monkeyboy2002
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hi all, newbie here, apologies if this sort of thing has been asked before, but im really frustrated with my laptop at the mo. i cant get a decent looking smooth game on COD4.
i have a dell xps m1710, 2.14ghz dual core processor, 4gb ram(i know only 3gb visible), nvidia geforce go7900gtx card, and a screen with native resolution of 1920x1200.
even if i turn all the graphics/texture settings on cod4 right down to low or off, including changing picmup settings to 3(lowest quality), i cannot get a smooth game. i have had to set my screen to 800x600, and cap fps at 60, although game will then use 67.
my sound card causes some problems, its not up to the task and causes a slight stall when the voice comms messages are played, but surely i should be able to get a visually better game online with my spec laptop?
cooling is all good, sat on an open desk, ive tried cleaning the laptop out, no joy.
any resolution higher than 800x600(to be honest, i just cant see at 800x600) causes the game to drop to 15-20 fps frequently, hang there, then get back to normal. while it does that drop, my ping goes to 100+ from 45ish...
does anyone have any ideas what may be causing this? this laptop/gfx card, as mentioned above, should be able to do better, but why cant it? drivers are up to date.
i have a dell xps m1710, 2.14ghz dual core processor, 4gb ram(i know only 3gb visible), nvidia geforce go7900gtx card, and a screen with native resolution of 1920x1200.
even if i turn all the graphics/texture settings on cod4 right down to low or off, including changing picmup settings to 3(lowest quality), i cannot get a smooth game. i have had to set my screen to 800x600, and cap fps at 60, although game will then use 67.
my sound card causes some problems, its not up to the task and causes a slight stall when the voice comms messages are played, but surely i should be able to get a visually better game online with my spec laptop?
cooling is all good, sat on an open desk, ive tried cleaning the laptop out, no joy.
any resolution higher than 800x600(to be honest, i just cant see at 800x600) causes the game to drop to 15-20 fps frequently, hang there, then get back to normal. while it does that drop, my ping goes to 100+ from 45ish...
does anyone have any ideas what may be causing this? this laptop/gfx card, as mentioned above, should be able to do better, but why cant it? drivers are up to date.
