Battlefield 3 on thinkpad w500.graphics issues.

[K-a-M-u-Z-u]

I have Thinkpad w500 t9400 with 8gb ram.
I am able to play COD Black Ops, and Battlefield bad company 2 at medium/low settings.
I have installed Battlefield 3 for play test, and as i expected, it was very slow, so i try putting the graphics settings to low, but for a reason, when i press the graphics option, nothing happens.no other menu or options appear.
i have noticed some BUGS during game play such as "invisible" enemy at the train in the beginning of the game(quite funny seeing a knife floating in air and trying to stub me ).
could be that the graphics bugs are appearing also in the settings menu?(invisible menu)

I have noticed that the Config files are inside the path:
\Battlefield 3\Data\Win32

default_settings_Win32.sb
default_settings_Win32.toc

Does anyone know if there any way to change the graphics to low by editing some config files? i noticed they are "Gibberish".

If not, i would like to ask if someone can save his settings at lowest graphics 800X600 and upload the settings files to share it with me? so i can try replacing them to see if that works

Thank you very much.

[QWERTY Andreas]

I do not have battlefield 3. But i have a W500, with T9400 too. So if you get it working, please report back!

Cheers!

Andreas

[QWERTY Andreas]

Hi.
Ive just bougt BF 3 and installed it on my W500, and it can run it. Not very fast, but playable

I use the program called "BF 3 settings editor" to adjust my settings.. Im playing it at lowest possible settings.

Best regards

[K-a-M-u-Z-u]

Hi.
Ive just bougt BF 3 and installed it on my W500, and it can run it. Not very fast, but playable

I use the program called "BF 3 settings editor" to adjust my settings.. Im playing it at lowest possible settings.

Best regards

thanks! i will try it someday.
its an old post, and i gave up on it.maybe one of this days i will install it and try again.

thanks again!

[QWERTY Andreas]

No problem

Remeber to install TP fan control and set the fan to maximum speed

I just tried to install it on my W500, for no reason, and then it turned out to be playable.. And then i remembered this thread and thought you would like to know it too.