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New computer, having problems with gaming...

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SmAw

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I just bought a new laptop, nothing special, but the specs looked decent and the price was not something i could pass up...anyway, just installed COD 4 on it and it is running very sluggish during gameplay. Just wanted to know if it is the computer or maybe i can tweek the settings to make it work. Here are the system specs:


Operating system
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack

Processor
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 Dual-Core Mobile Processor

Display
15.4" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800)

Memory
4096MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)

Total memory slots
2

Maximum memory expansion
Max supported = 8192MB

Graphics card
ATI Radeon HD 3450 Graphics with M82-SCE with up to 2302MB total graphics memory with 512MB dedicated

Networking
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)

Broadband wireless
Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN

Primary CD/DVD drive
LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVDýR/RW with Double Layer Support

Hard drive
400GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)

Front-side bus (processor dependent)
Up to 4400 MT/s system bus running at AC/DC mode 35 watt

PCI expansion
1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

I/O ports
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA 2 Headphone out 1 microphone-in HDMI 1 VGA (15-pin) eSATA + USB 2.0 1 RJ-11 (modem) 1 RJ -45 (LAN) 1 notebook expansion port 3 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin) 1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)

Speakers
SRS Premium Sound
 
What settings are you trying to run at? Have you tried changing anything to improve performance? Try reducing all settings to minimum and see how your performance is. If the gameplay becomes smooth, then you've been using overly high graphical settings and you just need to turn them down from what you were previously running at. If your performance doesn't improve even with all the graphical settings at their lowest, then you've probably got a CPU limitation (although your CPU should be fast enough to handle CoD4 fine).
 
a 3450 is HORRIFIC for gaming and is barely a step up from integrated video. in fact a 3450 wont even meet the minimum requirements for many newer games.
 
SmAw said:
I just bought a new laptop, nothing special, but the specs looked decent and the price was not something i could pass up...anyway, just installed COD 4 on it and it is running very sluggish during gameplay. Just wanted to know if it is the computer or maybe i can tweek the settings to make it work. Here are the system specs:


Operating system
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack

Processor
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 Dual-Core Mobile Processor

Display
15.4" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800)

Memory
4096MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)

Total memory slots
2

Maximum memory expansion
Max supported = 8192MB

Graphics card
ATI Radeon HD 3450 Graphics with M82-SCE with up to 2302MB total graphics memory with 512MB dedicated

Networking
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)

Broadband wireless
Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN

Primary CD/DVD drive
LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVDýR/RW with Double Layer Support

Hard drive
400GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)

Front-side bus (processor dependent)
Up to 4400 MT/s system bus running at AC/DC mode 35 watt

PCI expansion
1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

I/O ports
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA 2 Headphone out 1 microphone-in HDMI 1 VGA (15-pin) eSATA + USB 2.0 1 RJ-11 (modem) 1 RJ -45 (LAN) 1 notebook expansion port 3 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin) 1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)

Speakers
SRS Premium Sound
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Laptop and gaming in the same sentence doesnt go well together.

Unless you paid $2500 for it, or its an alienware.
 
yeah the 3450 is basicly on par with the intel 945 chipset/igp.. maybe just a tad better.. if you had gotten the one with the hd 3650.. then you would of had a better chance of playing cod4 @ low settings..
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
yeah the 3450 is basicly on par with the intel 945 chipset/igp.. maybe just a tad better.. if you had gotten the one with the hd 3650.. then you would of had a better chance of playing cod4 @ low settings..
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the 3650 would have no prob with med and maybe even a few high settings at 1280 or lower. the 3450 is less than half as powerful as the 3650 so low settings for sure with it.
 
I was going to say, looks like a laptop.

That's a pretty poop comp for gaming unless at say 800x600 res and all low settings in call of duty 4.

Call of Duty 4 being my reference.

Now my laptop in my signature can DO gaming. :)
 
DASHlT said:
Laptop and gaming in the same sentence doesnt go well together.

Unless you paid $2500 for it, or its an alienware.
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Funny, got a $450 MSI GX610 on eBay BNIB with a TL-62 2.1ghz dual core, 2gb ram and HD2600 with 256mb dedicated GDDR3 and it sems to have no issues @ 1280x800 in CoD4 on high. So you're wrong on the price point and Alienware has always been overpriced stuff meant for people with no concept of what a good PC at the right price is.
 
Try turning the video settings down, then lower the resolution if it's still too sluggish.

COD4 scales well, I think it should be able to run at decent frame rates even with that GPU.
 
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