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    tf 2 optimus

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by djnasti, Aug 3, 2010.

  1. djnasti

    djnasti Notebook Enthusiast

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    sorry if their is a thread or post on this but i can't seem to get tf 2 to run on the 335m any help?
     
    djnasti, Aug 3, 2010
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    Did you set it to the whitelist?
     
    Going Viral, Aug 3, 2010
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    You probably need to add hl2.exe to the whitelist, since TF2 is actually a mod of the Source Engine
     
    hikarate, Aug 3, 2010
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    i did that but every time i do and click play it read that it doesn't recognize Intel hd and hl.exe is not on whitelist
     
    djnasti, Aug 3, 2010
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    when you add it make sure it did get added, close and reopen and see if tf2 is in the list =]
     
    MikeeDinh, Aug 3, 2010
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    i added hl.exe but it disappears when i open and close this is frustrating
     
    djnasti, Aug 3, 2010
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    can someone help i really wanna play tf2 and i cant cause of this
     
    djnasti, Aug 3, 2010
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    are your drivers up to date? I haven't had any trouble with source engine games on my r2. Currently using 258.96
     
    outspaced, Aug 4, 2010
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  9. yeahSCOTTT

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    i had a problem like this. turns out no games were running on the 335m. try a clean install of the 259 drivers and you should be laughing
     
    yeahSCOTTT, Aug 4, 2010
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    If that is the only message that you get, then that is fine. You are most likely using an M11x R2 system. When you launch the game, it is Steam (steam.exe) that detects your GPU and prompts you with that message. Steam.exe runs on the Intel GPU by default.

    When you run Team Fortress 2, it is hl2.exe that runs. That will run on the GeForce 335M GPU. Don't worry, I had the same thing on my M11x R2. I just chose to disable the message pop-up, because I knew that it would run on the nVidia 335M GPU once the game launched.

    And as many people have said, it never hurts to update to the latest driver. The ones that people have had success with are the 258.96 drivers w/modded INF file.
     
    kent1146, Aug 4, 2010
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    thank to all that helped i got it working by installing the verde drivers
     
    djnasti, Aug 5, 2010
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