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    Tips for improving your FPS in games ? !

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jaboyle, Sep 11, 2008.

  1. jaboyle

    jaboyle Notebook Geek

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    Basically, just got a new dell xps m1530.

    Its specs are ,

    4gb ram
    geforce 8600m gt 256mb
    250gb sata hard drive 5400rpm
    2.4ghz core 2 duo processor

    it handles all my games pretty well, I play crysis on medium and high, and other games like stalker clear sky and mercenaries 2 on high settings very well

    what I was wondering are tips for improving my fps in games, anything I can download or do on my computer to get more fps out of a game,

    * I havent overclcoked my graphics card either as I am scared of messing it up and ruining my laptop,

    Any suggestions, tips or advice would be great !

    many kind regards, Jack :)
     
    jaboyle, Sep 11, 2008
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    try to optimize your OS-we have a very good thread about that,take a look ;)
     
    Xirurg, Sep 11, 2008
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  3. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    Also what Games are you playing? theres a lot of Games that have special settings you can change to give you better online/offline FPS/FUN.
     
    steveninspokane, Sep 11, 2008
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  4. synic

    synic Notebook Deity

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    Turn down all effects/details/AA etc. May make it look way worse, but you'll get more FPS :D
     
    synic, Sep 11, 2008
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  5. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    Use smartclose, it closes all uneccesseray services and Programs running in background. google for it.
     
    brainer, Sep 11, 2008
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  6. Levenly

    Levenly Grappling Deity

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    go to your nvidia control panel, and change the visual settings to "High Performance" and then edit everything from there.
     
    Levenly, Sep 11, 2008
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  7. WileyCoyote

    WileyCoyote Notebook Evangelist

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    follow the guide @ tweakguides.com and overclocking would be your best bet.
     
    WileyCoyote, Sep 11, 2008
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  8. jacob808

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    Maybe try downloading nhancer, it has a lot of things you can tweak also great for sli support. Also experimenting with different video card drivers will help.
     
    jacob808, Sep 11, 2008
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  9. 660hpv12

    660hpv12 Notebook Deity

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    just make sure no background apps are eating performance. thats all u need without OC
     
    660hpv12, Sep 11, 2008
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