How to Improve Game Performance???
How to Improve Game Performance???
I have Splinter Cell Double Agent and Rainbow Six Las Vegas on my laptop, and they both run fine, but if I have the resolution set to the highest setting in the game the game is slower than my actions. If I have the resolution set to the highest I could move the mouse and it would take a second or two for the mouse to move, but when it's at a lower resolution it doesn't do that. Why is this? My laptop has 2gigs or RAM, 2.2ghz, great nVidia card, etc.. Do I just have to play the games at a lower resolution, or is there something that I have to set from the Control Panel or something? Reps for help.
the RAM is fine go back to a lower resolution maybe upgrade the graphics
the RAM is fine go back to a lower resolution maybe upgrade the graphics Upgrade my graphics card you mean? I have a great graphics card. It shouldn't need updating. My laptop isn't 2 months old.
what kind of processor do you have
just because your graffix card isn't old doesn't make it a good card.
what kind of processor do you have Doubt it would be processor.
You're running XP right Lunatic?
Also, to everyone saying its GFX, he'd have more frame-rate stutter if it was GFX, and he didn't mention any, so I'm assuming there just seems to be some input lag. If it was Vista, I wouldn't be surprised, but you're running XP if I remember correctly.
prob graphics card and/or cpu speed. playing at lower res should fix it.
Graphics card makes it or breaks it d00d...
RAM is important, and so is processor. But a wow strong graphics card will make it wow strong run smoothly
ctrl+alt+del
see what system processes there are, close the unnecessary ones even if theyre like 50k
if theyve got punkbuster
then type
pb_sleep 500 in the console
or
goto control panels, admin tools , services, then stop the crappy applications you've got urnning like nortan antivirus
resolution is the biggest bitch to fix, the same goes with me, even if i up the resolution just slightly then it starts to lag to hell, its just extra work for you CPU
not worth it, but meh, try what i suggested
I hate splinter cell, that shit's too dark and the game's too difficult. I prefer mind-numbing action.
what kind of processor do you have Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2Ghz
just because your graffix card isn't old doesn't make it a good card. I have a 511MB nVidia GeForce 8600M GS graphics card
prob graphics card and/or cpu speed. playing at lower res should fix it. Lower res sucks. When I have it at higher res the graphics are ****ing amazing.
Graphics card makes it or breaks it d00d...
RAM is important, and so is processor. But a wow strong graphics card will make it wow strong run smoothly I have a good one :(, right?
ctrl+alt+del
see what system processes there are, close the unnecessary ones even if theyre like 50k
if theyve got punkbuster
then type
pb_sleep 500 in the console
or
goto control panels, admin tools , services, then stop the crappy applications you've got urnning like nortan antivirus
resolution is the biggest bitch to fix, the same goes with me, even if i up the resolution just slightly then it starts to lag to hell, its just extra work for you CPU
not worth it, but meh, try what i suggested you hit the nail right on the head.
nice specs btw for a laptop. it sounds you have too much load on the system and need to close out any background programs causing the lag.
could be the wireless connection, if that's what you have. ;)
high ping gg
ctrl+alt+del
see what system processes there are, close the unnecessary ones even if theyre like 50k
if theyve got punkbuster
then type
pb_sleep 500 in the console
or
goto control panels, admin tools , services, then stop the crappy applications you've got urnning like nortan antivirus
resolution is the biggest bitch to fix, the same goes with me, even if i up the resolution just slightly then it starts to lag to hell, its just extra work for you CPU
not worth it, but meh, try what i suggested I don't see Admin Tools in my CP. I have Vista :(
could be the wireless connection, if that's what you have. ;)
high ping gg I'm talking about playing single player. I have to use 800x600 resolution for Splinter Cell! The **** is this shit.. I have an HD laptop, and I have to use 800x600... ****ing bullshit.
I don't see Admin Tools in my CP. I have Vista :( I'm leaveing vista and geting xp, vista has been bad with me. :mad:
I don't see Admin Tools in my CP. I have Vista :( There's your answer. Vista is in some way incompatible with everything, probably even incompatible with itself if that's possible.
I'm leave vista and geting xp, vista has been bad with me. :mad: I don't know how to install XP. I was going to get the torrent, but I don't know what would happen if I tried installing it.
And holy shit.. I'm looking at all my startup programs, because I just rebooted my laptop, and I have an assload of shit running. I don't know what most of this shit is either.
I'm in Task Manager in the Processes tab, and there's a bunch of shit that I don't need open, and a lot of them are taking up 1,000k+ of memory. Some over 5. If I close these would it help?
Your graphics card is prob the limiting factor. The 8600 GS isn't suitable for high-end games.
Anyways, what drivers are you running? Try http://www.omegadrivers.net/ and see if it gets you some better framerates. Of course, be cautious when installing/uninstalling drivers.
Your graphics card is prob the limiting factor. The 8600 GS isn't suitable for high-end games.
Really? I figured a 512 would be awesome for high-end games.
And Splinter Cell isn't really next-gen or anything.
Really? I figured a 512 would be awesome for high-end games.
And Splinter Cell isn't really next-gen or anything. The amount of memory doesn't say much these days, and the 8600 GS is only 128mb dedicated, rest shared.
Here is a list of benchmarks for almost all the dedicated laptop graphics cards -
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html
I went to Task Manager, the Performance tab, and I see that my CPU Usage is at around 7%. My Memory is at 710MB... What's this mean? Also, when I start typing my CPU Usage spikes from around 4% to 50% and such. Wtf is going on?
The amount of memory doesn't say much these days, and the 8600 GS is only 128mb dedicated, rest shared.
Here is a list of benchmarks for almost all the dedicated laptop graphics cards -
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html OOOh ok. Yeah I assumed it was 512 dedicated, b/c the Nvidia I just bought for my laptop is 256 dedicated. An 8800 GT I think.
Edit - No, I got an 8600M GT. 256 dedicated.
edit- wtf? The Dell site says the 8600M GT is 256mb dedicated, yet that link above says its 128. What gives?
edit- nvm, I was reading something wrong. That link says it has memory of up to 512mb dedicated, but I got the 256 mb. I didn't know there were different memory versions in the same model?
Your graphics card is prob the limiting factor. The 8600 GS isn't suitable for high-end games.
Anyways, what drivers are you running? Try http://www.omegadrivers.net/ and see if it gets you some better framerates. Of course, be cautious when installing/uninstalling drivers. There aren't any for Vista :(
shoulda got the 8600 GT not GS :cool:
I don't know how to install XP. I was going to get the torrent, but I don't know what would happen if I tried installing it.
And holy shit.. I'm looking at all my startup programs, because I just rebooted my laptop, and I have an assload of shit running. I don't know what most of this shit is either.
I'm in Task Manager in the Processes tab, and there's a bunch of shit that I don't need open, and a lot of them are taking up 1,000k+ of memory. Some over 5. If I close these would it help? Sorry bro i have no idea about this stuff.
My windows vista needs to be activated, so it logs me off ever half hour. I'm going to try and install xp, which i have no idea how. lol
shoulda got the 8600 GT not GS :cool: Was only able to get the GS.
How much would an AWESOME card cost, and how hard is it to install it?
shoulda got the 8600 GT not GS :cool: Yeah, that's the one I got, with 256 mb. Is it any good?
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I have Splinter Cell Double Agent and Rainbow Six Las Vegas on my laptop, and they both run fine, but if I have the resolution set to the highest setting in the game the game is slower than my actions. If I have the resolution set to the highest I could move the mouse and it would take a second or two for the mouse to move, but when it's at a lower resolution it doesn't do that. Why is this? My laptop has 2gigs or RAM, 2.2ghz, great nVidia card, etc.. Do I just have to play the games at a lower resolution, or is there something that I have to set from the Control Panel or something? Reps for help.
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the RAM is fine go back to a lower resolution maybe upgrade the graphics
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the RAM is fine go back to a lower resolution maybe upgrade the graphics Upgrade my graphics card you mean? I have a great graphics card. It shouldn't need updating. My laptop isn't 2 months old.
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what kind of processor do you have
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just because your graffix card isn't old doesn't make it a good card.
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what kind of processor do you have Doubt it would be processor.
You're running XP right Lunatic?
Also, to everyone saying its GFX, he'd have more frame-rate stutter if it was GFX, and he didn't mention any, so I'm assuming there just seems to be some input lag. If it was Vista, I wouldn't be surprised, but you're running XP if I remember correctly.
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prob graphics card and/or cpu speed. playing at lower res should fix it.
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Graphics card makes it or breaks it d00d...
RAM is important, and so is processor. But a wow strong graphics card will make it wow strong run smoothly
Answer:
ctrl+alt+del
see what system processes there are, close the unnecessary ones even if theyre like 50k
if theyve got punkbuster
then type
pb_sleep 500 in the console
or
goto control panels, admin tools , services, then stop the crappy applications you've got urnning like nortan antivirus
resolution is the biggest bitch to fix, the same goes with me, even if i up the resolution just slightly then it starts to lag to hell, its just extra work for you CPU
not worth it, but meh, try what i suggested
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I hate splinter cell, that shit's too dark and the game's too difficult. I prefer mind-numbing action.
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what kind of processor do you have Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2Ghz
just because your graffix card isn't old doesn't make it a good card. I have a 511MB nVidia GeForce 8600M GS graphics card
prob graphics card and/or cpu speed. playing at lower res should fix it. Lower res sucks. When I have it at higher res the graphics are ****ing amazing.
Graphics card makes it or breaks it d00d...
RAM is important, and so is processor. But a wow strong graphics card will make it wow strong run smoothly I have a good one :(, right?
Answer:
ctrl+alt+del
see what system processes there are, close the unnecessary ones even if theyre like 50k
if theyve got punkbuster
then type
pb_sleep 500 in the console
or
goto control panels, admin tools , services, then stop the crappy applications you've got urnning like nortan antivirus
resolution is the biggest bitch to fix, the same goes with me, even if i up the resolution just slightly then it starts to lag to hell, its just extra work for you CPU
not worth it, but meh, try what i suggested you hit the nail right on the head.
nice specs btw for a laptop. it sounds you have too much load on the system and need to close out any background programs causing the lag.
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could be the wireless connection, if that's what you have. ;)
high ping gg
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ctrl+alt+del
see what system processes there are, close the unnecessary ones even if theyre like 50k
if theyve got punkbuster
then type
pb_sleep 500 in the console
or
goto control panels, admin tools , services, then stop the crappy applications you've got urnning like nortan antivirus
resolution is the biggest bitch to fix, the same goes with me, even if i up the resolution just slightly then it starts to lag to hell, its just extra work for you CPU
not worth it, but meh, try what i suggested I don't see Admin Tools in my CP. I have Vista :(
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could be the wireless connection, if that's what you have. ;)
high ping gg I'm talking about playing single player. I have to use 800x600 resolution for Splinter Cell! The **** is this shit.. I have an HD laptop, and I have to use 800x600... ****ing bullshit.
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I don't see Admin Tools in my CP. I have Vista :( I'm leaveing vista and geting xp, vista has been bad with me. :mad:
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I don't see Admin Tools in my CP. I have Vista :( There's your answer. Vista is in some way incompatible with everything, probably even incompatible with itself if that's possible.
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I'm leave vista and geting xp, vista has been bad with me. :mad: I don't know how to install XP. I was going to get the torrent, but I don't know what would happen if I tried installing it.
And holy shit.. I'm looking at all my startup programs, because I just rebooted my laptop, and I have an assload of shit running. I don't know what most of this shit is either.
I'm in Task Manager in the Processes tab, and there's a bunch of shit that I don't need open, and a lot of them are taking up 1,000k+ of memory. Some over 5. If I close these would it help?
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Your graphics card is prob the limiting factor. The 8600 GS isn't suitable for high-end games.
Anyways, what drivers are you running? Try http://www.omegadrivers.net/ and see if it gets you some better framerates. Of course, be cautious when installing/uninstalling drivers.
Answer:
Your graphics card is prob the limiting factor. The 8600 GS isn't suitable for high-end games.
Really? I figured a 512 would be awesome for high-end games.
And Splinter Cell isn't really next-gen or anything.
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Really? I figured a 512 would be awesome for high-end games.
And Splinter Cell isn't really next-gen or anything. The amount of memory doesn't say much these days, and the 8600 GS is only 128mb dedicated, rest shared.
Here is a list of benchmarks for almost all the dedicated laptop graphics cards -
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html
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I went to Task Manager, the Performance tab, and I see that my CPU Usage is at around 7%. My Memory is at 710MB... What's this mean? Also, when I start typing my CPU Usage spikes from around 4% to 50% and such. Wtf is going on?
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The amount of memory doesn't say much these days, and the 8600 GS is only 128mb dedicated, rest shared.
Here is a list of benchmarks for almost all the dedicated laptop graphics cards -
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html OOOh ok. Yeah I assumed it was 512 dedicated, b/c the Nvidia I just bought for my laptop is 256 dedicated. An 8800 GT I think.
Edit - No, I got an 8600M GT. 256 dedicated.
edit- wtf? The Dell site says the 8600M GT is 256mb dedicated, yet that link above says its 128. What gives?
edit- nvm, I was reading something wrong. That link says it has memory of up to 512mb dedicated, but I got the 256 mb. I didn't know there were different memory versions in the same model?
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Your graphics card is prob the limiting factor. The 8600 GS isn't suitable for high-end games.
Anyways, what drivers are you running? Try http://www.omegadrivers.net/ and see if it gets you some better framerates. Of course, be cautious when installing/uninstalling drivers. There aren't any for Vista :(
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shoulda got the 8600 GT not GS :cool:
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I don't know how to install XP. I was going to get the torrent, but I don't know what would happen if I tried installing it.
And holy shit.. I'm looking at all my startup programs, because I just rebooted my laptop, and I have an assload of shit running. I don't know what most of this shit is either.
I'm in Task Manager in the Processes tab, and there's a bunch of shit that I don't need open, and a lot of them are taking up 1,000k+ of memory. Some over 5. If I close these would it help? Sorry bro i have no idea about this stuff.
My windows vista needs to be activated, so it logs me off ever half hour. I'm going to try and install xp, which i have no idea how. lol
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shoulda got the 8600 GT not GS :cool: Was only able to get the GS.
How much would an AWESOME card cost, and how hard is it to install it?
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shoulda got the 8600 GT not GS :cool: Yeah, that's the one I got, with 256 mb. Is it any good?
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