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Aug 20, 2007, 12:21 PM
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DriverHeaven Lover
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Problems running WoW
Hi, I got a new HP laptop as a graduation present. Here's the specs:
AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz
1GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce Go 6150
17" Widescreen Monitor Res. 1440x900
Windows Vista Home Edition
I recently put WoW and WoW Burning Crusade on here. Well the latency is always a spiking because I'm on a campus network. But I can't get my framerates above 16, I have all of the graphics settings on low 'cept I have it at the highest resolution. I know this laptop isnt powerful in graphics, but I can run CS:S on almost all high settings with good framerates, but WoW is always choppy and even the sound is being distorted. Any advice is appreciated, Thanks
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Aug 30, 2007, 05:44 PM
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Because I said so!
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That sounds like a driver problem to me. That card should be able to run WoW on atleast medium settings with decent frame rates. Upgrade to the newest desktop drivers at Advanced Micro Devices - Smarter Choice - Graphics and Media Processors then use the DriverHeaven driver modder here: http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/index.php . Try those. HP's drivers for video suck, I have a ZD8000 with an X600 256MB card, and I get a massive boost using the newest desktop drivers. |
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Sep 9, 2007, 08:22 AM
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I dont think your laptop is capable of running wow on anything but the lowest settings. Geforce Go 6150 is not a great gaming graphics processor by any stretch and the fact that your running it on 1440 by 900 prob doesnt help either.
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Sep 10, 2007, 01:50 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
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ok if an intel extreme chipset can run it that that shouldn't have a problem but its not a 7900
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Sep 10, 2007, 05:07 PM
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Because I said so!
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Yeah I just realized I gave you info for an ATI card. I have no idea what I was thinking.
That card should be able to play wow at atleast low settings, with some at medium. Probably not in raids though.
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Sep 11, 2007, 11:11 PM
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ZooooM!
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i actually have the same problem with my laptop (specs below) and i have it all on the lowest settings too 
but hey thats what i get for running vista |
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Sep 12, 2007, 08:35 PM
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i know the gfx card isn't exactly powerful, but I also know vista is partly to blame, 'specially for the sound distortion i seem to get occasionally. Odd thing is it can run CS:S at pretty high settings with smooth framerates, and it can barely run WoW at lowest of settings.
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Sep 17, 2007, 06:08 PM
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Bouncing off the Walls
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Go to LaptopVideo2Go & NVIDIA Related News and download the the 158.45 drivers. for most mobile vista systems those seem to have the best performance with out having problems. |
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Sep 21, 2007, 12:33 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Also: From My experience, WoW doesn't play well with multi-core processors. Set Processor affinity to one of the cores and see if that makes a difference.
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