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Xavier21 · Jun 09, 2007, 09:37 PM // 21:37

alright i got a laptop for graduation and i installed guildwars and have exerinced major lag. my laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1501 i dont know a thing about computers....can anybody point me in the right direction? i looked at stickies but none of it made sense

Matsumi · Jun 09, 2007, 10:52 PM // 22:52

I'd see about having it upgraded to an Inspiron E1505 through Dell. Would be much better for gaming. Not much of a price difference.

But, with what you have to work with (after reading up on some specs) there's a lot of bloatware on there included from dell. You could try closing down as many un-needed programs running in the background as possible.

eggrolls · Jun 09, 2007, 11:07 PM // 23:07

All Inspiron 1501's come with this graphics card:
ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (Integrated)

Since it is slow, lag should be expected. There are things you can try though:

- Get rid of the junk trial software that Dell installed on your computer. If you don't know how to do this, you can use this: http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/
Never tried that program myself, but I've read good things about it.

- Turn GW's graphics settings all the way down and see whether it improves. (It will probably still lag anyways)

- Try the -dx8, -noshaders, and -nosound command line switches. Instructions here: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Comma...line_arguments

Xavier21 · Jun 10, 2007, 05:57 PM // 17:57

thanks for the help ill see about trying to upgrde it

Xavier21 · Jun 13, 2007, 02:32 AM // 02:32

ok i decided to get upgrades but what upgrades should i ask for and what would help the most? please help im bored without guildwars

lordpwn · Jun 13, 2007, 03:06 PM // 15:06

You need a better graphics card, the Radeon Xpress 1150 is useless for games. I don't know if it's even possible to replace it on a laptop, at least on one that wasn't meant for gaming in the first place.

Also, if the specs I found with Google are correct the laptop only has 512 MB of memory, this is just barely enough, upgrading it to 1024 MB wouldn't hurt. The graphics card is the main problem here anyway, don't bother with more RAM unless you can get it replaced too.

Xavier21 · Jun 13, 2007, 03:39 PM // 15:39

ill look into it thank you

Xavier21 · Jun 20, 2007, 05:32 AM // 05:32

update i upgraded my memory to a 1.5 gigs works 50x faster thanks for the help guys