somewhat dissapointed with my IFL90

[jurassicjet]

Ok, here's the deal. I ordered my IFL90 back around the first of June. Waited months to get it.... I think it was the end of August before I received it.

Here's my config.....
t7300
2gb ram
8600M GT
WSXGA+ screen (1600x1040?)
Windows XP SP2
Driver 6.14.11.134 for Nvidia card

I play Call of Duty online ALOT when I get a chance. I figured that this is a little older game and my new laptop would run this smoking hot fast.....NOT SO.
When I am in a setting where there is a lot of action (numerous players) the frame rate gets so bad that sometimes its like watching a slide show. I mean, it is horrible. I have gone in and adjusted the in-game settings (lower than even the recommended settings if you have the gave figure optimum settings). No luck there. So I have decided to overclock my video card (core 597, mem 507). I have had some luck with that but of course the temps are up (mid 70s) and I keep thinking "why do I have to overclock my NEW computer to run a game that is 4 years old???

I have a older AMD desktop that I built with one gig of Ram and a 6600GT card in it and that old desktop runs games better than my new $1700 laptop.

Is there any suggestions on what to do? I have thought about updating the bios and driver but not sure if that would really help my performance issue.

[imachine]

wellllll...... you do have to keep in mind these are notebooks... and have notebook video cards. which indeed, have gone a long way since a while back, but are still, well, just that - MOBILE video cards. therefore they have to keep a balance between powersaving and performance.

if you run vi$ta, that could be a problem, since it's a terrible resource hog (I just played halo2 demo on this one amd64 x2 4000+ 1gb ram 8400GS desktop, it would STUTTER at 1024x768 mid-level settings - that's a disgrace, the programmers really screwed that one up imho).

and yeah, blame the programmers ... it's crap code nothing else to be honest. are you running native res?

I don't really know how else I could help. I'd definetly get some arctic silver or so both on graphics, and cpu. I think also the fl90 has a separate chipset heatsink, so I'd smear some on that one as well.

the cooler, the faster, generally speaking.

cheers!

[hirush]

I would suggest you search google first because I've had some problem with 5 years old game (raven shield) before I found out it was game engine problem. There may be several reason contribute to what you're facing right now. Older games don't support duo core so they will give you headache and geforce 8xxx series driver is in conflict with some older game engine. I found a solution to my problem which was to edit ravenshield.ini and set "UseHardwareTL" to false and game run beautifully on highest setting and resolution I can to crank up to it.

EDIT: Update to most recent driver and newest patch could resolve your problem, give it a try.

[InterFace]

well its somekind of driver problem im sure because u said "I have a older AMD desktop that I built with one gig of Ram and a 6600GT card in it and that old desktop runs games better than my new $1700 laptop." .
well my last PC was A64 3200+ and 6600GT . it was slower than my current laptop what is T7400 and 7600Go . By 3dmark scores and by real fps in games.

your laptop scores (or atleast should be) twice as much as mine in benchmarks so im sure it should be way way faster.
i havent tested old call of dutys but for example i just played CoD4 demo with 800x600 and most settings medium Im sure it couldnt be done with 6600GT videocard PC.

get ur driverissue fixed and dont blame ur nice laptop!
most of this-kind problems are caused by an error between computer and chair ...

[vctr]

I would update the system bios, I think 113 is out now with some performance improvements. Also update the the latest video drivers, the 8xxx series is still a new platform and the drivers are improving. I would also find a forum on the specific game and see what issues others might be having with new hardware ect...

[InterFace]

dont forget the chipset driver!

[jurassicjet]

I am going to wait to update the bios until I return home (traveling at the moment) because I don't want to be stuck out on the road without my laptop if it gets messed up.

The game patch is the most current one available. Have not really looked at the forums yet but will do so soon.

I went to Nvida's website to download and install the latest driver. I tried but ended up with "nVidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit." Ok.... so now I go to Laptopvideo2go website and learn that this is an INF issue (I think). Ok, so I read up on how to update my driver and think I will give it a whirl. But, it looks like 163.75 has an issue with PowerDVD (which I use) so I don't want to mess that up. How about 162.62, I will try that, but there does not appear to be an INF file for it. Wow, is this complicated or am I just making it seem harder than it is??

I am also trying to figure out exactly which driver 6.14.11.134 is (163.74, 162.62 etc. tried a google search with no luck).

Also, native resolution could be an issue but it is an issue that I don't understand fully. I have a WSXGA+ screen. Everytime I start COD it says that my computer settings have changed and would I like to have the game set itself up optimumly. If I say yes it sets all of the resolution settings in the game to ultra (or something like that) which I don't want (medium settings is for performance is what I want). I have looked at the screen res in the game and it is 1024x768. Don't know if this is good or bad.

I am rather new at digging deep into this driver issue but willing to spend some time on it.

[InterFace]

try extreme-g modified drivers. those are the best

[jurassicjet]

Well..... a little update here.

I have tried just about every video driver out there but currently using 169.04 because that seems to be the one that works best with my PowerDVD suite.

Performance is still very poor IMO.

Downloading new realtec codecs now, because when Call of duty hangs or quits the first indication is that the sound stutters. Time will tell if this helps.

Overall..... Still quite dissapointed in the gaming qualities of a $1700 laptop.

[GenMatrix]

Wow... You paid that much? I got mine for 1004$... and the only thing different is hard drive, and I have the t7500.... >_>