: LENOVO
BIOS Name: Phoenix FirstBIOS(tm) Notebook Pro Version 2.0 for ThinkPad
BIOS Version: LENOVO - 1150
BIOS Release: 20081120000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x2147483647
3D Resolution: 1024x2147483647 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: Unknown, Unknown
Refresh Rate: UnknownHz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No
Physics Quality: Unknown (2147483647)
Maximum Particles: 5000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Unknown (2147483647)
Anisotropic Filtering: Unknown (2147483647)
Texture LOD Bias: Unknown (2147483647)
Water Effects: Unknown (2147483647)
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Unknown (2147483647)
World Texture Level: Unknown (2147483647)
Character Texture Level: Unknown (2147483647)
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.510
Entity Detail Level: 0.510
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Unknown (2147483647)
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (2147483647)
Environmental Reflections: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Blur: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Ambient Resolution: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.600
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: ?
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\NCsoft\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
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