Should i be expecting more?

So I just got a new laptop for Christmas, the HP dv2700 special edition. I was confident that it would run wow pretty good, but I am looking at a sad 16 frames per second on average. I am not sure what the problem is, but i will give all my information and hopefully someone good with computers can help me out.

Model: HP Pavillion dv2700 Notebook PC
Processor: AMD Turion 64 x2 TL-60 2.00GHz
Memory: 4.00 GB
System type: 64 bit operating system
Graphics Card: NVIDEA MCP67M
Connection: Broadband(Right now im connectied using an ethernet cable, when im wireless its the same though)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

Well when I started playing games on laptops, I know I forgot to turn it back to high performance a couple times.. heh. Also, from what I understand, the NVidia MCP67M is a GeForce 7150M/nForce 630M which is a fairly weak graphics card.

 

Yeah that's what I have heard. Do you know if the graphics card is upgradable, and if so how much would a decent one cost me?

 

I believe that it is integrated onto the board and cannot be removed/upgraded. The only hope is overclocking with Nvidia System Tools:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.03.html

 

I'm sorry but I am really bad with computers. I followed the link but really didn't understand the page. Does downloading that ALLOW me to upgrade it?

 

It's integrated so upgrading is impossible.

 

You should still be able to run with more than 16 FPS though . . . what kind of graphics settings are you using? Also, is your laptop set to High Performance mode?

 

No it allows you to overclock it, which means changing the frequency/speeds to a higher frequency/speed which results in higher FPS, better graphics.

PM me once you have it installed.
Just install all components and choose the correct version based on Vista 32Bit.

 

Hmm, any suggestions of overclocking should also come with a safe guide

Watch your temperatures!

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How can I find these things out? I dont know if this has anything to do with it but in game i use the lowest resolution which seems to help a little bit, is that what your talking about?

 

Yeah - those in-game settings are what I'm referring to. Can you give us any more details? There should be an advanced settings page or something. I don't have WoW so I can't tell you exactly where to go.

 

Can't find the PM on these forums lol but i downloaded the Nvidia system tools, is that all or is there more?

 

In the video panel there is resolution, which i have set at 1024 x 768. There is one lower setting, 800 x 600 but it just looks like absolute crap and there isn't really a difference when i set it to that so. There is also multisampling, which is 24bit color by 24 bit depth. My refresh is at 70hz. I don't know if that means anything lol but there it is.

 

I would set the following in the Nvidia Performance Console:

Refresh rate on max
Resolution on max
Color on max

And go to performance, then device settings, and make sure you accept the agreement.

Core: 425
Shader: 425
Memory: 0

Take the core to 500, the shader to 550 and Memory to a couple hundred. Just experiment. Increase by 10's. And make sure it is stable, and download HW Monitor from CPUID.com also, unless you use nvidia system monitor to watch temperatures.

 

In your WoW options.... I would turn off Vertical Sync, and under Effects, I'd move the slider down to Low. The only thing I have increased to about halfway on my GMA 950 laptop is Spell Detail so I know where some AOE spells begin/end. My FPS on that computer ranges anywhere from 5 to 25 depending on my location (Dalaran/some raids being <10, and 25 being running around some old world zone)

Edit : Also turn off options such as Specular Lightning and Full Screen Glow.

 

Are those FPS at low settings or max(not resolution but actual details)? At max I'd expect it wouldn't be so abnormal to get those.

Try turning off AA, V-sync and dynamic shadows and see how that runs. WoW became a lot more demanding with the newest patch.