Video Card Advice...

[jburger316]

Quote: Originally Posted by peigone

Is it an Asus tower you have? I heard they often use integrated cards, which aren't that good. (Nice way of saying they're crap!)

No it's dell Inspiron 580S..a slim case...so my card choices are limited since it would have to be low profile...I am using it for a HTPC...decent machine for what i am using it for i think....

But yeah the ASUS card isn't integrated....i added it...but i agree...crap

[jburger316]

Quote: Originally Posted by peigone

I use the same setup from my laptop to an external monitor. I've had no issues using an HDMI cable, so that can't be the problem.

You still don't think it can be video card dependent...another user said that windows was resetting my video card driver during the game causing the problem.

[peigone]

Quote: Originally Posted by jburger316

unless I can figure out the issue with my current card and save the money from the new one.

There are ways of tweaking the performance specs of your graphics card. It could be worth your while to spend some time trying different setups to see if that fixes the issue. My laptop has an Nvidia control panel that allows me quickly adjust my card. Maybe you have something similar.

[jburger316]

Quote: Originally Posted by peigone

There are ways of tweaking the performance specs of your graphics card. It could be worth your while to spend some time trying different setups to see if that fixes the issue. My laptop has an Nvidia control panel that allows me quickly adjust my card. Maybe you have something similar.

Yeah, I will try that....what kind of card do you have?...any suggestions where to start with the adjustments? I have the Nvidia control panel on my machine I am sure...(not at home for now to check)

[peigone]

Quote: Originally Posted by jburger316

what kind of card do you have?...any suggestions where to start with the adjustments?

I have an NVIDIA GeForce GT445M, laptop version. I've never had to adjust the card, but I did have to adjust the default 2K11 settings after I installed the game. It kept crashing during the first inning of every game I played. I can check to see what my settings are right now.

[jburger316]

Quote: Originally Posted by peigone

I have an NVIDIA GeForce GT445M, laptop version. I've never had to adjust the card, but I did have to adjust the default 2K11 settings after I installed the game. It kept crashing during the first inning of every game I played. I can check to see what my settings are right now.

sweet...just let me know whenever...thanks again for the assistance.

[peigone]

Basic settings
VSync is on (thought I shut that off actually)

Advanced settings
MSAA is 2X
Anisotropic filter, Particle Effects and Depth Of Field are all off.

The rest of the settings are individual graphics quality settings, so I doubt that matters with your issue, but you never know. Something else to check: I've had an issue with at least one other game that didn't play correctly on my external monitor until the game's resolution settings were set to those of my laptop, which is 1600 x 900. That's one of the settings I changed when I set about to fix the issue I was having with 2K11 crashing. I lowered the game's graphics settings to 1600 x 900. I don't know if that helped or if it had zip to do with anything. All I can tell you is 2K11 now runs fine and I've never had an issue since.

[jburger316]

Quote: Originally Posted by peigone

Basic settings VSync is on (thought I shut that off actually) Advanced settings MSAA is 2X Anisotropic filter, Particle Effects and Depth Of Field are all off. The rest of the settings are individual graphics quality settings, so I doubt that matters with your issue, but you never know. Something else to check: I've had an issue with at least one other game that didn't play correctly on my external monitor until the game's resolution settings were set to those of my laptop, which is 1600 x 900. That's one of the settings I changed when I set about to fix the issue I was having with 2K11 crashing. I lowered the game's graphics settings to 1600 x 900. I don't know if that helped or if it had zip to do with anything. All I can tell you is 2K11 now runs fine and I've never had an issue since.

Thanks...i will try some of these when i get home this evening...i should have some time to mess with things...ill report back...thanks again