windows Need some help

[AjayBeny]

I have a laptop as well as a pc, My laptop configs are 

8gb DDR3 Ram

2gb Graphics card

AMD a10 cpu 

 

My pc Config

 

8gb RAM

1gb graphic card 

i5 processor

 

But wolfenstein runs smooth in my Pc but has various lags on my laptop..

This is not only for ET but also for various other Games, 

Is this due to some heating issue or some other issues.

Can someone help me out in any suggestions

[Krayzie]

What cards and chips are they exactly?

[AjayBeny]

Laptop:

 

A76M 

APU Quad Core A10

AMD Radeon HD 7620G and AMD Mobility Radeon HD 8670M

[docwarren]

Is your PC on Ethernet and laptop on wi-fi? That may be an issue.

 

It may also be caused by the difference in background programs running on your PC vs. laptop. Posting this information may help us.

 

Finally, running WinMtr data from both devices may be helpful in trying to diagnose your issues. You can find a tutorial here... http://fearless-assassins.com/tutorials/article/382-winmtr-checking-network-issues/

[AjayBeny]

Yes PC is on Ethernet and laptop on wifi. But still leaving the network issue apart ,Game graphics lag way too much

[Ann!b@l]

Laptop:

AMD Radeon HD 7620G and AMD Mobility Radeon HD 8670M

Basic stuff but, \r_primitives is set on 2 and \r_swapinterval on 0, right??

[Vanaraud]

I have a laptop as well as a pc, My laptop configs are 

8gb DDR3 Ram

2gb Graphics card

AMD a10 cpu 

 

 

Is this due to some heating issue or some other issues.

 

Well you tell us;) CPUID HWmonitor is a good program to quickly check up temps. Also if laptop runs on battery it could run on energy save mode and throttle down a lot. So if you play it plugged on a wall then make sure to change power plan settings.

[AjayBeny]

I checked the temp during Battery charging and max performance the temp is 110 deg (CPU)..

If i put to power saver mode doesnt it affect the performance of games/process?

[Krayzie]

 

If i put to power saver mode doesnt it affect the performance of games/process?

That's what he is suggesting, that maybe when the laptop is unplugged from the charger, and running on the battery, that the laptop switches to energy save mode thus throttling down the performance of the laptop.

[redy.]

Hi Ajay,

 

laptops are usually not designed for gaming. They are designed for battery life and to be mobile. Even if the hardware looks good on paper, it is usually not designed for gaming. (There are gaming laptops out there, usually pretty expansive and big for better hardware and cooling) You will probably have a hard time to find one change that fixes all your issues. The other posts talk already about possible reasons and they are all true.

 

Here a couple of things to consider:

 

- Disk Speed (laptops usually have slow spinning disks. This affects how fast files get read/write.) Possible solution: Install a faster disk like SSD

- Power Options (like stated by Vanaraud/Krayzie, the laptop is designed to safe energy and produce as less heat as possible) Possible solution: You can change some things under the power options and performance options, run laptop plugged in so it doesn't throttle the hardware, get some cooling tools for the laptop so it doesn't overheat.

- WIFI (like stated by docwarren, network, mouse, keybord etc over WIFI is bad for FPS games. This is related to the bandwidth and how long data needs to travel from A to B . Possible solution: Get an Ethernet cable and use wired components like mouse and keyboard.

- Config (Like Ann!b@l stated, configs are a good method to let the game use the hardware components more optimal) Possible solution: Try different configs and optimize it for your needs. I like the mAus config, it gets me the best performance and eliminates a lot of lag spikes (links below)

- Background Tools (Like docwarren stated, laptops come with a bunch of tools from the vendor. They run in the background and are sometimes tricky to stop/disable) Possible solution: I would always recommend to format your laptop and install a plain version of windows + the newest drivers. If you dont want to do this, use the msconfig.exe to deactivate everything you dont need to run in the background.

- Antivirus (The worst thing you can do to a computer performance are two parallel antivirus tools. They check each other and build up performance holes. Sadly some software like Adobe products try to install a new Antivirus tools in the background if your not careful.) Possible solution: Check what antivirus tools you have / uninstall and configure exclusions for the Enemy Territory folder.

- Drivers (Hardware vendors usually update their drivers every other month. These updates solve security and performance issues) Possible solution: Visit the webpages from your hardware vendors and keep drivers up to date. Especially with graphic cards: Try different drivers which are the best for your FPS game. Check you laptops mainboard drivers (Chipset Driver), they can cause performance issues if not installed correctly.

- Windows maintenance (Windows writes a lot of temp files and trash stuff in the background over time. Also installed and uninstalled software creates junk in your registry that slows down your computer) Possible solution: Run the Disk Defrangementer every other time, run the Disk Cleanup and clean up the system files, check for other tools online like the CCleaner etc.
 

Here some pages for configs:

 

- http://www.weedheaven.de/forum/configbuilder/index.php(nice simple page to build a base config)

- http://etconfig.net/(page that contains information about commands and example configs)

- http://www.gamingcfg.com/config/mAus(Here the example config that helped me a lot)

 

Hope this helps to get you better performance out of your system

 

redy.

[bigbro]

I also play on a laptop but I don't get much lag but am hoping to be getting a gaming pc soon

[AjayBeny]

Thanks alot Redy, ill try thrm .. And thanks for the tip guys

[Vanaraud]

I checked the temp during Battery charging and max performance the temp is 110 deg (CPU)..

If i put to power saver mode doesnt it affect the performance of games/process?

About the temps, is it in Celsius or Fahrenheit? And quick search showed that HWmonitor can lie about temps, so does the laptop feel like really hot? Catalyst doesn´t show any temps?

[AjayBeny]

Its in celsius . i used speccy software and it showed this.. And yes its really really hot

[RedBaird]

97 C, are you sure that your system fan is working?  Normally you should be able to feel a little air coming out the side vent and a little air being sucked in the bottom vent.  Check that first.

 

It is possible that there is a lot of hair and dust around the heatsink on the CPU. Always run a laptop on a hard flat surface.