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    VAIO TZ150N/B Counter Strike Source

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by DanyBui81, Oct 14, 2007.

  1. DanyBui81

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    I wanted to see if the vaio could handle counter strike source and did a stress test with everything on low and only manage to get 16fps. So sorry guys the TZ wont be able to play source although it played 1.6 just fine
     
    DanyBui81, Oct 14, 2007
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    the 170 should be able to play it im thinking because of the 2gigs of ram.
     
    filipp, Oct 14, 2007
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    u serious maybe i should upgrade my ram also do you think it will make that big of a diffrence?
     
    DanyBui81, Oct 14, 2007
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    Yeah i would upgrade to 2gigs if i were you. I just purchased a tz170 off Sponsi here on the forums so once i get it i will test team fortress 2 and counter strike source but im thinking / hoping it should run.
     
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    Doesn't the TZ150 come with Intel GMA950? Even if you upgrade to 2GB of memory, I doubt it will run CS:S.
     
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    yah all tzs come with intel gma 950
     
    DanyBui81, Oct 14, 2007
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    Your still only using 1gb ram on the TZ Danybui? Did you run Vista or XP when running the game?
     
    Rahul, Oct 14, 2007
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    i downgraded to xp it is futile running vista with 1gb of ram and 4200rpm hdd. I eventually will upgrade to 2 gigs and a ssd when the prices go down
     
    DanyBui81, Oct 15, 2007
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    ok i tried tweaking counter strike to extract the most frames per second i can get it to. So running css on direct 8.1 and some other optimization resolution 800x640 i was able to pull at 39.45 fps on the source stress test but when I try to play on the servers its not very playble frames stay at around 10fps. I dont know if adding a 2gb stick of ram will help but Im about to get my ram in and Ill install it to see if it will help.
     
    DanyBui81, Oct 16, 2007
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    more ram will help.
     
    roor, Oct 16, 2007
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    hopefully it will
     
    DanyBui81, Oct 16, 2007
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    just got my tz170 installing CS now so will see how it goes.
     
    filipp, Oct 16, 2007
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    nope no go on css
     
    filipp, Oct 17, 2007
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    you need to do some launch options in order for the game to launch
     
    DanyBui81, Oct 17, 2007
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    i was able to get it to run but only had 10fps so it wasn't really playable online
     
    filipp, Oct 17, 2007
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    damn that sux what about cs 1.6
     
    DanyBui81, Oct 17, 2007
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    never bought 1.6 so i can't really comment if i can play it sorry =/
     
    filipp, Oct 17, 2007
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    runs great on 1.6 i just installed it my brothers tz90 ran source pretty good still getting low fps but its moves fairly well and is playable I think the 4200 rpm hard drive and my 1gig of ram is holding me back
     
    DanyBui81, Oct 17, 2007
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