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[Teriyaki 105]

So I boughtt Mass Effect 2 recently and have run into a graphical problem that only seems to apply to the characters.  NPCs, Crew, Shepard, anyone really.  I took some screenshots so you could look at them and see my problem.  The wierd thing is that distance affects the character. At about an "in camera's face" distance it appears to render itself just fine.  I have Mass Effect 1 and it played just fine throughout the entire game.  I have looked up the Integrated Graphics unit for my laptop and among the games it had listed as compatible there was Mass Effect 2. 

Is there possibly a way to fix this issue?  I would definitly love to play the game without half of my collective characters missing.



http://steamcommunit...87/screenshots/

1. What version of the game are you playing:  digital download (vendor = steam)
      Configuration Utility | Game Tab
           * Version Information: V1.02
2. System Details
      Configuration Utility | Summary Tab
           * i5-450M / 2385 MHz / 5.67 GB
           * Intel® HD Graphics / -1381736448 bytes /
           * Speakers / Headphones (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC) / 6.10.6267.0
      Configuration Utility | Platforum Tab
           * Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium   (6.1.7600)
           * DirectX 10.0  (Mar2009) or later

Details about your problem.
1. What is the nature of the problem you are seeing?
      No matter where I go I have horizontal lines that appear to be missing data.
2. When did the problem start occurring?
     
Since Start of Game.
3. Where does your problem occur?
      Entire Game.
4. What are the steps in replicating the problem?
     
Playing The Game.
5. Have you modified your game in any way?
     Not Modified.

[Gorath Alpha]

You never found any Intel anything in your game's readme among what Bioware would support. None of them is supported, and since I agree with the developers on the matter, I do not try "supporting" any of Intel's trash in these forums, myself.  It is my opinion that you must upgrade.  It it was a desktop, you could get a new video card that was intended to play games with.  A laptop being a mere disposable appliance, must be replaced entirely.

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 16 février 2011 - 01:48 .

[Savormix]

The method below will not necessarily solve the problem. Intel graphic hardware is not supported.

There is one thing you can do, if you haven't done it already. Go to http://downloadcenter.intel.com/, download and install the latest driver for your graphics card.

Modifié par Savormix, 14 février 2011 - 04:22 .

[Gorath Alpha]

New members may very well be expected to be wrong, and often.  But the difference between an actual video "Card" as defined universally, and what Intel offers is too large for an experienced, knowldgeable member to accept, and simply shouldn't pass muster. 

A graphics CARD is assembled onto an entirely separate circuit board from the system board and attaches after both are entirely completed.  This is true for both laptops and desktops.  It has RAM attached to it, and is very seldom as bad at game playing as any device used for the purpose that is built into either the Intel CPU or the Intel Chipset.  Intel built one single real card a dozen years ago that was a total bust, and never did so again.

Intel's Sandy Bridge Chipset didn't need to have the IGP included; in that case, one or another of two recent Intel video designs is subsumed into the multi-core processor design.  The better of the two is as fast as the AMD HD 4200 / 4250 Chipset video chip, and also can match the least powerful of AMD's HD 5n00 cards in raw speed, but it isn't currently available because the Chipset had a defective SATA implementation. 

AMD is doing the same thing, with its Fusion series of APUs, which were delayed at the Fabs when the downsizing efforts planned ny both Global and TMSD failed to better their 40 nm Fab.  So far, only the Low-power Fusion processors for the Netbook and Nettop types of computers systems have arrived in quantity.  

[Teriyaki 105]

I was really hoping that I wouldn't need to mess with my hardware, as my laptop was shipped without any other graphics unit and they all seem to be beyond my price range.

I did find this as well and had hoped that it would be enough.

http://www.intel.com.../CS-032052.htm?

Also, not sure if it helps, I played through ALL of Mass Effect 1 and had absolutely no troubles whatsoever at any point. I did decide to play farther into the game and it appears that it seems to be restricted to human character models only

*edit: I just went over to check out some graphics cards nearby and realized I never checked if I had the ability to upgrade.  I asked an employee and they mentioned about how most laptops don't actually have the ability to upgrade much hardware side...   In addition to assisting trying to get my Intel HD Graphics to work, or just reiterating that they won't, do you have any ideas whether my Dell Studio 1749 Laptop is even capable to getting to your suggestion(s)?

Modifié par Teriyaki 105, 16 février 2011 - 01:38 .

[Teriyaki 105]

Looking incredibly hard into every detail I find, I believe I have an older Arrandale Processor. I was told by the store employee that there could be some external GPU. Would those possibly work?

[Gorath Alpha]

Hmm?  I misread the question.

Several proposed external accessory devices have been planned in the past couple of years, although nothing truly useful for game players has emerged, at least, at any sensible price.  There are two or three slow-running devices that use the USB bus, but that simply can't handle enough bandwidth to be used for gaming.  (I will leave the "wrong" answer I'd already made as the closing paragraph.)

AFAIK, only Sager is currently producing any portable PC system with options for altering either the CPU or the Video. All other laptops have the CPU permanently soldered in place, and whether or not there is a mobile video card, there is no longer any "inside" into which such cards can be attached / removed.  Attempting to "open" the completed laptop ends up destroying both chassis and mainboard.

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 16 février 2011 - 09:32 .

[Teriyaki 105]

*sigh* Alright thank you for the information. I guess human character distortion is better then unable to run anyways.