Gateway FX Gaming Preformance

Tan,
I still love mine too

 

I am continually impressed with mine, best laptop I have ever purchased, period!

 

Love mine too, by far the best laptop I've ever owned .

Any chance you think it might run battlefield 3?





Gateway P-7805u - 17" 1440x900, Intel Core 2 Duo P8400-2.26GHz, 3 MB L2 Cache - 1066Mhz FSB, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce 9800M GTS w/ 1 GB GDDR3 vm, 7,200 RPM 320 GB harddrive X2, Vista 64bit - Home Premium

 

After getting Rage to run as fluidly as I have on a stock CPU, I don't believe I will have any trouble with B3 at 1440x900

here are my settings quoted from another post if anyones interested

 

Has anyone tried giving Battlefield 3 a go on these laptops?

 

I'm about to, stay tuned

 

I have tried battlefield 3 now and its very playable on my P-7805u. I have all settings set set to high except both terrain options set to medium and everything below it off and AA 1x at 1440x900, also I should note that I had to downgrade my video driver to 280.26 to get rid of a nasty lag from the 285.62, it still has a small amount of lag but im pretty sure thats because of bugs that still need to be addressed in a patch, anyone with a T9900 or an X9100 should experience better gameplay.

-EDIT- I also forgot to add that I have vsync off, with it on I experience an all around slow down and the game does not seem to run at full speed, you can really see it in the opening video.

 

On the first run I experienced the same thing, and found that disabling Vsync and Triple buffering and Motion Blur return speed to normal. I was amazed when I first ran it with Ultra settings (disabling SSAO and AA and with medium terrain) the game actually ran smoothly. I didn't imagine it would run at all honestly, at least not on those settings heh. I'll post a video of it soon.

 

Did you end up using a high number for your pre rendered frames? with your CPU you should be able to crank the number up considerably higher than what I have mine set at (6). I made it to the fighter plane level and it was amazingly smooth with my settings. I actually did not try ultra settings, I just figured it was out of the question lol. I also forgot to add to my first post like you I have motion blur and triple buffering disabled. Also on a side note if anyone does raise the pre rendered frames setting, it will make your cpu run considerably hotter, mine ran on average 20 degrees higher than normal (capping out anywhere from 65 c to 71 c), using throttle stop to read my temps, these temps are without using my cooling pad, so to keep it even cooler and prolong component life I would advise using one.

Now I can't wait for Skyrim to come out!

-EDIT- I did a little more playing around with the pre rendered frames setting and I notice the input lag you referenced but only after I adjusted the frames above 6. The maximum I could go to was 8, but it seems like I had another driver that let me up into the teens. Anyway 6 is the maximum I can go at this point with my driver, anything above makes the input lag an annoyance.

 

Guys!
You give me hope in a world of outdated computer specs..
True BF fan, and HATE playing it on a console..
Although specs says I could play it on my stock P-7805u (FX) Laptop, I feared that it would be close to unplayable..
Now I hear BF3 is a LOT better optimized than the BF-BC2 which gives me hope as it ran fairly good on medium settings.. (I'm still on 195.62 drivers)
(however lately it starts bogging down 10 min into gameplay to totally unplayable -which I cant understand? Maybe just the old drivers?)

As I mentioned, I'm on 195.62 (afraid as Ive read other peoples issues when changing drivers on this machine) and haven't done any tweaks, OC or anything (same OS - Vistax64)

I see that rahatee is having success with the 280.26 drivers so I figure that I should try them.

rahatee, or anyone else- what do you recommend that I do to optimize my Laptop (other than updating OS or changing components) to be able to run BF3.
I've built PC's before and would say I'm fairly good with tech- maybe just a little whimpy to mess around too much on a laptop, but if anyone feel like giving me some helpful tips, I'd be thankful.

Any diagnostics tool I could run and post that would give you guys obvious clues?

I just ran a simple system scan on pcpitstop, in case it helps for you tech experts..

Thanks again..

 

if after 10 minutes it is unplayabl it is usually either the heat built up and the video chip slowed down or an over clock issue.

With the heat try a good cleaning of the ports with compressed air. If this doesn't doo the trick a disassembly and reaplication of thermal paste may be in order.

The overclock issue is where there is an error in memory and te system then slows the video memory to a crawl until reboot. If you overclock try lowering the settings, particularlly the memory speed.................

 

Thank you for your reply.

No OC on this machine, and I did do a clean not too long agop.. maybe I need to check to make sure I got it all..
Another strange thing.. All of a sudden, Battlefield 2 wont boot... humm...

 

......wow....

I just took my laptop apart, expecting some dust on the fan blades and a little more..

boy!!! These heatsinks were absolutely clogged with dust....
Cleaned it up, put it back together..

I haven't had a chance to play a game yet, but I have a feeling it will perform better....

Good advice if you've had it for a while...

 

You could say that again...
lol..
I just made some mittens with that stuff..

 

Well, I finally took the step to update to 280.26 drivers after reading that it seems to be working fine...
Dust is gone, and new drivers = no more slowdown issues...
And honestly, it seems as if the game IS a bit snappier.. Maybe I need to yank up the settings
I wish there was a demo for BF3 so I could give it a try..

 

Added Skyrim.

 

Eeeeewwwwww...... >.<

 

Added Batman Arkham City and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. They run fantastically.

 

Played both and heartily agree

 

Added Saints Rows: The Third. So much fun.

Note: A complete revision of the gaming list will be forthcoming.

 

using the recommended settings in left 4 dead 2 have a huge fps drop from 70 + - 11 to ~ 20

if someone has an opinion of why this is happening, here's the settings I'm using the new driver 285.62

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/631859135388441104/94AE54BB057F2A5EC2115F2A78499813645D74D3/

 

Possible heat throttle? Try running HW Monitior in the background to see max CPU/GPU temps during play. The 8800 slow protects around 100-105C. I forgot to add that your heat pipes (2) may be blocked with dust if you have not cleaned them for many moons.

 

is not this, the temperatures are good, peak 81 in the VGA and CPU ok, I'm using icd7 both

it's just great hordes of zombies appear that the fps drops a lot, I have to greatly reduce the settings to not be this fps drop =/

 

You have a Gateway P-7805u FX with X9100..! Ouch, maybe the OP can help you with settings as his runs "smooth"

GL

 

Oh wow look at that build up, is that from the CPU HS or GPU HS?.

 

Does the FPS come back once the zombies or what ever overloads it are gone?

 

yeah, the fps back to normal when the hordes disappeared, finally made ​​an oc on cpu and vga, the cpu running at 3.4 and ta ta vga 699/900/1747 and now yes the L4D2 is running "smooth", and had stopped oc why do not see much result, but oddly enough in L4D2 had enough ...

 

*Revised Screenshot Gallery and Gameplay information to 2.0*

Next game to be added:
Trine 2

Next screenshot to be added:
Saints Row: The Third

 

I have Hard disk lags in SKyrim. ANy ideas?

I played Dead Space in 1920x1200 with everything set at ON. Oh except AA. ANd it worked great. SO whats going on?

 

What are the specs of your laptop? Take a screenshot of your Skyrim settings too.

 

Lets say that settings are default

My laptop config is x9100, 9800gts 1gb ddr3 256 bit, 4gb ram, 1920x1200
2x320gb seagate windows 7 64 bit

 

I read on the other forum that such situation may be caused by the lack of higher memory amount on display card and the textures are taken from RAM. However 9800 has 1GB of Vram. Isn`t it enough?
And whats the most funny thing is.
WHen I was playing BLOOD (1997) the same thing happened . LOL

 

Post a screenshot. Easier to go from there. I've been playing with settings (posted) and it goes from 25 to 55+ fps.

 

Added Knights of Amalur with screenshots. Absolutely gorgeous game. Most fun I've had since Jade Empire and Mass Effect. This is more fun than Skyrim.

 

Haven't tried it out yet, but will get it soon Right now I am playing skyrim with the newest texture patch and some more mods with some new amazing shadows. Pretty hard to top that

 

I would say that the two games are very different in terms of combat and overall polished story. The combat in Knights of Amalur feels akin to Jade Empire, Fable and God of War.

By the way, have you tried playing L.A. Noire? I am getting some terrible performance numbers of on my laptop. Do you remember your settings? I'm lagging even at 1280x800 with everything set to "performance".

 

Yea I have it. I recently stopped using my Projector because I am moving and I am putting that up for sale right now. I am playing on 1920x1200 on my original laptop display and I am VERY pleased to see that I can play the game @ the native resolution with maxed settings with smooth performance!!
I will post some pics soon.

 

I am jealous. I can't even get it to run smoothly at 1280x800. It doesn't make sense when I can run Skyrim, Knights of Amalur and other system intensive games at 1920x1200 without any problems. It seems to me like Rockstar failed to make a good PC port.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you configured your laptop to be able to run it so well.

 

Here are some pics I took with FRAPS and settings are all on Quality no Ssao 4x AF (16x through Control Panel), no AA and vsync on (with triple buffering through D3D overrider). Game runs very smooth, strangely almost the same as in 1280x720.

Here's a short video I made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytmIGM1Yv6w&feature=channel_video_title

I have done nothing new with my laptop in the last few months. Basically changed my thermal paste a while back, temps are fine, GPU same overclock (actually lowered my core clock to 710, because it was crashing in Skyrim @ 1920x1200). Cpu running overclocked @ 3.325Ghz & 1.23v.

 

That looks fantastic, Andros. I have similar clocks and a similar CPU overclock but the game is not running well on my system. I have tried everything but to no avail. Thanks for all the effort though. Fantastic documentation. /repped.

 

Added Mass Effect 3 and Syndicate. Beware the last hour of Mass Effect 3.

 

Hi everyone: I have a Gateway fx 7805U and everything is stock. I am having problems with L4d1 and 2. I am getting so much lag, when playing.I have notice my FPS is around 30 and sometimes it drops all away to 20 or lower. Not sure what going on.

I know my screen resolution is 1920x1200.


http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/l4d1v.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/l4d2uu.jpg/

 

I started playing Mass Effect 3 and so far it is so smooth, what happens in the last hour?

 

Updated. Added The Witcher 2. Can't wait for the Enhanced Edition (extra chapter and characters and free for all of you who bought the game). It's better than Skyrim. Finally managed to tweak the settings and make it work with help from androsforever.

CPU limitation. The 20 fps most probably happens when there are a large number of zombies on screen. Use Recommended Settings while leaving the resolution at 1920x1200.

The game was absolutely fantastic but the ending... The ending(s) is/are TERRIBLE.

 

and there was me thinking you were talkling about the game performance at the end and not the storyline, phew!

 

Weird, because this recently been happening with all the updates. Anyways I got my x9100 today, so I hope i can get more FPS than with my P8400

 

That is the game I am looking forward to. I am on my 3rd play through of The Witcher. Can't get enough of the way the came plays. Has all the characteristics of a FPS, but with more story to keep me interested. Not a quick and dirty game, but action is around the corner.

Too bad I am a cheap ...don't want to pay $30 for it.

 

@jav2008
The X9100 makes a big difference. Hope you find the upgrade worthwhile like I have.

@Omexis
Ah, that would be a pity considering Bioware simply tweaked the engine for better performance with more lighting effects and such.

It goes on sale quite often on Steam, Amazon and Gog.com. I bought it for $15 on Amazon. I'm definitely going to preorder Witcher 3 considering CD Projekt Red announced that any and all DLC (including expansion packs) for The Witcher 2 are free. It's the complete opposite of what Bioware/EA is doing with Mass Effect 3. Bioware had the nerve to release Day 1 DLC with a very important character

Spoiler

and there is a message to anyone who got past the credits to wait for DLC to actually complete the game.

.

 

Ya I notice everyone saying good things of the X9100 and the T9900. Btw how many FPS difference did you get when you had the P8400 vs the x9100