Graphics Problem

Graphics Problem

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Posted by: webbster.5108

webbster.5108

Hey guys,
Normally I play GW2 on my desktop that has great parts and runs the game smoothly. However, when I travel back home I would like to play this game on my laptop. I installed everything and it seems to run fine, however there are “light” cones everywhere in the game. This is not the first game I have encountered this with, while using a laptop. I looked at the game requirements and my laptop specs and they all seem to match up for min requirements at least. I was just curious as to whether there was a certain driver that I would need to install. If someone can help me out with some info and/or links that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys:
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Graphics Problem

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Posted by: mathisk.6427

mathisk.6427

You need to make sure that you have 2 things: the latest (working/stable) driver for you video card/chipset, and the most up to date version of DirectX.

You can get the latest and greatest DirectX updates from Microsoft’s website if you do a search for their DirectX web installer. That will check your system and update all the necessary DirectX files.

For your video card/chipset, you’ll need to get that from the manufacturer, whether that means the laptop’s manufacturer or the chipset manufacturer is hard to say. Sometimes the mobile chipsets require that the drivers be “sighned” by the makers of the laptop, other times you can use the driver directly from ATI, nVidia, or Intel. You’ll have to check on yours and see where you need to go to get the latest driver. And you’ll want to completely uninstall the current video driver before installing the new one.