5920G vs Crysis!

Hi ppl, i bet u were waiting for this one )) well, here it comes, yes, i bought an 5920G and a Crysis game too, i feel like i have enough hardware to play it on high specs but it seems to be painfully slow... i guess my problem are the drivers (laptop versions fro acer site to be precise)... anyone having same issue? And how do you tweak the laptop to play with better fps?
Thanks!

btw, my config. dual core 2.2, 4GB RAM (vista 32 so lets say 3GB), nvidia 8600gt with 512MB RAM

 

You can't play Crysis on high with a 8600M GT.... however, I believe medium or medium-low should be fine...

 

so the problem is the video card? crap... can it be changed on this laptop or its mission impossible?

 

MI4 it is! ....

 

You can play crysis ,but you need to force dx9 mode instead of DX10.

 

This is what you can get in Crysis with 5920G and 8600M GT 512 mb:

Crysis
Resolution: 1280x800 (no AA)
DX: 9 (in Vista)
Texture Quality: High
Physics Quality: High
Game Effects Quality: High
Post Processing Quality: High
Water Quality: High
Sound Quality: High
Objects Quality: Medium
Shaders Quality: Medium
Volumetric Effects Quality: Low (can set Medium-High, but I like completely clear sky more)
Shadows Quality: Low
Particles Quality: Low
Average FPS: 20 (beautiful and playable @ settings specified above).

See my post http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=201017

 

i heard about this, will definitely try when back home

 

Thanks! will try

 

On the contrary, your graphic card can be changed. Its not integrated to the motherboad. You should be able to get a 8800GTS/GTX to fit in there very easily. I'd suggest you look into getting a BIOS update, if you plan to go this route. A 20% overclock, is very viable for you as well.

 

that could be good news for me ) i will check with my vendor about this possibility, after all i wanted a gamer laptop (what a crazy idea anyway) ))

 

Don't jump to conclusions. You might want to read this first.

 

it seems my laptop is listed under the MXM section... gives me some hope plus my current video card is far from being rubbish so i am not too desperate.. yet ))

 

Then you're just lucky! You might wait till certain sure-shot experts regarding this post their responses and confirm the upgradibility for you!

 

Little important aspect. MXM has 3 types. For top videoboards (7800, 8800)the MXM-III is suitable. For mainstream (7600, 8600) - only MXM-II. These modules are very different in physical size and designed power consumption, so in many cases they are practically incompatible.
Insertion of MXM-III in laptop with regular MXM-II is almost impossible. At least you'll probably need to mod or replace some components of laptop. Power adapter, cooling system - not probably, but certainly.

 

i tried to force directx9 and i got some weird glitches all over, cant really play in this mode... when launching normally everythig else works fine )