I run GTA4 just fine on my Athlon64 X2 5000+ with 2GB DDR800 and GTS450 1GB.I get a steady 45~50 FPS at all times. My game loads from my Raid 1 stripe, which may be keeping things speedy.
[editline]3rd November 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Kommunist;33041024]Don't dream of upgrading a laptop's cpu or graphic card. You can only add more ram or another hard disk. That's it. That's one of the reasons laptops are not recommended as gaming platforms.[/QUOTE]
Wrong, wrong, wrong...
Every laptop I've ever owned (I've had 5 now) has come with a socketed CPU. You just have to take the laptop apart to access it. Just because there's no easy swap-out hatch for it like ram and hdd have doesn't mean it's not upgradable. I've only seen netbooks and picoATX boards with CPUs soldered directly to the boards. Best advice is to invest good money into a laptop with a dedicated, swapable graphics card. Then you CAN upgrade your graphics when the time comes, and you won't be stuck with an intel HD shitset.
[QUOTE=P320;33113257]I run GTA4 just fine on my Athlon64 X2 5000+ with 2GB DDR800 and GTS450 1GB.I get a steady 45~50 FPS at all times. My game loads from my Raid 1 stripe, which may be keeping things speedy.
[editline]3rd November 2011[/editline]
Wrong, wrong, wrong...
Every laptop I've ever owned (I've had 5 now) has come with a socketed CPU. You just have to take the laptop apart to access it. Just because there's no easy swap-out hatch for it like ram and hdd have doesn't mean it's not upgradable. I've only seen netbooks and picoATX boards with CPUs soldered directly to the boards. Best advice is to invest good money into a laptop with a dedicated, swapable graphics card. Then you CAN upgrade your graphics when the time comes, and you won't be stuck with an intel HD shitset.[/QUOTE]
But the mobo support for different CPUs and GPUs is VERY limited
[QUOTE=Warship;33117423]But the mobo support for different CPUs and GPUs is VERY limited[/QUOTE]
What I do is go online and look up what cpu upgrades my laptop can handle, and I buy the right chip and install it myself. I've upgraded 4 out of 5 laptops I've owned. The fifth one already was maxed out. But a little information about your product can go a long way. GPUs on most laptops are non-upgradable, but CPUs usually are 90% of the time.
[QUOTE=P320;33113257]I run GTA4 just fine on my Athlon64 X2 5000+ with 2GB DDR800 and GTS450 1GB.I get a steady 45~50 FPS at all times. My game loads from my Raid 1 stripe, which may be keeping things speedy.[/QUOTE]How and the hell. I'm barely getting 25 in many areas (except the airport, that doesn't count at all) and I have a Athlon II X4 630, 4 GB DDR2-667 RAM, and a 1 GB Radeon 6850. I'm running it on somewhat high settings, but it runs about the same on lowest, so what is this madness.
[QUOTE=Demache;33120742]How and the hell. I'm barely getting 25 in many areas (except the airport, that doesn't count at all) and I have a Athlon II X4 630, 4 GB DDR2-667 RAM, and a 1 GB Radeon 6850. I'm running it on somewhat high settings, but it runs about the same on lowest, so what is this madness.[/QUOTE]
I'm running at 2.6GHz (default) and have aniso and AA both set to 4x, respectively on my 1024x768 LCD. Most folks play at 3x the resolution, but mine is a hardware limitation. 1024x768 is my native res.
i have a goddamn 6950 ati hd 1 gb, phenom II 1075 x6 3.0 ghz, 4 gb of ram and it runs like CRAP
everything on max, 13 fps.
i dont know what to do
[QUOTE=P320;33119099]What I do is go online and look up what cpu upgrades my laptop can handle, and I buy the right chip and install it myself. I've upgraded 4 out of 5 laptops I've owned. The fifth one already was maxed out. But a little information about your product can go a long way. GPUs on most laptops are non-upgradable, but CPUs usually are 90% of the time.[/QUOTE]
Where could I find such information for an Acer Aspire 5553G?
think it runs low dude cos ur cpu is clocked so low, its like a bottle kneck
[QUOTE=butered_toast;33519202]think it runs low dude cos ur cpu is clocked so low, its like a bottle kneck[/QUOTE]
Why bump a 3-week old thread with no new relevant information?
Also, you're British, could you please type like one?
[QUOTE=nikomo;33519910]Also, you're British, could you please type like one?[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately he is...
unless its like a alienware or has mini pci lanes....but even then its ******* expensive
[editline]1st December 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=nikomo;33519910]Why bump a 3-week old thread with no new relevant information?
Also, you're British, could you please type like one?[/QUOTE]
mainly because iv read through it and no one has help this poor fellow with his problem.
Basically GTA4 with the latest patches will NEVER run well.
[QUOTE=butered_toast;33521101]unless its like a alienware or has mini pci lanes....but even then its ******* expensive
[editline]1st December 2011[/editline]
mainly because iv read through it and no one has help this poor fellow with his problem.[/QUOTE]
What do pci-express lanes that can't handle a graphics card or really anything related to the game's performance have an effect? How does Alienware relate to this in any way? Why are you bumping old threads with your stupidity?
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You actually expected to run GTAIV on a laptop? :LL
The game was a port from the xbox 360. It is veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery slow.
-Snip-
[QUOTE=Speedfalcon;33542643]You actually expected to run GTAIV on a laptop? :LL[/QUOTE]
Yes, I can run it on medium, so?
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