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.

    Have a problem here runing old games

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by soundwave3, Sep 3, 2009.

  1. soundwave3

    soundwave3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi all, first of all i'd like to apologize for creating new topic, but i haven't found right one to help me with my problem. I'm having problems runing old games like Red alert 2 or Cossacs ( if you still remember those games haha ) The problem is game fps is very low and it's lags as hell, somewhere i heared that it could be because of new nvidia cards/drivers. Waiting for your answers and help how i can play normaly. By the way my pc specification:

    OS: Win Vista
    PC: Hp pavilion dv5-1040en
    Ram: 4gb
    Proc: Intel Dual Core p8400 @ 2.26Ghz 2,27 Ghz
    Card: Nvidia Geforce 9600M Gt

    Regards

    Your new Member Soundwave3 :)
     
    soundwave3, Sep 3, 2009
    #1
  2. Saisei

    Saisei Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    108
    Messages:
    869
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Well morninig soundwave, its always nice to see a new face on here.You probably have antique drivers on your laptop which is the main prob.You can look over at laptopvideo2go.com and use moded drivers.
     
    Saisei, Sep 3, 2009
    #2
  3. Saisei

    Saisei Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    108
    Messages:
    869
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Saisei, Sep 3, 2009
    #3
  4. soundwave3

    soundwave3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    ok so im downloading now 190.40 release, i hope it helps :)
     
    soundwave3, Sep 3, 2009
    #4
  5. soundwave3

    soundwave3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    when i run setup i get message " The NVIDIA setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will Now exit " Any ideas? ;/
     
    soundwave3, Sep 3, 2009
    #5
  6. ryo1000

    ryo1000 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    94
    Messages:
    723
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    did you get the driver from laptop2go? if so in the folder there is a rar file called addtional INF, uncompress the rar file into that same folder and it should solve your problem
     
    ryo1000, Sep 3, 2009
    #6
  7. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,610
    Messages:
    3,745
    Likes Received:
    92
    Trophy Points:
    116
    New drivers will not help for red Alert 2, it will still lagg and suffer slow downs regardless. That game was designed for Windows 98 and the only way I have managed to play with no issues is from within a virtual environment running Windows XP SP2. Try VMware workstation or VirtualBox.
     
    LaptopNut, Sep 3, 2009
    #7
  8. jeffreyac

    jeffreyac Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    186
    Messages:
    454
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Is it just me, or does Nightmear321's sig line stretch the page out a bunch?

    (may want to lok at that - makes me scroll to read posts... :( )
     
    jeffreyac, Sep 3, 2009
    #8
  9. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    613
    Messages:
    6,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    go to the NVDIA website and download the official 186.81 drivers. You should have no problem. Also go to the HP website and download the latest drivers for ur laptop..
     
    sean473, Sep 3, 2009
    #9
  10. soundwave3

    soundwave3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    downloading latest drivers for my laptop? you allready see my problem hehe :/ that's so strange. LaptopNut said that it was only designed for XP and 98, then how about other older games? hehe :/
     
    soundwave3, Sep 3, 2009
    #10
  11. soundwave3

    soundwave3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    i've tried vmware for runing cossacks, but still, when i enter game i can't see my mouse but i can click, i believe it's because i don't have video driver installed or smth :/
     
    soundwave3, Sep 5, 2009
    #11
  12. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    2,045
    Messages:
    4,461
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    106
    I think your going to have to go with the virtual windows 98 method, a lot of the the older games were indeed designed for an older OS, obviously, so compatibility is sometimes an issue.

    As LaptopNut said, try running it in a virtual W98 using one of those programs.

    EDIT: oh so it didnt work? Maybe try an older driver? I found I had problems with a lot of the newer ones myself when I had an Nvidia card.

    Also make sure while your running in, in the Task Manager, ctl+alt+delete, that you only have one core affinity set, I find this helps a lot sometimes with the older games.
     
    narsnail, Sep 5, 2009
    #12
  13. Jasp

    Jasp Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    45
    Messages:
    494
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Bit off topic buts its fine here, might be the resolution you are running, at 1680X1050 here.

    To the op try running red alert 2 in compatability mode for 98, then once the game is running set the core affinity to 1 core and see if it helps.
     
    Jasp, Sep 5, 2009
    #13
  14. soundwave3

    soundwave3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    well i have laptop, and even when i try to download older drivers, it gives error, i can install only one video driver which for laptops only :/
     
    soundwave3, Sep 5, 2009
    #14
  15. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,610
    Messages:
    3,745
    Likes Received:
    92
    Trophy Points:
    116
    When you set games to run in Windows 98 compatibility mode, part of what it does is set it to use only one Core already.
     
    LaptopNut, Sep 5, 2009
    #15
  16. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    2,045
    Messages:
    4,461
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    106
    Are you doing it correctly? The drivers are modded, Nvidia really didnt like giving mobile cards drivers for a while, so the inf was modded to make the drivers "see" your card and install. You have to replace the original INF with the new one and then it should install properly.

    ALSO

    Nvidia now supports mobile card drivers, I would suggest using theirs over the modded ones, just go to their website.
     
    narsnail, Sep 5, 2009
    #16
  17. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,610
    Messages:
    3,745
    Likes Received:
    92
    Trophy Points:
    116
    I was only talking about Red Alert 2 when I suggested using VMWare, I don't know anything about cossacks. Also I find running all of the old Command & Conquer titles works better in an XP SP2 virtual OS as opposed to Windows 98. I found Windows 98's lack of Direct3D support when compared to XP an issue.
     
    LaptopNut, Sep 5, 2009
    #17
  18. soundwave3

    soundwave3 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    about what INf are you talking about?
     
    soundwave3, Sep 6, 2009
    #18