Black & White 2 on a z60m?

I'm trying to run my copy of B&W2 on a buddy's Z60m. 2GHz, 2GB Ram, x600 128MB, 100GB HD, Max Bright... this baby is loaded. But the frame is down right horrible! 2-3 FPS??

Can anyone tell me, a graphics card idiot, what I need to do to configure things so that this game is playable? We've updated the ATI drivers, have the latest DirectX, applied the B&W2 patch. We've tried the graphics settings at the lowest resolution and lowest detail settings... no better.

Please, someone tell me how to make this puppy work?

 

try re-installing the game?

 

try turning your laptop to its side with the CD tray open and see if it runs any faster.

 

Wow. You definitely shouldn't worry about the settings; I'm pretty sure the Z60M should be able to run B&W2 at its highest settings - or at least close - without a problem.

Howie

 

Red... I guess we could try that, but we had just installed a clean copy before trying the first time.

Dar... why even bother answering? If you're trying to be funny, warn us next time

HM... I agree 100%. I can't think why B&W2 is having a problem. We haven't tried any other games so I don't know if this is an issue with his machine or what. I will say, he's running all the IBM installed software ("Think Vantage" stuff). But I'd doubt that could be whats up.

We were running it CD-less via Daemon tools. Anyone think that could be a problem?

 

were you doing anything while installing the game, something may have been corupted.

 

I just ran a 3DMark05 test...and it came up with a 388!!! I'm blown away and at a loss...

 

388?? r u sure u actually have the radeon Mobility x600 graphics card (128mb)?

 

I just disabled powerplay and ran it again. This time I got a 1384. Is that more in line what what should be expected?

 

Yeah, it sounds like you have the GMA900 graphics rather than the Radeon X600. Agreed.

 

I just installed the Omega drivers, and reran the test: 1479. Now we're talking. I guess now starts the tweaking, overclocking ect...