Age of Mythology on the Acer Aspire 1410

[JimKol123]

Simply backup the i845.gfx, now backup geforce3.gfx and finally rename geforce3.gfx to i845.gfx and you're done :) AoM plays with all resolutions and finest graphics. Enjoy! The *.gfx files are in the gfxconfig (and gfxconfig2 for The Titans) subfolder.

(Oh and delete or cut the old i845.gfx and make sure the new one isnt something like (2) ! )

This is the solution to this problem I did to my AoM and it is ok now :)

[TorontoGuy2k]

I have the acer aspire 1410 core 2 solo. The original specs had 3 GB of RAM with vista. I installed 4GB of RAM and got the free upgrade to windows 7 (back on oct 2009). I was able to run Star trek online demo.

[evilsnakes1]

umm, yeah, but the thing about an rts is that the lag accumulates as more pieces come into play, so this demo says little

[nicoelson]

can u tell me where u downloaded it? i got a netbook too

[Babymike360]

@nicoelson

Watch my vid

[stargater94]

not really mentioned in the vid but, notice that when he moved units to the edge of the black area, things just started appearing and the black area looks like it was from AOE or Warcraft 1/2

On my other comp, the Fog of War EXISTS and the black area slowly moves away and the items under the black area then appear, not just appear outside of the black area like that...

this issue occurs on my comp as well and i really want a solution to that.... screw the black bars i want a fixed black area

[stargater94]

oh and btw, My comp is a Dell Inspiron 15 with an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 4 GB ram, using Windows 7 x64 RC (used Linux more on this comp than anything else really...)

Some sort of intel intergrated graphics i guess.....

got it back in May09 but the other laptop i mentioned was from Jan07 and plays the game perfectly fine (has ATI graphics though i believe so meh :/) on Win XP...

I assume its a Graphics card issue?........ which means im essentially screwed with playing AOM.... else?......

[stargater94]

@My other posts -- I found the solution.... Apparently you just need to backup the i845.gfx file and replace that file with a copy of the geforce3.gfx file and it works perfectly fine...

Plus if you use the windowed option it seems to stretch it out big enough (that or the resolution is too big and is therefore why it is what it is.... point is the black area problem is fixed)

[paulito893]

@stargater94 I notice this problem too, which is why I'm here... On my cheap $300 GMA500 netbook, AOM works flawlessly yet on my more powerful laptop with GMA4500 HD, I get the issue which you noticed here.

[stargater94]

@paulito893 wow.... i was thinking of aom / this bug fix / etc. just like 2 days ago o_o.... *bookmarks page for future reference*

[myrealreview]

in your graphics card software, you can change the aspect ration settings so the game would strech full screen

[fiancailles]

if it runs this Im sure it runs warcraft 3

[prayer2666]

maan i just have the same problem dude and i fixed it maaan it was soo insane, i downgraded my intel 965 express chipset drivers then everything worked fine dude

[Aldaraia666]

I don't mind if it can't play all those fancy new games, if it can early 00's and Doom, I'm a happy camper.

[EstaraAi]

is this laptop any good for playing newer games. ive recently bought this laptop, although i wont be able to use it till christmas, i wouldnt mind knowing that if i bought a game it would run.

[WTFKoduBear]

Hey, is this a good laptop for a student who might do a little gaming?

[SMGJohn]

AMD and ATi is best for you, fuck Intel it only work as a work computer and ONLY work not even good for musics listing...

[Marcoshary]

You should try installing Age of Empires III on Acer 1410. Some guys did it Asus Eee PC 701 and 900(yes, true, but with everything low of course), so it should run nicely ina Acer 1410. Thanks

[jjadgjm]

いいパソコンですね。買うかもしれない。

[UnderMediKated]

The dual core 1810TZ is coming out with Win7 x64 on October 22nd!

I'm ordering that model. I've been waiting for dual core for over 1 1/2 years.

[druidkg]

nice

[ganzthemanz]

dude u look just like my uncle! Same hair and facial hair. =l scary

[BradLinder]

NVIDIA ION isn't going to help with Flash video. That's a CPU problem, not a graphics processor issue. Flash doesn't use GPU acceleration yet. Right now, pretty much all netbooks and low power laptops have problems with high quality Flash video. If anything, the Acer Aspire 1410 will probably be a little better than the Samsung N510 when it comes to Flash, although the N510 may be better at games and Blu-Ray playback.

[plasmar1]

@BradLinder , with the latest flash it supports use of hardware hd decoder hardware..... that does help with acceleration some....(using sony vaio p with gma500)

[ThisLadChanny]

@plasmar1 He posted this comment 11month ago, the new flash wasn't out then.

[hackerma998]

nice video

I just bought the 1410 last week and I'm quite disappointed with it. I'm running the Vista that came with it and I find it very slow expecially when viewing youtube videos. (The image lags) Would you recommend switching to XP or Win7 as you did. OR should I wait for the Samsung N510 which will have the Nvidia Ion graphics card?

[strezeneczki]

Definitely Install Win7!  What was a slideshow on Vista, plays smoothly on Win7 !!!!