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    What aspects to tone down to achieve max perf.?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Rift485, Jan 22, 2008.

  1. Rift485

    Rift485 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an HP laptop and need to turn down some of the settings to play FEAR without lag. What are the specs that I should turn down first that affect game play the least but give the best results?

    2 gigs RAM
    250 GB HD
    Geforce 8600 gs
     
    Rift485, Jan 22, 2008
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    vshade Notebook Evangelist

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    I play fear using the 1280x800 resolution and textures on medium and it runs fine(at least the fear combat) on my go 7600
     
    vshade, Jan 22, 2008
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    MrWhereItsAt Notebook Evangelist

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    Soft shadows and volumetric lighting are the two killers, and if you have these on medium you should be mostly OK. I've found that playing without much AA if you have a decent resolution (i.e. 1280x1024 or higher) makes no discernible difference as well.
     
    MrWhereItsAt, Jan 22, 2008
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    I always get rid of AA if I am having performance issues. I also dont notice lighting effects too much so I cut those too.
     
    Defoe, Jan 24, 2008
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    Shadows and AA are always big resource eaters. You can try reducing lighting effects, but by reducing it you will also reduce some of the game realism (while in comparison shadows can be said is a minor item when playing the game).
     
    lozanogo, Jan 24, 2008
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