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Author:  :[Fried Rice]:Headshot_95 [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Laptop Video Card Drivers
Well i've been playing a lot of TF2 lately and i still have really crappy fps.

I'm pretty sure its due to my drivers being old and i have had no luck finding new ones. I have tried various things from hacked and 3rd party drivers, that mobility modder thingy but nothing. When i first join a game i have an fps of 45+. After a while i will start lagging and will get under 20 fps. then go back up to 45+ then back down. It mainly stays on the lag.

I have also tried CFGs to no luck either. they just give me a small boost in fps. do you guys have any idea to how i can get new drivers or any way to help me? any help would be nice
Author:  cornholio [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:08 am ]
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It sounds more that the card is overheating, not that the drivers are crappy. Get the latest official driver. Put more info on the laptop/video card to find the driver.
Author:  Mav [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:59 am ]
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See if you can find some software that monitors the temperature of the card. I think corn might be right.
Author:  :[Fried Rice]:Headshot_95 [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:48 am ]
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I went on the official ATI site to try download new drivers (because when i first started up TF2 it said drivers are outdated) and tried downloading the drivers that i searched for based on my vid card. Said it's not compatible.

But i'll try your idea. Anything i could use to try and see? i dunno what to look for or whatever

Googling ^^

and if it is overheating what do i do?
Author:  cornholio [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:38 am ]
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try using compressed air to clean around the vents, im pretty sure that's all you can do...
Author:  Mav [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:31 pm ]
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Maybe your laptop video card doesn't meet the minimum requirements for the game?
Author:  :[Fried Rice]:Headshot_95 [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:32 pm ]
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I'm pretty sure it does

I did the system requirements thing and also when i first started the game up it was running in DX9. Also googled and found it is a DX9 vid card. 128 MB if you're wondering.

Oh well... guess i'll live with the lag till i can get a new comp. Thanks for the help anyway guys. I'll keep searching for drivers :)
Author:  Mav [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:35 pm ]
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Shader version?
Author:  ColeLT1 [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:06 pm ]
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Like they said, what card is it, exact specs, same for the laptop, what processor, speed, memory, etc.

Download CPUz and GPUz and let us know. GPUz also shows the temp :)
Author:  :[Fried Rice]:Headshot_95 [ Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:47 am ]
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ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
Video Card 3D Acceleration = Yes
Pixel Shader Ver. = 2.0
128 MB VRAM
1278 MB RAM
Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz
1.69 GHz Performance Rated at 2.54 GHz

Copy-pastad because im too lazy to type it all
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That's enough right?

:< pics wont get bigger.
Author:  ColeLT1 [ Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:19 am ]
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Thats pretty old, you are going to get crappy fps with that setup on anything newer.
Author:  Bensky [ Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:02 pm ]
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I have a similar card (Radeon 9600 XT) and I can't play much beyond HL2/Source, so it's not surprising you can't get much out of it :(
Author:  :[Fried Rice]:Headshot_95 [ Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:24 am ]
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lol ok then

il just live with mah 15 fps skills. I'm getting used to it now... sort of.

Thanks for the help anyway
Author:  [Y.A.]RoMoDaNn [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:45 am ]
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fak you!!!! I HAVE NO VIDEO CARD!!!! all i have is this little wire connected to my motherboard.. from where the video card is SUPPOSED to be... wtf?
Author:  cursed sasuke [ Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:52 am ]
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probably integrated video card
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