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    Weird issue with Just cause 2 :(

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by qmrneo, Oct 3, 2010.

  1. qmrneo

    qmrneo Notebook Consultant

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    I have Dell Studio 1558,Core i5 M 430 2.27 GHz,4GB RAM,ATI Mobility HD 5470, Win7 64bit.

    When I bought JC2 I thought till will run good on my laptop. But it didn't, as came to know the card is weak.

    I am forced to play at all low settings and res to 640X480 @ 24FPS. Then around 2 weeks back I just thought to play once again. When I started the steam it updated something, and then when I played the game . I was getting FPS of 60.

    I then started to tweak graphics settings little bit and configured as:
    Res : 1024X768
    shadow : medium
    rest all as low and surprisingly I was able to play @ 25-30 FPS. I also recorded at that time Just cause 2

    But again 3 days back when I started to play the game it made me so angry when I saw the FPS of 10.And still stuck with it now. Nothing is working, so I back to 23-24 FPS for all low, res 640X480 settings again.

    One thing I noticed was when the game started. It showed some scrolling text at the loading as " update your graphics ........", Text, I thought it might be graphics driver issue and tried to update my ATI driver, but it showed as all updated.

    Also I am not able to get more that 60FPS at any time not even at all low settings. Earlier it used to be around 150FPS at-least at game intro time.

    Anyone facing same issue, help guys......
     
    qmrneo, Oct 3, 2010
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    qmrneo Notebook Consultant

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    Finally got it right Link
     
    qmrneo, Oct 3, 2010
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    Jasp Notebook Evangelist

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    Daft question, you haven't got your power settings on power saver have you? this will effect your GFX card.
     
    Jasp, Oct 3, 2010
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  4. qmrneo

    qmrneo Notebook Consultant

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    It is set to DELL rather than power saver. Earlier ATI CCC use to maintain the battery settings. Like while on battery "last long" and on charge " best performance".

    Is it give more performance if we play with "power saver mode" and charge on ?
     
    qmrneo, Oct 3, 2010
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  5. Baka

    Baka (・ω・)

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    Play on best performance instead of power saving mode o_o Keep it plugged in
     
    Baka, Oct 3, 2010
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    I wish my mouse had a back-button on it. Having to constantly navigate to the back button on my browser pisses me off.
     
    crazysoccerman14, Oct 4, 2010
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    lol new mouse... or ALT + left arrow key
     
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