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[Useless Distraction]

Well, I've had this laptop for a few months and I decided to download Counter Strike: Source on it. I go on the BoSS office server and it lags like crazy. But whenever I go into the projector room the game runs smoothly. It has a good video card as this laptop is a fairly recent model. I've tried lowering the graphics and shadows and stuff but nothing works. Please help.

[�HADOW109]

Give us your laptop's info

[The Punisher]

might be just your wireless internet , try moving closer to your router and test it again

a newish comp shouldnt have too much prob running css, but ofcourse you should post your info as shadow109 said

[Useless Distraction]

I would post the info but I don't know where to find it. I'm a total noob when it comes to finding out computer information.

Edited by Useless Distraction, 23 November 2007 - 03:02 PM.

[MainEvent]

Search the model at BestBuy.com or where ever you bought it (unless you fiddled with it yourself).

[Useless Distraction]

* Processor: Intel Core Duo T2080 (1.73GHz)
* OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
* RAM: 1GB PC2-4200 DDR2 RAM
* Hard Drive: 120GB Hitachi SATA
* Screen: 15.4� Tru-Brite WXGA (1280x800)
* Optical Drive: DVD�RW/DVD-RAM Drive
* Graphics: Intel GMA950 Graphics
* Slots: Type II PCMCIA (left), 5-in-1 Card Reader (front)
* Ports: 4 USB 2.0 (two right, one left, one back), 1 4-pin Firewire (left), 1 VGA output (left), 1 S-Video output (left), 1 Headphone jack (front), 1 Microphone jack (front), 1 RJ-11 phone jack (back), 1 Power jack (back), 1 RJ-45 LAN jack (back)
* Wireless: Atheros 802.11g

[Novahawk]

The video card is your problem, sorry...

[Komit]

Yea the video card and the RAM seem to blow massively.

[DarkShadow]

Indeed.

[Scroll_Lock88]

Indeed.

LOL at people buying sub 800$ laptops and trying to play games on them.

[The Punisher]

LOL at people buying sub 800$ laptops and trying to play games on them.

actually 2 years ago i bought a laptop for $399 and it can play CSS,HL2 and regretfully about 2 years ago i actually played WoW on it with no prob at all

[Scroll_Lock88]

actually 2 years ago i bought a laptop for $399 and it can play CSS,HL2 and regretfully about 2 years ago i actually played WoW on it with no prob at all

You can play those games with ATI Xpress 200m graphics, but you may as well shoot yourself in the face because it looks like ass, runs like ass, and god help you if someone throws a smoke grenade. And yes, you can easily get 3 year old laptops for 400$ with lackluster graphics chipsets in them. May as well save your money and buy a brand new one.

Laptops in general are a total waste of money if you plan on playing games on them. They are more prone to damage, depreciate in value much quicker, and will stop running games that the same equally equipped desktop machine can still run.

[*3RD sfg* killswitch]

Get one of these and call it a day.

XG STATION

Edited by *3RD sfg* killswitch, 28 November 2007 - 09:10 AM.

[Jack]

uh yeah, gaming and laptops don't mix. especially when it has vista and wireless.

[Scroll_Lock88]

Get one of these and call it a day.

XG STATION

And pay what extra for it? Something like that I can easily see in the 200$ range, + a somewhat decent graphics card, darn near the price of a new system right there!


For those of you that honestly cannot thing about building a SFF shuttle, and getting a harness for the monitor, tower, and accessories. Go die in a fire, because the novelty of having a gaming laptop wears off real fast. I know, I had one of the Asus F3T notebooks.

Can also argue "well you can't play it anywhere" well f*ck, when i go somewhere, I go to either A. Work, B. go on vacation*which doesnt have gaming involved* or C. Out with friends.


It's like having a BMW, you pay extra for the damn same thing, metal box with wheels and an engine, just has more bells and whistles on it.