Acer Aspire 6920G Poor Gaming Performance

[Louioo]

Hi all,

I have a 6920G (Had it for about a year and a half now)
Windows 7 64bit
4GB RAM (Upgraded)
9500GM
Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 2.0Ghz

I understand that I wouldn't be able to play top end games, as I've tried to play Batman Arkham Asylum and even in low its extremely laggy. All I want to do is play something simple, like CS:S, however even when all of those settings are low (under what it recommends) I just get really poor, 10-20 FPS.

I firstly don't have lots of things running in the background, just general things that normally run. I've always had a problem with gaming on this machine and wondered if there was anything you guys could inform me about to help. I know I cant upgrade the RAM any higher and I'd prefer not to have to upgrade the CPU and Graphics as I'd rather just get a new system.

All help and advice is appreciated and any other information you need I can provide.

[downloads]

Check if your CPU isn't throttling (ThrottleStop).
It was an issue with some 6920Gs

[ajbutch123]

Arkham Asylum has never played that great on my acer, but in CSS I get close to 120 fps. I do use throttlestop and it REALLY fixes the downclocking issue.

You also might want to look into overclocking your video card, because these 9500m cards overclock really well.

[sgogeta4]

CS: Source should run smooth with your configuration since my Acer 6920G has lesser specs and ran it flawlessly. As suggested check to see if there is throttling. I'd use CPU-Z, GPU-Z, and task manager.

[Louioo]

Thanks for the replies, I have downloaded ThrottleStop and I am actually gettin a stable 59 FPS now and can play CS:S in high! Which is fantastic. Batman AA I have tried in Medium settings and it plays fairly well, but my temps go up to about 63C which is a bit mental.

How would I go about overclocking the 9500? Didn't know you could over clock these, thought it was just the CPU you could.

[downloads]

63*C is not hot at all so don't worry about this.
There are quite a few tools for OCing nVidia cards- just remember not to overcook it with VRAM as it's only DDR2 and doesn't go very high.

[Splintah]

Yea 63 is not high at all. My 6970m actually idles at around 60 degrees celcius, and this is AFTER repasting and using a notebook cooler with fans positioned right under the vents. (it was 10 degrees higher with stock paste)