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    Should a 8600m GT be "smooth" in War3?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ps2cho, Mar 4, 2008.

  1. ps2cho

    ps2cho Notebook Evangelist

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    When I compare my Inspiron 1520 /w 8600M GT against my X2 3600+ 8800GT rig Warcraft III is definitely more "jerky" or less "smooth" when side-by-side.

    Should this be happening?

    Ideas?

    EDIT: I'm running driver 7.15.11.5669
     
    ps2cho, Mar 4, 2008
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  2. themanwithsauce

    themanwithsauce Notebook Evangelist

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    go to laptopvideo2go.com and download and properly install the latest nvidia drivers for your OS. So completely uninstall the old drivers then install the new ones. And as to your question I have warcraft 3 running at max settings on my C90 which has an 8600gt and it runs smooth so yeah I'd assume a driver problem. Especially since i have no clue what driver you are using. Most drivers are called something like 169.23 or something like that. I think the latest are 174.25
     
    themanwithsauce, Mar 4, 2008
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  3. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    It runs on max on Most Configs (it even runs on 1024x768 on Intel Extreme graphics, which is beyond suck), so the differance should not be noticeable. Sounds very much like a driver issue.
     
    fabarati, Mar 4, 2008
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