Syndicate and Dear Esther on Intel GMA 4500

by thund3rw0lf


Both games run, both are playable.

Dear Esther runs without flaw, in bigger resolutions too. Syndicate runs with only occasional stuttering, but good FPS.

Syndicate


Runs in good FPS, 15-26 FPS, but occasionally stutters (when entering bigger areas). It is playable and smooth with stutters only when changing areas.

Good enough to do full playthrough.

Use this config Syndicate olio Config v2

Extract Enviroment.cfg to C:\Users\Berislav\Documents\Syndicate
and overwrite.

If you have BLACK SCREEN problem (black main menu and game), then go to Control Panel > Intel(R) GMA Driver for Mobile > 3D

Select Custom Settings, and set Texture Quality to Balance or Quality !!

Enjoy!

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Dear Esther


Dear Esther is running good, with very nice visuals.
Can run 20-60+ FPS, but game is very beautiful experience so I suggest next settings:

Ingame go to:
Options > Video

Set next:

Resolution 1280x600
Detail Foliage Enabled
Detail Foliage Draw Distance (on little less than half)
Field of View (half)

Under Advanced Video

Anti-Aliasing Mode None
Filtering Mode Trilinear
Wait For Vertical Sync Disabled
Multicore Rendering Enabled
Shader Detail Low
Effect Detail Medium
Model/Texture Detail Medium
Paged Pool Memory Available High

With these settings it runs 16-26 FPS, I prefer these settings but for more FPS just lower settings or/and resolution.

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