Until early/mid 2016: TM and SM played well.
Then the laptop suffered several issues and was left aside until fixed by the end of 2019.
From then on, it can't play SM. TM wasn't tested because every update takes ages (btw, is it normal that the download speed is around 0,1MB/sec?).
I have tried:
1) Reducing the settings to the best performance/lowest quality possible
2) Deleting the DefaultSystemConfig.gbx
3) Updating ATI Mobility Radeon HD3470 drivers, which implied installing an official AMD Catalyst Control Center - the driver seems to be the same for all 3400 series but the application did the choice for me, I don't really know which version it is, but from the download page all are from 2013 while the one I had was from 2009 apparently.
4) Forcing the game settings to obey the configurations from the application - this I don't know if took place and don't know how to assure it does.
5) Running the game from the Logs.exe.
I have re-tested the game after each step, but the best it could do was to go from crashing at the moment I move forwards, to crashing only when I shoot or take too many steps outside the starting place (maybe it depends on the map).
Rotating the map from pre-start and moving only the head around is doable, although the latter is a bit slow, but faster than the stepping forward.
The crash consists in freezing the image or turning blank while mouse freezes, then the Windows notification pops telling me the graphic card stopped working and was restarted successfully. The game then shows a blue background message mentioning some DEVICE_HUNG message along with the name of the graphic card. It either is playable again for some seconds or gets stuck for good and it becomes a hard time shutting it down from the Windows Task Manager.
Specs:
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Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_ldr_escrow.200102-1707)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Satellite A300
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 1.40
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 4097MB used, 4088MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x95C4)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_95C4&SUBSYS_FF1E1179&REV_00
Display Memory: 2041 MB
Dedicated Memory: 250 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Monitor PnP Genérico
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: SEC3741
Native Mode: 1280 x 800(p) (60.004Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1129 (English)
Driver Version: 8.970.100.1100
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/30/2013 05:19:54, 1094024 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D684-11CF-A076-14DFBEC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x95C4
SubSys ID: 0xFF1E1179
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem72.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_M72:8.970.100.1100:pci\ven_1002&dev_95c4
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
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