HL2 on an Graphics Media Accelerator 900

[norritt]

Hello,

I tend to get a low weight notebook but do not want to miss HL2 on it. Do you have any idea how HL2 would perform on an integrated graphics chip from Intel? I was looking at the MSI Megabook S262. Only available with a GMA 950 shared memory graphics chip from intel. http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/notebook/nb/pro_nb_selling.php?UID=618

Unfortunatly I could not find any benchmarks with HL2.

thank you

 

[RoyaleWithCheese]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2427&p=4


you're welcome

 

[giant384]

it wouldnt run all that great but it will run

 

[NeptuneUK]

it wont run. tried it on one of those things.
i dont know why though. it has enough memory and LOOKS like it should be able to run it. i had constant low FPS on all source games regardless of settings, except on scoutzknivez on CSS. this makes me think it may have something to do with video memory as that is a very small map. it gave me like 70fps on that map anyway! on aztec it was like 3fps. which is drastic


this was on the same PC i have now. except i only had 1gig of mem back then and a diff mobo.

 

[giant384]

yea but its not really a gfx card though its not meant for games. also teh game will crash everytime you try to change gfx settings

 

[Dekstar]

Try using mat_picmip 4. It reduces the graphics further than the lowest, which could help get it all on the video memory.
If not, try looking in the BIOS. There's usually a setting which lets you set a custom video memory (which AFAIK either uses RAM or caches on the harddrive). You could try upping that - though it makes games slightly more unstable.

 

[pomegranate]

Don't bother with integrated graphics if you can at all avoid it. There are low-weight laptops with dedicated graphics cards, for instance the Sony Vaio S-series which, based around a 13-inch screen, weighs less than 3 kilos. This is what I have (an 20-month old model, more up to date iterations are continually released) and it is quite comfortable with HL2, Far Cry and GTA: San Andreas and Splinter Cell. More recent games are a bit of a push.