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Another "Will it work on my pc?" Thread..

styggastygga Member Posts: 467
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I recently bought an hp g7-2215dx Notebook, and was curious if this game will run smoothly on this system... Everything is factory basic. I wonder because I downloaded BG2 off of gog on it, and it runs pretty choppy... IDK if it's because this has windows 8 and it's running a ten year old game or what, but that kind of scared me when I started it up... Here's a link to the specifications, I'm rather computer illiterate, I can get the basics, but that's about it.. So some experienced input would be appreciated. Thank you!

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03510986&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_usen_s-001_title_r0001&lang=en&lc=en&product=5322737

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  • MortesMortes Member Posts: 45
    The only reason I see for the old BG not running smoothly on this notebook would be the graphics card. Intel graphics cards weren't available at the time of BG/DX7/8 and Intel probably doesn't optimize that much for games, especially not for older ones. So that might be an issue.

    I can't imagine that this will be a problem with the updated BGEE, or even if there is a problem in the beginning, it very likely get's solved thanks to the game engine being in development again.
  • styggastygga Member Posts: 467
    Appreciate the input.. Bg 2 was the first game I tried in it, got worried..
  • williamlohwilliamloh Member Posts: 8
    You might wanna check if there's any intel driver updates on your new computer
    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx?lang=eng
    Intel® Driver Update Utility

    It helps.
  • ZeckulZeckul Member Posts: 1,036
    edited November 2012
    The game works on older chipsets than Intel HD3000, albeit with some performance issues http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/7134/known-hardwaredriver-issues . I don't know what the performance will be on HD3000, we should know pretty soon as people report their experience here. Overhaul is looking into adding a DirectX render path to bring good performance to these old chipsets, no ETA on that though.
  • styggastygga Member Posts: 467
    Well hopefully like someone mentioned my bg2 problems were because intel graphics cards weren't around and bg2 wasn't made to run on them.. I mean, I bought this computer last Friday, and it was a new item.. My chipset can't be that old lol.
  • bigdogchrisbigdogchris Member Posts: 1,336
    Intels "HD" graphics series is their first attempt at a decent integrated GPU.

    That said, HD3000 supports up to OpenGL 3.1, which means it will work with BG:EE. I absolutely suggest getting the latest GPU drivers. Visit this page and choose either Windows 8 32 bit or 64 bit, then download the latest version.

    I do think part of the reason you had problems with BG2 was because of it's age. I have a higher end computer and have to mess with a lot of stuff to get it to run right.
  • styggastygga Member Posts: 467
    I did try the option where it scans my laptop and it said all my drivers were the latest.
  • bigdogchrisbigdogchris Member Posts: 1,336
    @stygga

    How is the game running for you?
  • styggastygga Member Posts: 467
    Just finished downloading. Started my human PC Monk... Runs like a dream, glad I was worried about nothing! Now I don't have to take back this great deal of a laptop! :)
  • styggastygga Member Posts: 467
    @Bigdogchris since I forgot to call you in that post lol. Thanks for the info guys!
  • AzureblazeAzureblaze Member Posts: 22
    edited November 2012
    There are known issues with the Intel Integrated chipsets because they have a lack of proper OpenGL support, which is what BG:EE is based off of. Luckily the devs are aware of this and are looking into implementing DirectX instead, which Intel works well with.

    Source : http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/7385/important-regarding-intel-hardware-driver-issues-slow-game-performance#latest
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