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moriz · Sep 08, 2007, 07:26 PM // 19:26

i just got a new laptop. here are its specs:

core 2 duo T5450 1.66ghz
2gb ram
nvidia geforce 8400M GS 128mb
resolution: 1280x800
windows vista home premium

currently, with everything maxed out except shadow quality (medium) and AA x2, i can get 30-45 fps generally, and 25-30 fps in towns.

is this the normal performance for a laptop such as mine? i have nothing to compare it to right now.

Jumping Is Uselss · Sep 08, 2007, 07:40 PM // 19:40

yep its normal performance. I had nothing to compare my laptop too. I have a Dell Vostro 1500.

Malice Black · Sep 08, 2007, 09:26 PM // 21:26

That's good for that card tbh

I get 30-35fps busy places, 50-60 elsewhere.

Specs:

Core2Duo [email protected]
2gb RAM
7950GTX 512MB
1680x1050

moriz · Sep 09, 2007, 01:16 AM // 01:16

i think the major limiting factor is the core 2 duo processor, since GW can only utilize one of the cores. i might be wrong though.

Malice Black · Sep 09, 2007, 12:19 PM // 12:19

Limiting factor?

I don't know what kind of performance you were expecting, a 8400 is a low end card. Also, be aware that a laptop can go no higher then 60fps.

lordpwn · Sep 09, 2007, 02:50 PM // 14:50

Even a single Core 2 Duo core should be perfectly adequate for the game. The only limiting factors in that computer are the video chip and Windows Vista.

moriz · Sep 09, 2007, 10:07 PM // 22:07

i just think it's very odd that my computer, depite with superior components (except maybe the gfx card), gets outperformed at GW by my friend's 3 year old pentium 4 (2.4ghz) with ATI radeon 9800PRO. yes, i know his graphics card is high end, but that's 2 generations old now.

lordpwn · Sep 10, 2007, 12:05 AM // 00:05

There's nothing odd about the 8400 GS being slow at 1280x800 or any other reasonably high resolution. As usual with low-end cards its internal memory bus is badly crippled to save costs; only 64-bit, with max bandwidth around 9.6 GB/s. Compare to the 9800 Pro's 256-bit bus, bandwidth around 21.8 GB/s.

Two generations newer or not, the card still needs the data to process it, and that 64-bit memory bus doesn't deliver it very fast.

lord_shar · Sep 10, 2007, 07:37 AM // 07:37

My laptop is a Dell XPS M1710 w/ T7600 Core2Duo (2.33ghz) + NVidia GF Go7900GTX-512. It's able to hold 60fps @1920x1200 in all but the most crowded districts.

Although GW is only single-threaded, XP and Vista are both multi-processor aware operating systems. As a result, they can offload other tasks like internet browsers, virus scanners, defrag, etc... to the less-busy core while GW gets a core all to itself. This translates into better performance for both GW and the rest of the PC.