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    Cheesy FPS "combat arms" is choppy on my spec'd out M1530??

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dell.scares.me, Dec 15, 2008.

  1. dell.scares.me

    dell.scares.me Notebook Consultant

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    Whats the deal here? This game runs fine on my 2 year old xps desktop, but is so choppy on my higher end laptop that I cannot play?


    Whats the deal? You would think that with all this ram and good video card I would be able to play this stupid game...
     
    dell.scares.me, Dec 15, 2008
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  2. Lux

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    try throw out all the background apps craps that take up all the resources?
     
    Lux, Dec 16, 2008
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    hey, could you post your temperatures at the time of playing ? also were you on battery while playing?

    this could be because your gfx card downclocks for a number of reasons, but if you give me more info, i could narrow down and point at the guilty problem :D
     
    Koer, Dec 16, 2008
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  4. dell.scares.me

    dell.scares.me Notebook Consultant

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    Fixed it.


    Turns out it was this crappy bluetooth mouse (from dell) that was choppy. Not the actual game.




    So, thats good! I plugged in a usb wireless mouse and all is well!
     
    dell.scares.me, Dec 16, 2008
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  5. Guitar_Hero_Bml

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    haha, well thats fortunate
     
    Guitar_Hero_Bml, Dec 16, 2008
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    hehe i was starting to worry about something else... good thing everything is smooth now without that "cheesy" bluetooth mouse :D
     
    Koer, Dec 16, 2008
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