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    Prototype poor performance

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by mrsamsa, Jun 30, 2009.

  1. mrsamsa

    mrsamsa Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm getting bad performance on my stock G50VT. 1366x768 resolution, all high, no AA or Vsync.

    I don't have actual benchmarks, but it just feels really sluggish and slow and the prerendered cutscenes have this horrible skipping/distortion that makes it so you can't understand what the characters are saying.

    I don't have performance troubles in other games. I'm using the newest official nVidia driver.

    Any ideas?
     
    mrsamsa, Jun 30, 2009
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  2. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    It's the CPU holding it back, Quads work best for prototype.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 30, 2009
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  3. RedNara

    RedNara Notebook Consultant

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    Lol dude... How did you even expect to run prototype. That game is not a easy game to run. Just like GTA IV.
     
    RedNara, Jun 30, 2009
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    It's a HID device conflict. Disable those you don't need. High was playable on my C90S 720p so a G50 should run through it...
     
    JCMS, Jun 30, 2009
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  5. expert77

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    say wat. I am almost done wit prototype i played it on my g50v a2 and i played it on max graphics (1680x 1050 ress max graphics and i think 4 x anti alis)
    once i ran it on my hdtv (1920x1080) on max graphics it worked almost perfectly
     
    expert77, Jun 30, 2009
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  6. hustheman

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    thats the problem go to your device manager, and disable HID (human interface devices) you dont use.

    turned my fps to 10-20 to 30-40
     
    hustheman, Jun 30, 2009
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  7. mrsamsa

    mrsamsa Notebook Evangelist

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    that HID info is very interesting, thanks for the tip.
    also Protip: the G50VT runs GTA IV pretty decently and currently better than it runs prototype.
     
    mrsamsa, Jul 1, 2009
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    Hmm was just playing it yesterday on my G51 on max settings (4xAA, no v-sync) and it ran beautifully. I really don't think this game is terribly CPU dependent since I only got a 2.0Ghz C2D in here. Moreover the graphics aren't terribly impressive so I wasn't really surprised it ran well.

    Hope that advice on the HID fixes your problems.
     
    NicVic, Jul 1, 2009
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