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    Team Fortress 2 freezing...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Ghold, Apr 25, 2009.

  1. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    My friends laptop, Dell XPS1330, likes to freeze and loop the sound over and over again. Making playing not possible. This mainly happens with TF2, but also some times L4D. I have tried updating the video drivers, but is still with the same problem.

    Any help?
     
    Ghold, Apr 25, 2009
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  2. GamingACU

    GamingACU Notebook Deity

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    If you'd post the exact specs of the xps it'd allow us to help with the problems easier (ex: processor, video card, ram, hd, windows version)
     
    GamingACU, Apr 25, 2009
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  3. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    sorr bout that, was just about to post it

    NVidia 8400m gs
    Vista 32 bit
    Intel t7500 (2.20ghz)
    3gbs RAM
     
    Ghold, Apr 25, 2009
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    Has he tried lowering the resolution and level of detail on the game? TF2 and L4D are based on the same engine from Valve, so I ain't surprised that exactly these 2 games are freezing/have low fps. This also means that the 2 games are CPU bound (their performance mainly depends on the CPU).
     
    hatrox, Apr 26, 2009
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    are you running in high performance mode on ac power?
    his cpu is fine...
    are these genuine drivers or laptopvideo2godrivers?
     
    ARom, Apr 26, 2009
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  6. Ghold

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    Laptopvideo2godrivers is what i used. And yes, he is on high performance an plugged in.
     
    Ghold, Apr 26, 2009
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    uninstall the laptopvideo ones, restart,

    then,

    try nvidia drivers
     
    ARom, Apr 26, 2009
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