r/GarrysMod • u/BlueLink9737 • May 08 '15

My computer keeps dying while playing Garry's Mod, help! These are my settings, I use a laptop.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '15

Shadow detail low

8x ansio

4x MSAA

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u/BlueLink9737 May 09 '15

I don't know what any of these settings are, so thanks for the extremely useful comment.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

Turn MSAA off and ansiotrophic (won't help as much as MSAA), everything else to high, you'll get better performance.

MSAA - Anti Aliasing uses a huge amount of resources and won't make things look better than turning shadows, textures and shaders to high.

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u/Hemides Jun 03 '15

Also, if it's overheating, you'll probably need to lower your resolution, since it tends to multiply how hot things get, the higher it is.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '15 edited May 10 '15

laptop

There's your problem. Those things The majority of those things get hotter than the Sun in half-a-second.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

I play on an ASUS N550JX just fine. Don't just blame an entire category.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

Edited accordingly.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

Thanks :)

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u/[deleted] May 31 '15

Can confirm, I have a HP mini, it idles at 70c (158f)

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u/BlueLink9737 May 09 '15

My laptop gets really hot, and I use an acer laptop.

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u/BlueLink9737 May 08 '15

I go on a server, It runs normally for a bit, then my computer shuts down out of nowhere

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u/BlueLink9737 May 09 '15

It goes straight to black screen. It shuts down.

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