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Was working - Linux Mint 13 - Intel HD 4000 Upgrade
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Stroven Estemaire
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-12-20 02:41:08 UTC
I had Eve working perfectly on my old Dell E521 w/ ancient PCIe nVidia Card. That poor machine was just not cutting it anymore, so I built a new machine with a Core i3 w/ Intel HD 4000 graphics.

I just stuck the hard drive in the new machine. Manually removed the old nVidia drivers, installed the new Intel stuff, and Eve loads.... But... Anything 3D rendered is hideously screwed up. All menus and text look fine. It's just anything 3D rendered is a complete disaster. I can log in and update skills, fly by overview only... But that's no fun...

On the up side, frame rate is way better....

I took a screenshot, but I don't see any way to upload it...
Katrina Bekers
A Blessed Bean
Pandemic Horde
#2 - 2012-12-20 10:48:55 UTC
1) 2007 nvdia card + proprietary drivers > 2012 intel card + incomplete drivers.

If you search this very forum for Intel HDA chores, you'll find plenty. Simply put, the linux drivers lack the 3D parts that the windows drivers do in software, offloading some work from the GPU.

2) www.imgur.com for your screenshot upload needs.

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Stroven Estemaire
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-12-20 13:36:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Stroven Estemaire
Katrina Bekers wrote:

1) 2007 nvdia card + proprietary drivers > 2012 intel card + incomplete drivers.


So I should:

1) Buy a newer nVidia/AMD(ATI) Video Card
or
2) Wait for drivers to not suck for the one I have (which will take forever).

Katrina Bekers wrote:

If you search this very forum for Intel HDA


I was searching "Intel HD 4000" because that is what it's called... I was already further along than the results I was finding. thanks for the tip.

Katrina Bekers wrote:

2) www.imgur.com for your screenshot upload needs.

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http://i.imgur.com/A2NNo.png - Screenshot of how it looks
http://i.imgur.com/6d9DW.png - Wine Overrides that had the old nVidia card working perfectly, in case that helps anyone with such a card.

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For reference, lspci shows a different description for my graphics part:

lspci wrote:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller (rev 09)


I'll give it a try, but several parts are ambiguous.

I read the other threads about SM3 and DRI stuff.... Decided to scrap the project. Intel lies as usual...
Stroven Estemaire
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-12-20 14:21:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Stroven Estemaire
After reading more, I've decided it would make more sense to just get another Video Card. I'm not going to justify Intel's laziness. Too bad I got this chip because it had the built-in graphics... Apparently that is a half-truth. Typical Intel BS. I should have known they would never change...

This is my old card: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3115#ov

I've been out of the scene since I bought it. What would be a decent card under $100? I don't want to go crazy because this motherboard isn't made for crazy. MSI N630GT-MD4GD3 looks about right to me. My motherboard's power supply needs to be able to keep up.

My current MB: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=H61M-DGS

Opinions on MSI N630GT-MD4GD3?
Nebu Retski
Lead Farmers
#5 - 2012-12-20 16:51:36 UTC
Judging from your screenshot of eve, it looks like your textures aren't loading.

Have you tried to install libtxc-dxtn and driconf, then enabling s3tc texture compression in the driconf GUI? That has worked for me in the past when I was playing on an intel integrated gfx card.

Have you tried to install your old gfx card in your new computer and install the nvidia drivers to see if textures load?

The MSI N630GT-MD4GD3 looks ok to use on Linux and I'm sure it will run eve properly (maybe not perfect on highest settings though). Personally I would never buy such a cheap gfx card because they tend to be already obsolete when you buy them and you suddenly decide you want to play that new game coming out next week. If I were you I'd maybe try my solution from above and see if I can run eve decently. If it doesn't or I'm in a not too lazy mood then I'd install the old gfx card and see if eve runs fine with it.
Ravow
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-12-28 18:35:08 UTC
You just need s3tc libs and a driconf option.

S3tc is not on by default with mesa because of patents issue.