My computer is interesting

HVanquish

HVanquish

Member
Hey guys, I recently bought a gaming laptop from Asus with an i7 4 core 1.73 GHz processor, 6 gigs of RAM, and a 1 gig ATI HD 5870 chip. This thing's cooling system is flawless (it's huge and works well). So while there's no real problem with my gaming performance, it's just annoying because with the power of the laptop I don't get nearly the performance I think I should. I have the second lowest resolution level set, with my graphics card maxed out to being performance instead of quality. My cpu overclocks itself up to 2.5, so my cpu shouldn't be a problem. With all this stuff I average a 140 fps, which I don't understand. Sometimes it will lag down to 20-50 range and spike, making it very annoying to play. I don't know if something is wrong. Any suggestions?
 
SeymourGore

SeymourGore

Flatulent Cherub
hmm, make sure to have the latest drivers for your laptop. The thing with mobile chipsets, sometimes the drivers can be flaky compared to their desktop equivalents. Also, normally the drivers you want to use are the ones available from the manufacturer (ASUS, in this case) and not necessarily from AMD.

First thing I'd do is set your resolution to the native resolution of your laptop screen (if you're unsure of it, give me the model number of your laptop and I'll see if I can find it). There's absolutely no reason for you to have to resort to using a lower resolution on your machine. The fps of 140 is really good, what has me concerned is the big variance in fps (140 - 20 or 50). It might be lag, but we'll see if new drivers will resolve that issue.

Another thing I could suggest is checking if there's any power management features turned on. Ideally you want to make sure when it's plugged in that it's set to 'high performance'.

Anyhow, hook me up with the model number of the laptop (like a G-series) and I'll get back to you with the best drivers for it.

Oh, one last thing, does it only act up with Legions or is this an issue that affects all of your games?
 
HVanquish

HVanquish

Member
I don't know what that means. And I'll download drivers, but I'm pretty sure they're up to date.

So I can't find where to get the drivers, and my computer has a built-in driver searcher... If the native resolution of a computer is the resolution of the screen when you first turn it on, then it's 1600x900
 
Frosted

Frosted

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HVanquish said:
I don't know what that means. And I'll download drivers, but I'm pretty sure they're up to date.

So I can't find where to get the drivers, and my computer has a built-in driver searcher... If the native resolution of a computer is the resolution of the screen when you first turn it on, then it's 1600x900
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AA mean anti aliasing it makes the image smooth by some process that take a lot of power.

A computer does not have a native resolution but a screen does. Native is usually the max resolution you can set it at but not always.

Get your driver here
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...d-5870/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5870-overview.aspx

At the top right corner there is a button called find my drivers.

I know not much about laptop but my guess is that Quad core is not well supported by Torque engine and it only uses one core maybe 2.
 
HVanquish

HVanquish

Member
I have my settings turned full performance, and in the AA tab, it's all the way set down. I'm downloading a driver, but I'm not sure it's the right one.
 
MJ1284

MJ1284

Member
I usually use ATI Catalyst and let it do the driver searching & downloading for me. While it's not flawless it works well enough for me, if something goes wrong I can always roll back via Device Manager.
 
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