Slaver Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Just wondering if anyone has tried Shock Force under windows 8. I am looking at an i7 laptop and not sure about getting windows 7 or windows 8. It would be useless if I can't run Shock Force! Stephen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMG Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Works fine for me. I had to find a video driver for W8 and that took a bit of work. But if you are getting a new unit, it shouldn't be a problem. What GPU will it have? I installed a freeware start button, Classic Shell, and never go to the Metro UI. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaver Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Thank you Paul. It's looking like: Intel® Core™ i7 3610QM Processor 2.3GHz Chipset Intel® Chief River Chipset HM76 Memory 12GB DDR3 1600 MHz SDRAM Graphic Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 4000 at the moment. I don't want to loose the start button either, but there appears to be some interesting stuff coming up in their apps. Stephen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMG Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 This fellow had problems with Intel 4000 and CMFI and CMBN. http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=107668 W8 shouldn't be the problem. Classic Shell has all kinds of options including how the system starts and what the windows key does. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaver Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Thanks again. That's interesting. I have another option: CPU Intel® Core i7 3610QM 2.3Ghz (Turbo 3.3G)/6M Chipset Mobile Intel HM76 Express Chipset Memory 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM (1333 MHz) Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 610M 2GB GDDR3 Less memory and more expensive. Also I'm not sure about the difference between the Chief River and the Express Chipset; not even sure that they are actually different. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMass Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Thanks again. Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 610M 2GB GDDR3 The 610M is a entry level dedicated laptop graphics card, far best to search for something like a GT 630 (a rebrand of the GT 540) or a Radeon HD 7670M. I bought two weeks ago a Toshiba L850-1PD and it runs very well CMSF, CMBN and CMFI. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaver Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Did you have trouble removing Norton from the Toshiba? I crossed them off my list when I noticed they are all listed as coming with it. It took me hours to completely un-install Nortons last time they did nasty things to one of my computers. The best I can afford for this is a NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M with 2GB DDR3 VRAM. But that comes at the expense of RAM, I only have a few hundred dollars to spend, it's a second computer. Shock Force runs great on my desktop and it has a GT 240. Have to see if I can weddle a better budget. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMass Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Did you have trouble removing Norton from the Toshiba? I crossed them off my list when I noticed they are all listed as coming with it. It took me hours to completely un-install Nortons last time they did nasty things to one of my computers. Fortunately, it have preinstalled McAfee, not Norton, so the uninstall was quick and easy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaver Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 I did manage a slightly bigger budget for the laptop. It came with McAfee, which I uninstalled relatively easily. Shock Force runs great, I have only played a brief game so far. Windows 8 wanted to use the integrated graphics rather than the card. It took me a couple of setting changes, but I think I have persuaded it to use the card. Still getting used to windows 8 and the apps. I'm sure there are some really interesting ones, but I'm stuck with flicking though. I can't find a search function in the app shop. Now I can take Shock Force on the road! Stephen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMG Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Find a list of hotkeys for W8. Windows key + Q gets you the search screen. Early morning misread. Don't know how to search store. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMass Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Still getting used to windows 8 and the apps. I installed Classic Shell, it works very well! http://www.classicshell.net/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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