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Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-24 03:45:48
July 24 2008 03:35 GMT
#1
To start off, here's the specs on my computer currently.

* Processor: Intel T7300 Core 2 Duo (2.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 4MB Cache)
* Graphics: Intel GMA X3100
* Operating System: Windows Vista Business
* Display: WXGA+ 1440 x 900 (LG screen)
* Hard Drive: 100GB 7200RPM (Seagate Momentus 7200.1)
* Memory: 2GB (1GB x 1GB), up to 4GB max
* Ports: 3 USB 2.0, 1 FireWire, Monitor out, modem, Ethernet, headphone out, microphone in
* Slots: 1 PC Card Slot, 1 ExpressCard slot (optional media card reader and Smart Card reader)
* Optical Drive: Ultra-slim Super-Multi Drive
* Dimensions: 13.2" x 9.3" x 1.09 - 1.26" (335mm x 237mm x 27.6 - 31.9mm)
* Weight: 5.1lbs

And it doesn't run WoW in the speed that I want it to. Currently in "enclosed spaces" it'll run very smoothly in 30-60 FPS but in big outdoor spaces it'll run at around 12-15 FPS, making play incredibly gay and choppy.

There's obviously some way to allocate more RAM to this game, it uses about 200mb, maybe 250mb max to run the program but I want it to run at 300mb or 350mb, making the game run more smoothly.

I was incredibly vague here but I hope you computer pros know what I'm talking about.

edit: The processor is Windows XP BTW even though it says Vista because my school decided to be smart for a change

^-^
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
July 24 2008 03:52 GMT
#2
I want an XP processor
Oh no
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
July 24 2008 03:58 GMT
#3
Gay and choppy. I like that.

If the program is paging frequently, allocating more RAM will help, but probably the problem is with your video hardware just not being fast enough. If it is paging, though, free up more ram by closing other programs. Windows allocates as much memory as a program needs until there's no more ram to give, then it starts using "virtual memory" with the hard drive, which is literally thousands of times slower.

Huh. Does the integrated graphics use main memory? Ouch.
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Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
July 24 2008 04:03 GMT
#4
On July 24 2008 12:58 BottleAbuser wrote:
Gay and choppy. I like that.

If the program is paging frequently, allocating more RAM will help, but probably the problem is with your video hardware just not being fast enough. If it is paging, though, free up more ram by closing other programs. Windows allocates as much memory as a program needs until there's no more ram to give, then it starts using "virtual memory" with the hard drive, which is literally thousands of times slower.

Huh. Does the integrated graphics use main memory? Ouch.


Interesting, I really only keep open like Trillian and Firefox and whatever crap that my university decided to install on this thing. I'll try to stop some programs from running and see what happens.
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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
July 24 2008 04:09 GMT
#5
It's the integrated card. I've run WoW at playable settings on a much worse computer that had a mobile Radeon in it.
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Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
July 24 2008 04:27 GMT
#6
On July 24 2008 13:09 Jibba wrote:
It's the integrated card. I've run WoW at playable settings on a much worse computer that had a mobile Radeon in it.


Have you tried going to Hellfire Peninsula? It's soooo choppy
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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
July 24 2008 04:29 GMT
#7
I did fucking Naxx on my old laptop. Heigen was fucking gay.

Somehow I was perfect on Thaddius though.
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eborp
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States266 Posts
July 24 2008 04:30 GMT
#8
Integrated graphics. You need an actual GPU to run WoW. I'm not even sure if you can change the amount of ram an integrated card uses.
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zdd
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
1463 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-24 04:37:36
July 24 2008 04:34 GMT
#9
I think what you're looking for is more like overclocking the video card, and I've seen some applications that are able to do that, such as rivatuner although I'm not sure if integrated graphics can even be overclocked.
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infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
July 24 2008 04:44 GMT
#10
my intel gma 950 can run WoW on playable settings. Are you running it in the lowest setting possible? :o
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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
July 24 2008 05:10 GMT
#11
Make sure to optimize your UI as well. A bad UI can really cause problems.
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jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5501 Posts
July 24 2008 06:35 GMT
#12
Sounds like you installed windows xp yourself. Did you install the proper drivers afterwards?

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2800&OSFullName=Windows* XP Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!

The thing at the top should be what you need.
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Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
July 24 2008 15:31 GMT
#13
On July 24 2008 15:35 jimminy_kriket wrote:
Sounds like you installed windows xp yourself. Did you install the proper drivers afterwards?

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2800&OSFullName=Windows* XP Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!

The thing at the top should be what you need.


Well, when I got the laptop from my college it already had WinXP on it. ;o
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Mickey
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2606 Posts
July 24 2008 17:20 GMT
#14
On July 24 2008 12:35 Equinox_kr wrote:
To start off, here's the specs on my computer currently.

* Processor: Intel T7300 Core 2 Duo (2.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 4MB Cache)
* Graphics: Intel GMA X3100
* Operating System: Windows Vista Business
* Display: WXGA+ 1440 x 900 (LG screen)
* Hard Drive: 100GB 7200RPM (Seagate Momentus 7200.1)
* Memory: 2GB (1GB x 1GB), up to 4GB max
* Ports: 3 USB 2.0, 1 FireWire, Monitor out, modem, Ethernet, headphone out, microphone in
* Slots: 1 PC Card Slot, 1 ExpressCard slot (optional media card reader and Smart Card reader)
* Optical Drive: Ultra-slim Super-Multi Drive
* Dimensions: 13.2" x 9.3" x 1.09 - 1.26" (335mm x 237mm x 27.6 - 31.9mm)
* Weight: 5.1lbs

And it doesn't run WoW in the speed that I want it to. Currently in "enclosed spaces" it'll run very smoothly in 30-60 FPS but in big outdoor spaces it'll run at around 12-15 FPS, making play incredibly gay and choppy.

There's obviously some way to allocate more RAM to this game, it uses about 200mb, maybe 250mb max to run the program but I want it to run at 300mb or 350mb, making the game run more smoothly.

I was incredibly vague here but I hope you computer pros know what I'm talking about.

edit: The processor is Windows XP BTW even though it says Vista because my school decided to be smart for a change

Did anyone else miss this?

Dude what are you thinking?
comabreaded
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
United States2166 Posts
July 24 2008 17:48 GMT
#15
On July 24 2008 12:35 Equinox_kr wrote:
edit: The processor is Windows XP BTW even though it says Vista because my school decided to be smart for a change


hehehe. The processor or CPU is the T7300. The OS is Windows XP. Anyway I have a similar setup, XP with a T7500 (2.2GHz), 2GB RAM, Intel X3100. I don't have WoW but tried Half -Life 2 and Portal and they were pretty slow. They were playable but probably at 30fps and less in many situations. I'm guessing WoW would run similarly. It won't really matter if you allocate more RAM to it, as it needs a better video card.
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