Starmade thinks my laptop needs driver updates, Intel says there are none

[MacThule]

I've tried to get Starmade running on this laptop numerous times and always give up because it works fine on my desktop... but I rarely have the ability to use my desktop most weeks and I would have far more access to the game if I could get it to run (at any level of performance) here on laptop.

Starmade tells me my drivers are outdated, but when I run the Intel update program I am told there are no updates available. Any thoughts?


Computer
Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8460p
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model HP EliteBook 8460p
System Type Mobile
Motherboard Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
Motherboard Product 161C
BIOS Version UNKNOWN
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
OS Build 6.1.7601
Locale English (United States)
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
.NET Framework Versions 2.0.50727.5420, 3.0.30729.5420, 3.5.30729.5420, 4.0.0.0, 4.5.50938
Default Internet Browser Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514
Installed Internet Browsers Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-2540M CPU @ 2.60GHz
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Description Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
Architecture x64
# of Cores 2
Current Clock Speed 2601 MHz
Current Voltage 1.8
Level 2 Cache 256 Kb
Level 3 Cache 3 Kb
Processor Id BFEBFBFF000206A7
Revision 10759
Availability Running at full power
Graphics
Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Adapter Compatibility Intel Corporation
Video Processor Intel® HD Graphics Family
Resolution 1366 x 768
Bits Per Pixel 32
Number of Colors 4294967296
Refresh Rate - Current 60 Hz
Refresh Rate - Maximum 60 Hz
Refresh Rate - Minimum 40 Hz
Driver Provider Intel Corporation
Driver Version 9.17.10.2963
Driver Date 1/16/2013
Adapter DAC Type Internal
Adapter RAM 2.06 GB
Availability Running at full power
Status This device is working properly.
Location PCI bus 0, device 2, function 0
Device Id PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0126&SUBSYS_161C103C&REV_09\3&E89B380&0&10
Audio
Intel® Display Audio
Driver Provider Intel® Corporation
Driver Version 6.14.0.3097
Driver Date 6/19/2012
Device Id HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2805&SUBSYS_80860101&REV_1000\4&3A295AFA&0&0301
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Driver Provider IDT
Driver Version 6.10.6433.0
Driver Date 10/24/2012
Device Id HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_7605&SUBSYS_103C3587&REV_1001\4&3A295AFA&0&0001
Networking and I/O
Intel® 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Manufacturer Intel
Availability Running at full power
Status This device is working properly.
Installed True
MAC Address E4:11:5B:2B:72:DD
Service Name e1cexpress
Driver Provider Intel
Driver Version 12.2.45.5033
Driver Date 11/28/2012
Device Id PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1502&SUBSYS_161C103C&REV_04\3&E89B380&0&C8
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205
Manufacturer Intel Corporation
Availability Running at full power
Status This device is working properly.
Installed True
MAC Address 10:0B:A9:12:E9:9C
Service Name NETwNs64
Driver Provider Intel
Driver Version 15.2.0.19
Driver Date 6/3/2012
Device Id PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0085&SUBSYS_13118086&REV_34\100BA9FFFF12E99C00
Memory
8 GB
Physical Memory - Total 8 GB
Physical Memory - Available 4.85 GB
Virtual Memory - Total 15.87 GB
Virtual Memory - Available 12.67 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Page File Space 7.91 GB
Storage
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A ATA Device
Capacity 232.88 GB
Firmware Version 30000P10
Serial Number 53463636354e3432313932303630324a20352020
Partitions 2
Driver Provider Microsoft
Driver Version 6.1.7600.16385
Driver Date 6/21/2006
Device Id IDE\DISKHFS250G32TND-N1A2A______________________30000P10\5&2BD82263&0&0.0.0
C:
File System NTFS
Compressed False
Capacity 228.52 GB
Free Space 109.40 GB

 

[Rechkalov]

Hey there, buddy!

We're in the same boat atm - and I'm afraid I've bad news for you.
The Intel products are simply not at all great for gaming; after a while you'll find that every game has its own marginal following of Intel users who experience issues/can't run the game at all.
There is little to no remedy for this; considerable amounts of Intel cards are legacy now, meaning they no longer get any updates, and even those up-to-date are largely below min specs.

The best I can do is recommend that, in your future purchases, you make sure to avoid these notebooks. Not that they are bad per se, but they're of little use to gamers.

Cheers o7

 

[Reilly Reese]

Bruh you've been here for 3 years, you ought to know that whenever StarMade crashes it always mentions Intel drivers if it manages to drag up an error to explain the CTD regardless of what's on your PC.

 

[MacThule]

Bruh you've been here for 3 years, you ought to know that whenever StarMade crashes it always mentions Intel drivers if it manages to drag up an error to explain the CTD regardless of what's on your PC.

Yeah, I know. I've heard legend that some Intel systems have been forced to work, so I thought I'd check. The notebook is an abandonment of my wife's I've been using as a supplemental work system and for writing. I'm a desktop guy. Cause games, in part, but mostly because of upgradability (for games).

Well, Summer is coming and I probably wouldn't be on more than the same once or twice a week I am now anyway. Maybe come fall I'll look into a better solution... I was hoping to put more time into testing the new weapons.

 

[Reilly Reese]

Yeah, I know. I've heard legend that some Intel systems have been forced to work

My intel works fine so yeah.

 

[Jeryia]

Though I can't run with the same setting as my desktop. I'm able to run Starmade under intel drivers. As mentioned, any crash results in a complaint about the intel drivers and mention that they should be updated(doesn't matter if they are up to date).

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz

Granted I'm running Linux. So it may not be a fair comparison.

 

[MacThule]

Though I can't run with the same setting as my desktop. I'm able to run Starmade under intel drivers. As mentioned, any crash results in a complaint about the intel drivers and mention that they should be updated(doesn't matter if they are up to date).

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz

Granted I'm running Linux. So it may not be a fair comparison.

How is Linux handling it? Smooth?

 

[Jeryia]

How is Linux handling it? Smooth?

Not great. Generally runs 15-30 frames per second on this laptop. I wouldn't recommend it for anything intense, but it works for building something while traveling.

Mostly I've just used it to setup mock battles to test out how my ships function in fleet vs fleet. (one system to setup each).

On the desktop (also running linux) I run at pretty much max settings(I think I leave out shadows out, but not for performance reasons). That one's a intel/nvidia system.

 

[SmilingDemon]

as always .... Logfiles ??

 

[Sachys]

For one thing Mac, as I stated before, NEVER use the update software - always gets things wrong somehow. That said, the 3000 that you have only supports open GL to a certain version (cant remember which) so if thats still a thing with SM it may be a problem.

Still, heres the windows drivers listing from the intel downloads centre. They may have done some compatible "broad range" drivers since, though the last one listed is from 2015.

Maybe theres a means to run SM on a Linux dualboot or USB boot without these issues?

Edit: I see above its not great, but maybe worth a look?

 

[OfficialCoding]

I have intel graphics and the game works, but i have some graphical bugs. The game should not work on my computer but it does.