Laptop runs like absolute crap since reformat. - Page 3

AgentJadeD · 04-03-2009, 09:52 AM

Get all your drivers from here.

Dell's Drivers & Downloads for XPS M1730

[R-DEV]Jaymz · 04-03-2009, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SocketMan

Which one is yours?

"NVIDIA® SLITM Dual GeForce® 8700M GT with 512MB2 GDDR3 Memory"

@AgentJadeD : That's exactly where I'm getting drivers from.

Looks like re-formattig to XP Pro hasn't fixed the problem either.

Robbi · 04-03-2009, 10:37 AM

Gizza shout on xfire when your about Jaymz....#

@ Everyone else,a ll points made, apart from directX have already been looked at....

MadTommy · 04-03-2009, 11:58 AM

Have you been through your BIOS settings with a fine comb? It might be under clocked.

I've had BIOS setting seemingly change their settings in the past. And these will obviously not be affected or fixed with any OS rebuild.

Worth a look.. but make sure it's a good look, somethings are easily missed.

Street28 · 04-03-2009, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [R-TEC]Robbi187

God damn Dell strikes again..

*awaits Street's cold glare* lol

My Dell lappy is flawless!

Quote:

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Jaymz

@AgentJadeD : That's exactly where I'm getting drivers from.

I would get the specific ones from the hardware manufacturers.. The Dell drivers are usually very outdated.

SocketMan · 04-04-2009, 02:30 AM

Flash the older BIOS back,that's the only thing that was changed.

nick20404 · 04-04-2009, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Jaymz

Here's the quick version of the story....

How formatting came about...

I was checking out a HL2 mod called Synergy. After being on a server for less than 2mins, my comp blue screened on me. I manually restarted only to be welcomed to a nice "bad_pool_caller" blue screen before I got to desktop. Even trying to run in safe mode gave me this error so I chose to reformat.

Post format...

BF2/PR now runs like absolute shit. Before the format, I had no problems whatsoever with BF2 performance. Now, it's brutal.

System Specs

Model : Dell XPS M1730 Laptop
CPU : Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4Ghz
Video : nVidia Geforce 8700M GT Sli 512MB
RAM : 4GB
OS : XP Home

Things I've tried so far,

Several different video card drivers
Different paging file sizes
Disabling one core in the BIOS
Enabling/Disabling Sli
Using lower BF2 graphics settings than I did before the format (when it ran perfectly)

Probably something you have tried but have you tried to delete the cache folder to reset all the shaders etc? Defrag your HD?, have you made sure you have not lost any hardware from the crashes like ram etc.

Mesarim · 04-04-2009, 12:34 PM

Dumb 2p's worth, if you installed all the dell and nvidia junk, you don't have that nvidia firewall util running, do you? That causes no end of issues. Also, try and get us a screenie of your bios settings. we might find a "go freekin slow" switch somewhere :P

Dell XPS' are usually pretty damn nice at gaming, so for it to perform poorly there has to be either some bottleneck either on graphics or hdd, or god forbid, a utility hogging it all.

[R-DEV]Jaymz · 04-04-2009, 06:21 PM

I'm making this comprehensive post in the hope that it helps someone find out the problem...

System

CPU : Intel T7700 2.4GHZ x 2
GPU : 2 x 8700M Sli (512mb combined) running latest drivers and in Sli mode
RAM : 4gb (3gb recognized by XP)
Audio : USB X-Fi Surround 5.1
BIOS : A10 (latest from dell)

Misc Information

Direct X 9.0c is installed
Paging File is set to be system managed (have tried the usual 1.5x setting, no difference)
Dual-core is enabled in the BIOS (tried turning it off, made things worse)
Dell Quickset says I need a battery replacement (doubt this affects running on AC though)

BF2 video settings

Resolution - 1600x1200

Terrain - High
Effects - High
Geometry - High
Textures - Medium
Shadows - Medium
Lighting - Medium
Dynamic Lighting - Medium
Anti-Aliasing - Off
View distance - 100%
Filtering - High

Just tried out "Operation Archer" online. Archer is very static light and is not a performance hog by any means.

Looking away from the center of the map = 60-80 FPS
Looking towards the center of the map = 20-30 FPS

~~Ace42~~ · 04-04-2009, 06:28 PM

Check your windows services (start > run > services.msc) to see if you're running any hogs you may have forgotten you had previously disabled. Also, have you tried manually editing the BF2 profile in the nvidia control panel? Try turning some of the optimisations on, etc.

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~~Ace42~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 601	Re: Laptop runs like absolute crap since reformat. Check your windows services (start > run > services.msc) to see if you're running any hogs you may have forgotten you had previously disabled. Also, have you tried manually editing the BF2 profile in the nvidia control panel? Try turning some of the optimisations on, etc.

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