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Re: I am trying to run XCOM Gold on my laptop and have a problem

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From: noctrnl
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 21:25
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"miket6065" <miket6065@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>I have a Dell 9100 laptop and I want to run XCOM GOld on it.  It does work 
>with my desktop but I forgot what I had to do to get it to work.  What I get 
>is a fractured screen.  I thought that I had to turn off DX but that didn't 
>work.
>
>Can anyone educate me here?

Try Fodder's patch.  http://f0dder.schwump.net/
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