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    Portal 2 on 260.99

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by SlowAndFat, Apr 20, 2011.

  1. SlowAndFat

    SlowAndFat Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an M11x R2 running 260.99, when i start portal 2 its a black screen, but i can here audio playing in the background.
    If i switch to the intel card, everything is fine.

    I upgraded to 270.61 to see if that would fix it, and it did, portal 2 runs fine.
    But 270.61 broke nba 2k11, so i switch back.

    Is there a fix so that i dont get the black screen with portal 2?
     
    SlowAndFat, Apr 20, 2011
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    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    I have the same problem with WoW except in reverse. On the 270 drivers it is a black screen with audio but on the 260 drivers its perfectly fine.
     
    DeeVu, Apr 20, 2011
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  3. SlowAndFat

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    i know alot of source games go black screen sometimes... this is really frustrating i really want to play portal 2
     
    SlowAndFat, Apr 20, 2011
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    is anyone else on 260.99 having this problem?
     
    SlowAndFat, Apr 20, 2011
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    found a fix!
     
    SlowAndFat, Apr 20, 2011
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    Fancy sharing it in case anyone else runs into the same problem?
     
    froogle, Apr 20, 2011
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    Go to nVdia control panel, and set antialiasing to always off. Then start portal 2 and go to options and change anti aliasing from 4 to 2. Then exit portal 2, go to control panel again, set anti aliasing to application controlled, and voila!
     
    SlowAndFat, Apr 20, 2011
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    It' due to the resolution of the M11x's screen and having AA at 4x. For some reason it just can't work with 1366x768 and AA at 4x. It like that with any game i have tried.
     
    Xeneon, Apr 20, 2011
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    Interesting. Doesn't seem to be the fix for WoW. Good job though :) Guess its just the driver.
     
    DeeVu, Apr 20, 2011
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    1Coopgt Notebook Consultant

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    Portal 2 Kicks on the R1 .
     
    1Coopgt, Apr 20, 2011
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    @1Coopgt

    meaning it runs great on the r1 with med settings right?
     
    Nivaku, Apr 20, 2011
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    If there is no specific game that needs to 260 drivers I am using the beta(Newest ones, version escapes me atm) on my R2 and I just finished playing through Portal 2. Great game ran perfectly at 1600x900 with every thing high and triple buffering on. Only black screened when I changed the settings on the first run to make it look prettier. Alt-Tab and then back in fixed it
     
    shadowghost21, Apr 20, 2011
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