Laptop Issues

[legion329]

The BioShock demo crashes at the second loading screen, right after the bathysphere ride. I have a Dell Precision M90 with a 512MB Quadro 2500M video card. I have version 8.4.2.9 of the Forceware drivers, and for some reason I cannot use the new beta drivers.

Is there anything I can do? The Nvidia website is incredibly vague and doesn't give me the resources I ask for. It says there are no new updates for my drivers, even after I uninstalled them and had version 00.00.

Is there anything I can do? It's very frustrating--the games runs as smooth as butter, but I crash to the desktop every time the second loading screen comes up. I have seen solutions to the problem, but not for laptop users.

Thanks for your help!

[Maniac]

Quattros are not meant for gaming.

[Maniac]

They're not compatable with the new forceware drivers, the new forcewares only are compatable with geforce line. I wouldn't be suprised if the card didn't even have SM3.0.

Regardless, the card is not listed as supported in the game system requirements.

[legion329]

Quadros are fine for gaming, this is the first product I've had an issue with.

I was asking if there was a fix for it yet, and if there isn't than that answers my question. The card definitely has SM3.0--I would not be able to run the game at all without the proper shader support...

Does anyone know if there's a solution to my problem?

[legion329]

Now here's an odd issue...

If I turn off the advanced shaders, it gets past the loading screen just fine. But if I turn them back on after the loading screen, it's still fine! It loads the advanced shaders just fine and everything looks picture-perfect.

What the hell is going on, and how do I fix it? The game flips out and freezes once in a while, but only for a minute or two instead of just crashing to the desktop.

Help!