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    GTA IV & Acer aspire 6920G

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by hna, Mar 9, 2009.

  1. hna

    hna Notebook Consultant

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    Hey,

    I have a Acer Aspire 6920g with the following specs:

    Geforce 9500m GS 512MB
    4GB RAM
    Inter Core 2 Duo Processor T5750 2.0 Ghz
    Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium


    I have tried lowering settings to lowest, but i only notice a couple of fps gain.. So if i change my settings from medium to low, i notce +3 fps wish seems really weird. I tried using a lot of tweaks with the commandline, turning off clip capture.. but nothing help, it's still runs at about 15-17fps. Ireally love this game, and I hope i can play it at an acceptable speed. I understand that the game is extremely unoptizmed, but i hope there is something i can do.

    I've tried a couple of drivers like the ones on acer site 176, 179.28, 179.48, 182.50 (dox).. but i noticed that all are about the same.. I even tried installing XP, but that didn't help either.

    so what do you think i should do?
    And for those who have acer 6920g, are you able to play GTA4 fine?

    THank you for your time.
    Hani
     
    hna, Mar 9, 2009
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    try a lower resolution.
     
    whizzo, Mar 9, 2009
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  3. hna

    hna Notebook Consultant

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    i did.. still about +2 fps.
     
    hna, Mar 9, 2009
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  4. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    just play with the default settings... I have a GeForce 9600m GT 256MB and default settings vs lowered settings are the same... higher res is slow so I usually play 800x600 stretched and with the aspect adjusted in-game for widescreen..
     
    namaiki, Mar 9, 2009
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  5. paradigm

    paradigm Notebook Deity

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    optimizing (aka minimizing) background services

    update the game (i think there are 2 new patches out)

    and again this game is not playable/ or atleast as "NVIDIA intended" on our laptops....you'd prolly need the new 9800GT/GTS or the unreleased 260M GTX coupled with a quad to be able to play it...

    otherwise the option of a PC or console cannot be denied
     
    paradigm, Mar 9, 2009
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  6. hna

    hna Notebook Consultant

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    i've tried using xp, but that made the game look worse and run about the same fps.. so what do you tink my problem is? gpu or cpu or driver related? btw, i'm currently using nvidia 179.48
     
    hna, Mar 10, 2009
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