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Anonymous   09-08-2005 at 04:38:10 PM

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All,

Blizzard doesn't support [most] laptops and mine seems to be no exception.
However, I see friends playing WoW on Laptops not nearly as powerful as mine
(HP Pavilion zt3380 having an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 64 Mb
dedicated). At the same time all of the tests Blizzard recommends (2D, 3D,
DirectX) are successful. Sadly, there is no joy. The game loads and the
animation is smooth, not choppy, but the images are badly distorted.

I've tried multiple versions of the supported drivers.

If anyone has experience with this laptop or graphics hardware and has
gotten this to work, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Cheers,

M

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Anonymous   09-08-2005 at 11:13:00 PM
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Michael T. Peterson wrote:
> All,
>
> Blizzard doesn't support [most] laptops and mine seems to be no exception.
> However, I see friends playing WoW on Laptops not nearly as powerful as mine
> (HP Pavilion zt3380 having an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 64 Mb
> dedicated). At the same time all of the tests Blizzard recommends (2D, 3D,
> DirectX) are successful. Sadly, there is no joy. The game loads and the
> animation is smooth, not choppy, but the images are badly distorted.
>
> I've tried multiple versions of the supported drivers.
>
> If anyone has experience with this laptop or graphics hardware and has
> gotten this to work, I would appreciate hearing from you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> M

What kind of distortion do you get? Are the images just
stretched/squished or do you get artifacts? I assume you've tried
setting WOW to the native resolution of display?

I play on a widescreen laptop (Dell 9300) and the images are stretched
unless I change to a widescreen resolution.

-Alan

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Anonymous   09-08-2005 at 11:20:39 PM
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How does one determine the "native" resolution of the display?

Thanks,

Michael

<alhob@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>
> Michael T. Peterson wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Blizzard doesn't support [most] laptops and mine seems to be no
>> exception.
>> However, I see friends playing WoW on Laptops not nearly as powerful as
>> mine
>> (HP Pavilion zt3380 having an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 64 Mb
>> dedicated). At the same time all of the tests Blizzard recommends (2D,
>> 3D,
>> DirectX) are successful. Sadly, there is no joy. The game loads and the
>> animation is smooth, not choppy, but the images are badly distorted.
>>
>> I've tried multiple versions of the supported drivers.
>>
>> If anyone has experience with this laptop or graphics hardware and has
>> gotten this to work, I would appreciate hearing from you.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> M
>
> What kind of distortion do you get? Are the images just
> stretched/squished or do you get artifacts? I assume you've tried
> setting WOW to the native resolution of display?
>
> I play on a widescreen laptop (Dell 9300) and the images are stretched
> unless I change to a widescreen resolution.
>
> -Alan
>

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Rastus   09-09-2005 at 11:58:20 PM
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> How does one determine the "native" resolution of the display?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael

Two ways. The first entails a magnifying glass and patience. The second
involves getting out the documentation that came with your laptop.

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Anonymous   09-09-2005 at 10:33:59 PM
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Go with the empirical evidence! Challenge existing notions by proving
it yourself!

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Anonymous   09-09-2005 at 11:34:22 PM
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Michael T. Peterson wrote:
> How does one determine the "native" resolution of the display?
>
According to Hp's webpage about your laptop, your native display is:

15.4-inch WXGA High-Definition Widescreen (1280 x 800)

Try putting 1280 x600 in WoW's display setup and see if it helps.

-Alan

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Anonymous   09-09-2005 at 11:37:01 PM
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Oops! that should read:

Try putting 1280x800 in WoW's display setup and see if it helps.

-Alan

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