Acer 8930 gaming problems!

Hi everyone!

I have bought my Acer 8930 and I'm happy.... Or... I'm actually a little sad, because I thought it could run CoD5!!

I can run Call Of Duty 5 smooth in 5 minutes, but then it begins to slow down for some reason. I have tried different graphic-settings and Resouloution with no luck. I have heard in some other threads that Vista 64-bit would help?

I run with these specs:

Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit)
Intel Core Duo Processor P8600
18.4 Full HD screen
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT TURBOCACHE
4GB DDR3
640GB HDD
Blue-ray
And much more . . .

In the Acer Power-Management I have set it to High Performance, and Maximum CPU and Graphics Settings. I have also set the NVIDIA graphics driver to Performance.

I have also tried to set it on balanced.

It lags most of the games that I play. (Left 4 Dead, CoD5, GRID etc.)

Do you guys have any suggesions?

I really hope you can help me!

Kind Regards Peter

PS. I use the Power Supply

 

Are you trying to game on battery...?

 

Hehe, no. I'm using the Power Supply

 

Are you monitoring your temperatures at all? I'd check them.

 

Yup.

My CPU is 40-45 C

My HDD's are normal

.. But I can't check my graphic card, and I don't know why. I have tried to use EVEREST and SPEEDFAN but they can only see CPU and HDD.

 

Hi, what are the power settings, you might have it set to 'balanced', which is correct if you use the battery. However these could be tweaked so that the laptop is giving full performance under mains power.
Chris

 

I use the power supply, NOT the battery. All is setted to high performance

Will Vista 64-bit help?

 

Hi, 64bit - 32bit, doesn't make any difference unless it is some program running in the background that either yourself or acer has installed. Are you sure that vista isn't performing a defrag or a indexing in the background. Have you checked for trojans or a virus. Perhaps I should try my COD4 to see if mine slows down as well...
Chris

 

powerfull499 I had the same problem with my 6935g in GTA 4. what i did was; in the Nvidia control panel switch to performance instead of quality. this worked for me

 

yeah i have the same problem.. well i just switch the settings to default and it works for me..

 

Thanks for the answers.

What drivers do you use?

I have changed my NVIDIA settings to "Performance", but it seems to not have helped :/

EDIT: I'll try to turn the indexing off! Thanks for the advice. I'll come back and tell if it has helped.

 

I'm using the 179.48, try to default all the setting like waralex11

 

What do you meam default?

Btw. Where can I download the 179.48 ?

 

As my menu is in Norwegian, we should ask how waralex11 default his.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_winvista_179.48_beta.html
179.48

 

I forgot when u install, dont install the Nvidia high definition.... Unmark that when it apears, becouse it will mess up the acer Audio manger

 

Hi, also make sure that defrag isn't set to scheduled and that you've reduced the size of the restore file according to this guide http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/reduce-system-restores-disk-usage-in-vista/
Chris

 

Ok, thanks!

I'm from Denmark and I think I understand Norwegian, so please try to tell me how to set it to default

Chris: I will follow your advice

 

fint, selv er jeg fra KBH, men studere her.
Det var rent tilfeldig at jeg løste mitt problem, så ikke forvent jeg har ekspert råd. hehe
Se etter sorte skrift hvor der står "gjenopprett standardinnstillinger" oppe i høyre side i Nvidia kontroll panel. trykk på denne. og se det har løst det

 

Carab, according to the forum rules you have to provide an English translation when you post in a different language. I'll let the above go but from now on please proved an English translation. Thank you.

 

Hi Caleb. I think the new drivers did some improvements but CoD5 still lags after 10min . . .

Can some of you guys test your Acer 8930 in CoD5? And if it doesent lags, please tell me your settings in the game, and the graphic card settings.

Kind Regards Peter

 

Bring Up My Post!

Have some of you experienced lag in Call Of Duty 5 on this computer? Please tell me!

 

Hi, I,m afraid that lag with COD5 would appear to be fairly common, see here http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1ACAW_ENUK318&q=Call+Of+Duty+5+lag&=lr=
Chris

 

Yeah, but does YOUR computer lags in it?

I have looked on the link you gave me, and all the people that have the problems, have sucky computeres.

 

Bring up my post again! Anyone experience lag in Call Of Duty 5, or not?

 

Okay, what kind of games do you guys play?

Really, I'm stock. It lags in CoD5 very easy!

 

Does this happen in other games for you also? If so it may be something overheating, most likely your video card. I have Aspire 8930 and have similar problem with graphics fps become unstable a little while in, or they go up and down abnormally. I found out it was because of heat. I elevate my laptop a little and no more problems. Another thing that worked also is to use powermizer and turn it off for ac power. It seems the nvidia driver was underclocking when it reached a certain temperature, which was not even that hot like 70c.