The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    COD4 Performance Issue

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by nlel1975, Apr 12, 2008.

  1. nlel1975

    nlel1975 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    33
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Hi I`m running COD4 on A200GE-26p C2D 1.66 2GB RAM HD2600

    When I setup a server and run around in it I notice that sometimes the screen stutters a bit, like it gets stuck then jumps forward.

    Its sort of like I aint got enough RAM and its swapping out to hard drive at these times, could that be what it is I`m running Vista.

    I run at 800*600 and when its not jumping like this the framerates are really smooth much better then @ 1280*800
     
    nlel1975, Apr 12, 2008
    #1
  2. DOHXPSFan

    DOHXPSFan Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    77
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    15
    It sounds like that to me but I ain't no ding dang expert on it but common sense seems to tell me that it very well could be that though.
     
    DOHXPSFan, Apr 12, 2008
    #2
  3. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    3,266
    Messages:
    7,360
    Likes Received:
    14
    Trophy Points:
    206
    COD4 stutters for me at the beginning of every round for no apparent reason although the HDD activity light is lit up during the stutters.

    My system is less powerful than yours.

    I play at 1280 x 800 with normal settings and all the nifty extra graphics options off.

    Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83ghz
    Corsair/Patriot 2gb DDR2 PC-5300 667mhz
    ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 256mb (256mb dedicated)
    Samsung 80gb 5,400rpm HDD
    Windows XP Home SP2
     
    usapatriot, Apr 12, 2008
    #3
  4. nlel1975

    nlel1975 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    33
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Yeah maybe its becuase I`m also hosting a server that it uses more RAM I thought 2GB was enough under Vista, I will try to connect to a server and see if it does it then.
     
    nlel1975, Apr 12, 2008
    #4
  5. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

    Reputations:
    6,156
    Messages:
    11,214
    Likes Received:
    68
    Trophy Points:
    466
    2gb is enough, JUST for vista.
     
    flipfire, Apr 12, 2008
    #5
  6. nlel1975

    nlel1975 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    33
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Just played a bit of the single player game and that was fine, like I say it must be becuase I was also hosting a server before and that uses more RAM.
     
    nlel1975, Apr 12, 2008
    #6