Video card issue?
Elizabeth Davis
I have an Aspire 31-410p laptop with windows 8.1 installed and I play wild tangent games. I've been having trouble with some of the cake mania games getting the cursor to show up correctly. I get a flashing trail of stars instead of a pointer. They have had me change my resolution because I was also having those black bars on the sides. I checked with Intel and downloaded their utility to check for driver updates and they say my video card is up to date as of 9/30/14. It seems to me a graphics issue though. I have java up to date and Adobe flash is pre-installed. If I play the games in windowed mode I don't have an issue, but would rather not. Also the game in question says I have to change my resolution to 1280×800, but my computer won't let me do that. I changed it to 1024×768 ,but it just says I have to change it to that resolution. So I can't play it properly. It slows me down because I can't always see the stars. They aren't much help with this issue thus far. Anyone have any ideas?
Elizabeth Davis
I thought Intel was tops when it came to computers. Anyway well buying a new one isn't really an option. I kind of thought a touch screen computer with windows 8 waa going to be a pretty good computer and should satisfy my needs. I'll just play the games I can make work. Yes a lot of others have complained about problems playing the game.
--You cannot really expect too much as far as gaming acceleration goes with an Intel video solution. I assume your model is an E1 and not a 31 acer. These types of notebooks are generally used for email and light internet use, you might want to get a different laptop that has higher video capabilities.This is just a guess, as I have read system requirements and they don't seem high, but a lot of people are complaining about the game not working as it should.
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Elizabeth Davis
Intel makes fantastic processors, SSD drives, and motherboards. Even the latest integrated graphics solution is a big step up from the previous gen, but we are still lacking in the graphics areas.
On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 5:29:37 AM UTC-6, BethMcCree wrote:I thought Intel was tops when it came to computers. Anyway well buying a new one isn't really an option. I kind of thought a touch screen computer with windows 8 waa going to be a pretty good computer and should satisfy my needs. I'll just play the games I can make work. Yes a lot of others have complained about problems playing the game.
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