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    L4D demo, bad performance... any one else.

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

  1. thegreatsquare

    thegreatsquare Notebook Deity

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    I used the recommended setting and it lags 2-3s randomly. Dropped to 1280x800 and the lags were 1-2s and less often. The sound loops when this happens.

    Its the CPU, isn't it?

    Min specs are a 3ghz P4 and recommended is C2D 2.4ghz. Should I really be having this problem with a 2ghz C2D?


    If that's it, I have two options:

    1:T8300 [If anyone wants to remind me which BIOS version supports penryns that would be helpful]

    2:Since I bought the hazzard insurance on the laptop @ BB, it could meet an unfortunate fate. But they don't have any sli models anymore so nothing there is actually any better than my SLI1 [* this is the best one imo] and I'd lose my OEM XP.

    *: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9050279&type=product&id=1218012519873


    WHAT 2 DO?
     
  2. jacob808

    jacob808 Notebook Deity

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    I had the x205 sli1 but it got stolen and that was the same prob I had was that Best Buy or Circuit city didn't carry an SLI model and I thought nothing in the price range would give me the same performance and I'm happy to report that the x305 with the 9700m gts is 30-40 percent more powerful, especially since it's 256 bit. You'l notice a substansial increase in performance. So if you can exchange it for that with your warranty you won't be disappointed with the performance. Guaranteed.
     
  3. thegreatsquare

    thegreatsquare Notebook Deity

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    It dose seem a bit more powerful, But how does it OC? I get 8200 on 3dm06 with my OC.

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-8600M-GT-SLI.6939.0.html

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9700M-GTS.9899.0.html


    The 9700mGTS probably evens up to the SLI1 a little more with the faster CPU and 64bit OS, but I'd doubt it can pass it with XP on the sli1. The new Toshiba should take care of the CPU issue with L4D, but it is too little of an increase to really justify it.

    Now if BB would offer the X305-Q706 sli 9800m GTS, well then I'd predict an awful tragedy real soon.
     
  4. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    8600 SLI does not equal the 9700m GTS in performance, no comparison necessary.

    About overclocking, the 9700 OCs like a champ.
     
  5. thegreatsquare

    thegreatsquare Notebook Deity

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    OK, I didn't really want to get a new lappy until I could pick a nehalem/DX11/win7 combo.

    ...and I didn't really want the hassle involved with scammin and being w/o a laptop for 3-4 weeks.

    .....also I like SLIAA when I can use it.


    ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS TOPIC...

    Is anyone else having problems with L4D on a SLi1?
     
  6. thegreatsquare

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    I wish they didn't move this, I was looking for other's experiences on performance for L4D with the same model as mine.
     
  7. Red_Dragon

    Red_Dragon Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    bro there ARE GUYS HITTING 10,000 W/ 9700 GTS and cpu upgrade look you may be surprised and Yes thats with a single gpu.
     
  8. anarky321

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    ok...back to the OP

    yes its the CPU, turn off one of your cores in task manager and it will stop skipping; its a software issue that valve 'promises' to resolve...but hasnt yet

    finally another person that complained about this; apparently a pretty rare problem
     
  9. be77solo

    be77solo pc's and planes

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    Hey man,

    I've got L4D running on my SLi1 just fine, but SLI wasn't enabled by default with my drivers.... 179's. But, just testing and enabling AF2 mode, I can run it just fine at 1440x900 at 50+fps, so something must be set wrong or wonky for ya... And shoot, even without SLI and using a single 8600GT it plays fine. Have you messed with the memory pool setting? Still a bit confused on that one but have read some issues with it on high. Granted, I have upgraded my CPU, but I doubt that's really the issue you are having.

    As a side note, I've also got it running on my Tablet with an AMD CPU and the integrated HD3200 GPU... without any pauses as you describe. And, you can't tell me your core2duo is slower than that setup.

    I'd mess around on the L4Dead boards and see what's up, especially if everything else on your SLi1 runs fine. Good luck!
     
  10. anarky321

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    it has nothing to do with clock speed; left4dead.exe tries to use more cpu clocks than you have available causing the stutters with skipping sound; i forgot where i read it

    once again THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE GAME, NOT WITH SPECS
     
  11. Ennea

    Ennea wwwwww

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    Uh, it's a demo, relax. If this were the actual release of the game then maybe. Unless demos became perfect representations of releases overnight, there's absolutely not reason to get worked up about any of this.
     
  12. James

    James Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Using the system in my sig, I am able to get a solid 60fps on 1440x900 resolution Max settings (no AA, 4x AF). I was suffering from stuttering gameplay initially, but after I disabled the virus scanner it ran perfectly. I use AVG 8.0 pro fyi.
     
  13. thegreatsquare

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    Thanks anarky. I didn't think I should be having a CPU problem. Would one core of a 2ghz C2D be enough? Maybe I'll just keep playing fallout for and when the demo for L4D is fixed I'll get it then.


    ... or something like that.
     
  14. Rorschach

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    There is some stuttering, I was playing online with others and getting a constant 60fps with everything as high as they go 16xQ ect. After closing the game, my firewall had a online content blocker, haven't tested it after that, but I would assume that was causing the problem only other thing you might try is turning the paging memory setting all the way down.
     
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    has anyone tried the demo on a macbook pro with 8600GT? how was it?
     
  16. Rorschach

    Rorschach Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    >.> its a source engine game, it should be running close to maxed out at 1280x720.

    Edit: I fixed the stuttering problem, there is no stuttering at all while using windowed mode.