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Draculesti 2 Sep @ 7:36pm
(Gold) Source games crash on Win. 10 Alienware laptop
I understand that some engines have issues running on new systems, but I've never had an issue with Source (and Goldsource) games until I got my new laptop. I've previously used a Win. 10 computer for games, and any game ran on the Source engine was incredibly reliable. I have an Alienware m18 laptop, which originally had Win. 11 installed. I'll post specs if folks are curious, but I'm not sure where the issue lies exactly. I don't have an issue with any other engine ('sides what SCP:CB uses, but there was a fix for that).

It's also probably important to mention that there are a few versions of Source which crash less often (TF2 and L4D2). CS2 also can't hold more than 30 fps (doesn't actually crash, but have since uninstalled).
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_I_ 2 Sep @ 7:46pm 
update bios and get the latest drivers from the laptop mfg site
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Bad 💀 Motha 2 Sep @ 8:16pm 
Well it's a "prebuild"; to which anyone who buys one should go make a fresh OS installer media; boot from it, wipe the drive clean and clean install the OS + Drivers. The BIOS updates come in via Optional within Windows Updates section; yes please apply BIOS update first.
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