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    Team Fortress 2 Performance

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Locke7k, Dec 22, 2008.

  1. Locke7k

    Locke7k Newbie

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    Basically I would like to know how TF2 runs on everyone elses m1530 with an 8600m GT. The game seems to run much more slowly than it should even when I reduce the settings to med/low and the resolution. It doesn't seem a very demanding game and I'm just a bit confused by this laptops apparent inability to smoke it. I've downloaded the latest drivers from Nvidia but done little else to optimize my laptop as I've only had it for about a week.
     
    Locke7k, Dec 22, 2008
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Hi and welcome to the forums!
    Have you checked your GPU temps while gaming? It could be your GPU is running hot and downclocking itself to prevent overheating. It's been a known issue with many 8600M GT GPUs.
     
    David, Dec 22, 2008
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    Natheo Notebook Enthusiast

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    TF2 runs like butter on my 1530. at 1920x1200 no less.
     
    Natheo, Dec 22, 2008
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    Mine runs TF2 fine.
     
    Sharun, Dec 22, 2008
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    the_flying_shoe Notebook Evangelist

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    These are the settings I use, and I never lag, even on busy scenes with many people:
    1280 x 800
    Everything high
    shadows medium
    8x AF
    4x AA
     
    the_flying_shoe, Dec 22, 2008
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    stevey5036 Notebook Evangelist

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    As an addition to what David said..

    Try updating your BIOS to solve any possible overheating issues. Also install video drivers from laptopvideo2go.com.

    -- Steve
     
    stevey5036, Dec 22, 2008
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  7. Locke7k

    Locke7k Newbie

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    Thanks for the replies guys.
    Thus far according to HWmonitor my GPU hasn't broken 70c even when gaming. Also the thought that the gpu may be underclocked crossed my mind as well. Ntune shows that my GPU is clocked at 475/702 which is standard unless I'm mistaken.
     
    Locke7k, Dec 22, 2008
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  8. v_c

    v_c Notebook Evangelist

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    TF2 will run well on the M1530. You wont max it though, and even on medium settings you won't be getting amazingly high framerates.

    Don't forget that most people over-exaggerate their performance/settings, because they don't benchmark their system properly, or because they think getting 20-30FPS is 'running perfectly'.
     
    v_c, Dec 23, 2008
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