Please Help

[zjFirestar]

Im trying to get EQ2 running on my G/f's 2ish year old laptop so she and i can both play, however the amount of choppyness makes the game completely unplayable even at extreme performance. It does have an onboard 128 graphics card so i know it wont get any higher than high performance, but as long as its playable we dont mind. Would adding another gig of ram help or is there something else i could do, or are we SoL and need to get a new laptop for it to run??Celeron M 1.5ghz processor1gig ram.Windows xp HomeDirectX 9.Any help would be useful here.

[Miladi]

Unless its a high end laptop, the game won't perform well on one. The specs you stated show this laptop to barely meet the requirements to run the game. More memory will help, but won't be a complete fix. Your best bet would be to run the game on the lowest graphics settings, it won't be as pretty, but at least it will minimize (but not eliminate) the choppiness.

[zjFirestar]

We know it will not perform exceedingly well, we are just looking for it to be actually playable.

[Tebos]

<cite>zjFirestar wrote:</cite><blockquote>We know it will not perform exceedingly well, we are just looking for it to be actually playable.</blockquote><p><span style="color: #ff3366;">Running current "resource taxing" games on Celeron's (which have no math co-processing ability) is not a good idea.  What you are experiencing has nothing to do with the 128MB on-board video controller chip.  This is a "CPU Bounded" game, and not having math co-processing abilities hinders game play.</span></p>

[zjFirestar]

<cite> Tebos wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>zjFirestar wrote:</cite><blockquote>We know it will not perform exceedingly well, we are just looking for it to be actually playable.</blockquote><p><span style="color: #ff3366;">Running current "resource taxing" games on Celeron's (which have no math co-processing ability) is not a good idea.  What you are experiencing has nothing to do with the 128MB on-board video controller chip.  This is a "CPU Bounded" game, and not having math co-processing abilities hinders game play.</span></p></blockquote>So basically we are SoL for running it on this laptop and should just go out and get something new?And because I dont know this, would there be anyway to overclock the processor to make it run a bit smoother?

[Tebos]

<cite>zjFirestar wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Tebos wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>zjFirestar wrote:</cite><blockquote>We know it will not perform exceedingly well, we are just looking for it to be actually playable.</blockquote><p><span style="color: #ff3366;">Running current "resource taxing" games on Celeron's (which have no math co-processing ability) is not a good idea.  What you are experiencing has nothing to do with the 128MB on-board video controller chip.  This is a "CPU Bounded" game, and not having math co-processing abilities hinders game play.</span></p></blockquote>So basically we are SoL for running it on this laptop and should just go out and get something new?And because I dont know this, would there be anyway to overclock the processor to make it run a bit smoother?</blockquote><p><span style="color: #00ccff;">It's entirely possible to replace the CPU as a Pentium 4 grade through the manufacturer of computer.  However, the cost of doing so would be 1/3 of the cost that would otherwise go toward a current generation middle of the road notebook computer.  I recommend in purchasing a new notebook computer that has an Nvidia or ATI on-board video controller.  You can also utilize craigslist and purchase a nice notebook computer with the aid of a techie friend, and save considerablely.</span></p><p><span style="color: #00ccff;">Also, to answer your question.  Over-clocking a Celeron does nothing in terms of needing math co-processing!</span></p>

[zjFirestar]

Thanks for the info, =( kinda sucks, but thats how it goes...i guess its time to start lookin for an upgrade.

[Vonotar]

might as well buy a cheap desktop and have done withfeatures wont be important other than a decent clock speed and 2 gig memory