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    vista ultimate jerky

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by grip666, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. grip666

    grip666 Newbie

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    hi everyone ,i am new to posting so please be gentle
    i have just recently purchased a dell vostro 1700 .its running vista ultimate 32 bit,it has a dual core t7250 2.0 gig it has 3070 gig of ram 667 an 8600 m gt 256 card and i'm having trouble playing games .far cry would'nt work until i downloaded the 1,4 patch but even then it was slowing and has crashed twice in 1 day. also i have installed fear which is also jerky when i click on the button to let the game choose the best settings it says that the machine is minimum and the graphics controller is custom how do i set up the laptop for the best results ? what resolution should i set to (native1440x900)plus it also runs really hot so i prop it up on some books ,can any body tell me where to get a tool to test the hardware on my machine.i am quite new to all this so please make your answers understandable because im not exactly a scientist all your help will be gratefully received ps i have also heard some thing about adjusting virtual memory thank you all dan guernsey channel islands.........
     
    grip666, Mar 5, 2008
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  2. tumnasgt

    tumnasgt Notebook Evangelist

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    Start with the settings on very low, and work your way up until the frame rate is at the lowest you are comfortable with.

    Hope this helps
     
    tumnasgt, Mar 5, 2008
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  3. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    First of all welcome to notebook review; everyone’s glad to help you out with your notebook needs.

    I advise you to install the latest Nvidia drivers (for your graphics) at www.laptopvideo2go.com/

    Go to Control Panel/Power Options and make sure your power plan is on High Performance and your notebook plugged into the wall. Now you can right click on properties and go to theme and change your theme from Windows Vista to Windows Classic while gaming; this will slightly improve your gaming. Also make sure you exit Sidebar while gaming as its just useless and taking system process.
    I’m sure others have a lot of other suggestions to add in particular to the resolution, but I don’t own a laptop with the Geforce 8600M GT so I can’t help you on that department. Best of luck to you.
     
    Cheeseman, Mar 5, 2008
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  4. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Holy crap, 3070 Gb of ram. Nasa cannot compete with that.

    Vista is jerky, that`s because it`s still in its infant stages.SP1 should help fix that to a degree.
     
    eleron911, Mar 5, 2008
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  5. _DaN_

    _DaN_ Newbie

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    are you already install lastes DirectX.
    i had that before, and this DirectX solve the problem :rolleyes:
     
    _DaN_, Mar 6, 2008
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