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    Is any 1 playing MOH Airborne on XPS M1330?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Sam_00k, Mar 14, 2008.

  1. Sam_00k

    Sam_00k Notebook Geek

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    Hi guys,
    I tried to play it with my XPS M1330 but it was lagging as ****. At the moment im using the normal driver for my NVIDIA 8400m GS

    Is it possible to play that game and enjoy with a specific driver?
     
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    8400GS is just to slow for such a game, 64-bit ruins it's performances. As far as I know, 7600GT is some kind of minimum for MoH:Airborne. You could try to put down resolution and graphic settings in order to make performances better.
     
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    Yup, I highly recommend playing on something more powerful. I remember when my 7900GTX desktop card was barely able to play at 1600x1200 with settings on high and 2x AA. Anything higher, it would start to skip/lag.

    -Mike
     
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    I could run it barely over 30 fps at all high and 1024x768, but then again my card is sort of like a tank next to yours.
    I think it`s made on the Unreal 3 engine so it`s demanding ,but not utterly hoggish, I think you could play it all low and 800x600.Or you should be able to, but that`s in XP. In vista , no way.
     
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    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Try using another driver, the stock ones provided are garbage. Try the 169.09 driver off LaptopVideo2Go.
     
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  6. Sam_00k

    Sam_00k Notebook Geek

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    Well, I really tried to play it with lowest options but I as said it did't work. The graphics was really fine and I could say pretty good. But the hell game is really lagging u know. Playing it on another Desktop or anoher laptop is not an option for me.Because I only have this laptop.

    I hope that there is still a solution for it
     
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    Well, I don`t recommend it, but you could OC the gpu , since it`s a DDR3 one and potentially some space for OCing.
    I did just realise you have the GS version, which is pretty weak in itself. But if you could force the resolution to 640x480 that might work also. I dunno if the game allows it , but you should be able, I did in on some games back when I used an Ati X1600 Gddr2 card and forcing 640x480,even if it didn`t look as stunning, allowed me to play at 30ish fps in some newer games.
     
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    johnyd Notebook Guru

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    It works ok without oc'ing just use the new drivers. I have posted some screenshots of me playing it in the 8400m screenshot thread. The performance was 30-50 or so at the lowest setting, I think with some post processing turned on. I didnt force any settings, just the normal ones.
     
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    Zer0 Access Notebook Evangelist

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    That game has ridiculous reqs. if you ask me. Even my 8600M GT with DDR3 has trouble with that game. I guess you could just put everything on minimum. Maybe you also need a different driver?
     
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