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    Who's playing games on their Z60m?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by CoolVanilla, Feb 8, 2006.

  1. CoolVanilla

    CoolVanilla Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys. I know this is a game oriented question (and probably belongs on in the game section), but I'd like some direct feedback from those that have the Z60m who play games on it.

    I recently tried running Black & White 2 on a Z60m, and came away EXTREMELY disappointed. The frame rate made the game unplayable (2-4 fps?). Anyone had a similar experience with any game they've tried to play on the z60m? Is there some IBM software or something messing up the video card's ability to render? I know I'm grasping at straws here, but I don't get why such a nicely rated machine (2GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 128MB x600 ATI, 100GB HD ect...) turned in worse results than my integrated graphics Asus z63a.

    What games do you play on your Z60m? How's the performance? What did you do (if anything) to tweak the video card into working well?

    Thanks for the time folks.
     
  2. dietcokefiend

    dietcokefiend DietGreenTeaFiend

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    Key thing might be what video card drivers are on the machine, and if the software(game) is using the correct drivers for the specific card. In some situations, it might be doing it all software rendering, and no use of the hardware capabilities.