Didn't the dx 8.1 rendering path get removed? if not, I'll get the demo again (the one steam gives to nvidia users... even really low end nvidia!)
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:54 AM, Finn O'Gorman <[email protected]>wrote: > The fact that portal is a source engine game gives it instant "hard to run > on Intel Gma Graphics chips" status. Running the game in direct x 8.1 would > probably be your best bet and once you are in the game menu tweak around > with your settings and see if you can get it to run without the -directx8 > extension. > > The white screen with background music sounds very similar to a problem a > lot of people had trying to play oblivion on geforce 5xxx chips and other > low end gpu's, although this was fixed with a program called oldblivion. You > could try turning your screen resolution down before starting the game as > that used to be a fix to a white screen problem in AOE. Other than that the > last things I would try is defrag your hard drive, reinstall the game and > then uninstall your graphics drivers and put the latest stock drivers on. > > On Sep 14, 2009 9:36 PM, "aniruddhster" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > yup..tried compatibility mode as well....no results > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "INTEL 9XX Gaming" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
