EPTHere are my specs:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
2.2 GHz Performance Rated at: 6.05 GHz
7.0 GB of RAM
GeForce GT 540M
New laptop can't run SC2 on high without lag
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ForJungSooYeon
Canada63 Posts
Here are my specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.2 GHz Performance Rated at: 6.05 GHz 7.0 GB of RAM GeForce GT 540M | ||
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Boblhead
United States2577 Posts
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Waterflow
Sweden1550 Posts
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ForJungSooYeon
Canada63 Posts
On January 20 2012 04:09 Boblhead wrote: the gt 540m isnt that great of a GPU in the first place so im not suprised you can't run anything higher than low. If you wanted to have a decent gaming laptop I would of recommended a 6770m or a gtx460/560m. Really? o.o I can run both COD MW3 and Battlefield 3 on high without any issues though, or does SC2 require a better GPU than those games? | ||
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ZerGuy
Poland204 Posts
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
and sc2 on medium at nine 1080p resolutions. | ||
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ZwuckeL
Germany563 Posts
On January 20 2012 04:13 ZerGuy wrote: Maybe NVidia Optimus doesn't recognise SCII as CPU demanding on your computer? yea. make sure the GF540 acutally runs when you play sc2. my laptop also first tried to play sc2 on the i7 graphics card and i got 15 fps on low :D | ||
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jacosajh
2919 Posts
Make sure your laptop is using the GT 540M for SC2. Go into NVIDIA Control Panel, and you can find settings to fix this. Also, a GT 540M is not very good so if you're playing on a high resolution like 1920x1080, the GT 540M might have issues even at Low. A GT 540M has issues on Medium even at 1366x768. For a GT 540M, I would play on a low resolution (~720p) on Low-Medium settings). I don't know what you define as playing MW3 and BF3 without any issues, but I highly doubt it's very smooth. Those two games are miles away from SC2 in terms of graphics requirements. They make even great dedicated desktop cards cry. Unless you play on low resolution / settings. | ||
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liberal
1116 Posts
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-540M.41715.0.html According to this the GPU has been rated to play SC2 on high with average 37fps, and BF3 on low with 36fps. This GPU shouldn't be able to play BF3 on high without lag, and it should be able to play SC2 on high with no problem. I'm not sure what's wrong with the information you are providing here... In any case the specs you provided should handle SC2 just fine so there's probably a different problem with your computer. | ||
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ISighZ
United States270 Posts
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jacosajh
2919 Posts
Also, 37 fps average is not playable to a lot of people even if it was consistent. And it's probably not. There will probably be dips in there lower than 20 fps. I would just play on Low-Medium to ensure consistency. | ||
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Soap
Brazil1546 Posts
On January 20 2012 05:43 jacosajh wrote: notebookcheck is helpful but doesn't list some important factors like resolution. I highly doubt those are for 1080p, despite some laptops being capable of it. So, if he's playing on 1080p, it'll be that much more demanding. Hover the mouse over the quality options to see what they mean. | ||
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jacosajh
2919 Posts
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phisku
Belgium864 Posts
Also do you have 1/2 sec freeze from time to time or is it just me? | ||
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scudst0rm
Canada1149 Posts
2.2 GHz Performance Rated at: 6.05 GHz Lol, I'm really curious how they're coming up with this "performance rating" | ||
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Netto.
Poland523 Posts
On January 20 2012 05:12 ISighZ wrote: Make sure you set your laptop powerplan to High performance. This. I had similar problem (not with such a comp tho). | ||
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jacosajh
2919 Posts
1. Right on your desktop and go to NVIDIA Control Panel + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/aQYM1.png) 2. Once you're there, make sure you're under Manage 3D Settings (left hand side menu). Then go to "Program Settings" tab. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/e5wmY.png) 3. Select the program you want to use the NVIDIA graphics card (in this case, Starcraft 2). + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/0E29Y.png) 4. Select the "preferred graphics card" to be the NVIDIA one, and not integrated graphics. Hit Apply and close. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/RBCmJ.png) NVIDIA Optimus should be smart enough to do this on its own, but sometimes it slips for whatever reason. Other things to do. 1. Make sure your Graphics Card is on. Sometimes there is a manual button on your laptop that you have to turn on. This happened to me on a Lenovo Y570. 2. Make sure your CPU isn't being throttled. This is a bit more complicated and shouldn't happen often, but this also happened to me. My Core i5 2410m was being throttled to 800mhz (stuck at 8x multi) for whatever reason. I reset bios and it went away. | ||
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FeiLing
Germany428 Posts
On January 20 2012 03:13 ForJungSooYeon wrote: 2.2 GHz Performance Rated at: 6.05 GHz 7.0 GB of RAM What the... is this? Who/which program shows you these numbers? Where did you buy that thing? | ||
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carloselcoco
United States2302 Posts
 That should hopefully fix it man! | ||
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yeaR
United Kingdom100 Posts
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EienShinwa
United States655 Posts
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iSZOphiL
Germany11 Posts
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ForJungSooYeon
Canada63 Posts
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iloveav
Poland1481 Posts
On January 20 2012 04:55 liberal wrote: I highly recommend the site notebookcheck.net for comparing integrated graphics cards. Here's the page for the GT540m: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-540M.41715.0.html According to this the GPU has been rated to play SC2 on high with average 37fps, and BF3 on low with 36fps. This GPU shouldn't be able to play BF3 on high without lag, and it should be able to play SC2 on high with no problem. I'm not sure what's wrong with the information you are providing here... In any case the specs you provided should handle SC2 just fine so there's probably a different problem with your computer. As far as i know, the tests runned in sc2 are in single player and not on the missions where there is the highest unit quantity. But i agree that optimus might be the reason for your lower performance. Also check your temps just in case. | ||
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