Laptop....

[Phaedra]

Hey guys, so here I am again waiting for answers...
So I just got my laptop, here are the specs:
Proc: Amd Athlon II P320 Dual-Core 2,1GHz
4GB RAM
64 bit os
Ati Mobility Radeon HD 4250
OS: Win7 Home premium but it doesn't rly matter anywayz

Well, so far I've tried 2 games on it: Grid and Amnesia. Both of them run on low fps which is fckin annoying, u know.

I think my laptop is good enough to play these 2 games (btw sro is running smooth but its not a big surprise:D) so I don't know what the problem is...Already Installed DirectX, updated ati driver but still the same.

I can't imagine that my laptop simply can't run these games...
Any suggestions?

[poehalcho]

well your processor is below grid's recommended requirements...
I dont think your video card is doing much better either...
as for amnesia your good enough.
Now you can only blame yourself for getting a laptop rather than a desktop.

I don't think you can do much about it except buying better parts. tried turning down the settings -.-?

[Phaedra]

well your processor is below grid's recommended requirements...
I dont think your video card is doing much better either...
as for amnesia your good enough.
Now you can only blame yourself for getting a laptop rather than a desktop.

I don't think you can do much about it except buying better parts.

Well I have a desktop, and its good. I bought a laptop for school, study etc... but as i am not coming home every weekend I'd like to play on it as well(and not only mario lol).
Anywayz, thx for the tips, I would like to upgrade it but well, u know, its not as easy as upgrading a desktop.

[Noobs_Slayer]

how about video card? if no video card you're screwed

[Phaedra]

how about video card? if no video card you're screwed

Ati Mobility Radeon HD 4250 but I did mention it

[Squirt]

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=124639

ask these guys, I have the same question

[Gladiator_RN]

mehh.. desktop > laptop.

[Gaigemasta]

it wont run, mainly becux of the processor and graphx chip. IF you can, return and spend some extra for a i3 proc (make sure the 13 is 350m model) and at least a nvidia 310m, 4gb ram obviously

[Ownage]

That gpu will be a huge bottleneck, you could get away with the cpu maybe but the gpu is extremely old, and its a mobile version, I don't think you would get further then some basic games.

[Phaedra]

Yea, thought the same, this ati graphic card is a shit:) Well, anywayz, gonna ask some guy at my school but well yea, i know i can't do much about it:)

Thx for the replies guys:)

[Gaigemasta]

did some further research, 310m and the radeon are both class 3 cards, try to look for a class 2 if you wanna replace

[Phaedra]

did some further research, 310m and the radeon are both class 3 cards, try to look for a class 2 if you wanna replace

I do want to replace it:) but I can't... It's integrated, maybe I can extend it or sthg like that. That's why Im gonna ask schoolmates...they r IT programmers for god's sake:) They might know some shit:)

[Gaigemasta]

Im talking abt the whole laptop, if u go it in with in a week u have a buyers remorse thing, so u can go pick a better laptop, u just need to spend more

[Phaedra]

Im talking abt the whole laptop, if u go it in with in a week u have a buyers remorse thing, so u can go pick a better laptop, u just need to spend more

Oh, well, yea, the problem is: my cousin bought it while he was in Germany... and now look at my location:) Yea well, anywayz, gonna figure out something.

[Amarisa]

In theory it should play. I have only played the DS version of grid (lol) so I have no experience with those games.

My theory why it won't play well is because laptop hard drives run at 5400 RPM not 7200

Nerdy explanation

Spoiler!

With how fast computers are getting a big bottleneck for most computers is the hard drive. SSD or raid improves performance however

[Gaigemasta]

personally I see no difference in HDD speeds, though if you do have a 5400 rpm hdd, trying lowering texture quality

[BuDo]

Just return the dam thing and get a true gaming laptop

[William-CL]

Just return the dam thing and get a true gaming laptop

This. Laptops need extra power to handle most games if you do try to game on them.