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    Sluggish Games(MBP) in Vista? :(

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by tianh, Mar 2, 2008.

  1. tianh

    tianh Notebook Consultant

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    hey, I am currently using Windows Vista right now and it pains me that my games are running very sluggish and inconsistent. I used to run windows vista on my MBP before and it was great, but now its really sluggish.

    I am playing Counter Strike Source at 1280 768 resolution mostly everything is on high except the AA and HDR, my framerates dip from anywhere to 110 to 30 FPS. I mean on my old hp with a nvidia 8600M GS I could get 80-100 FPS easily on these settings and this MBP has a 8600m GT :(

    I am using the 169.28 drivers from laptopvideo2go does anyone have any solutions?

    I am not quite sure if I installed the latest directX 10 but I did do the windows update.


    Cheers!
     
    tianh, Mar 2, 2008
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  2. Chelseafc65

    Chelseafc65 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I heard dx 9 runs better than dx 10 so that might be a problem. Do you have the penryn MBP?
     
    Chelseafc65, Mar 2, 2008
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  3. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    DX9 runs much much better than DX10. DX10 is pretty much useless on any game that wasn't made for specifically DX10.
     
    Arquis, Mar 2, 2008
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    true, but unrelated. counter strike runs in dx9 regardless of whether you are in windows 2k, windows xp, or windows vista. it runs in dx9. period.

    if you want more consistent gaming performance, consider an upgrade to windows xp.
     
    masterchef341, Mar 2, 2008
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  5. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    Hahaha. Upgrade to the older version. ha.
    Anyway, yea that might be what you need.
     
    stealthsniper96, Mar 2, 2008
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  6. tianh

    tianh Notebook Consultant

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    well im sure downgrading isnt the only fix to this problem. My old laptop with a 8600M GS ran 80-100 fps constant in source at the SAME settings in vista. Maybe its the graphics driver that I am using?
     
    tianh, Mar 2, 2008
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