GMA4500 playable?

[birthdaymonkey]

I would like to get this game running on my laptop, which is a 1.86GHz c2d with Intel GMA4500 running Windows 8.

The game runs great on my desktop (of course), but I was really hoping to be able to play on the go. Unfortunately, the game is a slideshow - even the mouse cursor moves at about 3fps.

Any suggestions, or am I SOL for FTL on my lappy?

[Matthew]

Have you checked both your laptop's manufacturer's website as well as the intel driver site directly for update video drivers? Intel drivers can be directly found here: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx

The driver support for old intel integrated cards is pretty abysmal. The driver support for Windows 8 is also horrible. Combine the two and it can really be a mess I think people have gotten it to work, but those older integrated cards have caused a lot of frustration.

I'm glad you're able to enjoy it on your desktop at least.

[Protector]

The Game should running on GMA4500 without Problems.

I running FTL on ICH8 Chipset under Linux without Problems or Performanceproblems. Means, my Graphiccard is a GM965. And my CPU are a Intel Celeron 1.76GHZ with 2GB RAM

[uboot]

I also vote for an issue with Windows 8 drivers.

On my Thinkpad X200 with C2D 2.4GHz, GMA X4500, and Windows 7 x64 FTL runs like a charm...