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    Need help to figure out why applications are struggling

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mc6415, Aug 8, 2010.

  1. mc6415

    mc6415 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well in the Steam sale I recently picked up Gratuitous Space Battles as after looking at the minimum specs I saw my laptop should run this easily however it is now struggling with it, can anyone help me find out why, the minimum specs for the game are:

    OS: Windows XP or Vista
    Processor: 1.5 GHz processor
    Memory: 1GB
    Graphics: 3D Card with 128MB video memory
    DirectX®: 9.0c
    Hard Drive: 300 MB
    Sound: Any

    Now my 6920G's current specs are:

    OS: Windows XP SP3
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2GHz
    Memory: 3GB
    GPU: ATi HD3650 Mobility 512mb
    DirectX: 9.0c
    Hard Drive: 250GB

    Now as far as I can see this should be easily able to play this game so why is it struggling so much? I even lowered the graphics to the minimum, the same thing happens with Defence Grid as well.
     
    mc6415, Aug 8, 2010
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  2. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    The first thing that came to my mind is one word: throttling.

    Failing that, check your temps. It might be time to clean out your fan intake and exhaust.
     
    TehSuigi, Aug 8, 2010
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