knighthawk66

I'm using a DEll Dimension 4100 that I bought in 2001 933mhz P3 processor 512 mb ddr sdram pc133 Nvidia FX5200 running opengl Soundblaster Live Sound Card

If you've been doing your research as you say, you'd see that a number of people are having problems with laptops running this game. If you check other types of games you'd find the same thing. The majority of laptops just don't having the computing speed to keep up with a graphics intense game like this one. Part of the problem is that most laptops have integrated sound and video cards that take alot of resources from the motherboard causing the computer to slow down.When you have multiple systems sharing the same resources you're putting alot of load on the system and when that system starts to get overworked it slows down and eventually crashes. As far as slow choppy graphics go, there have been a few who have posted that their desktop that has onbaorad graphics do the exact same thing. One in particular is this post... http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=39448 Your laptop being able to run other 3d games is irrelevant (sp?) Do the other 3d games have KOTOR2's graphics engine? Does KOTOR2 have the same graphics engine as KOTOR1? Probably not, therefore you cant use them as comparison to this game. I play a Nascar racing game and when it came out the forums were flooded with posts like these saying how peoples computers were just fine with older versions or with other games. the fact of the matter was that the designers piled on the graphics stuff and basically people had to update or replace their comptuers to get the game to run the way they wanted. The fact that the game still runs slowly with the power cord plugged in is evidence enough in itself. They dont have the power supply that a desktop has. A desktop usually has something like a minimum of 400 watts power supply which the motherboard,gpu, and sound card draw their power from. If you could find a way to hookup an external power supply it would probably only see marginal improvements IMO. Last but not least, and this applies to you to PacManJedi 99% of people who are having problems with graphic related issues have ATI video cards. The most common suggestion has been to revert back to an older driver for the ATI cards or to use a 3rd party driver (Omega) people have said that has helped them out. try these posts out http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=29202 http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=39463 good luck

Have you read any of the other posts from other people that have the same problem? maybe you could try doing those suggestions. You could also list your computer specs and maybe someone might be able to point you in the right direction

i noticed in your report under the video setting it has a vid car status that has a warning. Its possibly your vid card going bad. One thing to try is turning down the resolution or maybe cutting back on the sounds. Sound cards can hog resources too and may cause a crash. I've seen all sorts of weird stuff happen with even weirder results/fixes It says your desktop resolution is 1024x728 is that the same the game is running at? If so it may fix it by running at a lower resolution. You shouldnt see much difference in quality as long as you dont go too low. As for sounds try turning sound volume down a ton and if it should happen to work turn it back up a little bit at a time til you get to the point where it doesnt work, then back it down a notch or two. May help ya, may not its worth a try tho.

more than likely the laptop just doesnt have enough power to do the job. It probably has onboard graphics and not alot of RAM which would kill any graphic intense game like KOTOR. Sure a laptop will run a 2D game pretty easily, but you're seeing firsthand what happens when you try to load a resource snatching 3D game. you options are: a) spend a lot of time and energy trying to get it to work b) spend a lot of money on a newer/bigger notebook and hope it works c) play it on the PC that runs the game smoothly good luck

then somethings wrong somewhere. KOTOR is only seeing that you have 364MB of RAM in your system. That could be the problem right there. I did the scan and it told me that I had 1 more slot available for a memory stick. Thats wrong!!! I only have 2 slots available. It did tell me correctly how much RAM I can expand to tho If indeed you do have 512mb try looking for other things. Maybe try un-installing the game and making sure there is no trace of it on your computer reboot and check it to see if its really gone (all shortcuts and links and folders) there are threads in here that tell you to look for certain folders that dont get erased when you un install. look for them after that reboot again and then install the game. See what happens *edit i should wait sometimes to see what other peeps have to say** Stew is right you have part of your RAM allocated for the vid card. Also folling Stews suggestions you can upgrade for less than $200 and have a pretty good smooth running system**

did you reboot your computer after cleaning everything out, before trying to install? clean everything out reboot check to make sure everythings gone reboot again (even if you dont find anything) try re-installing make sure you dont have a link to it in Start/programs/tab

Step 1 Who made your computer step 2 what series type it is step 3 what model type it is For example Mine is a 1 Dell 2 Dimension 3 4100 I just saw that system scanner thats pretty cool makes it pretty easy to do it that way!! (w00t)

it really depends on the games you were playing. Some are not that graphic intense. I'm overdue for a new computer myself but $$ is just too tight these days to be able to get one that I want. Sure I can blow a weeks pay on a $600=$700 computer but it wont be what I want and will soon be needing an upgrade. Try and see what kind of RAM sticks you have. If you only have three 128mb sticks then find out how much 1 more of the same will cost you. That would at least get you 512MB. Who knows it may end up being less than $100 and it could be all the difference in the world.

364mb is enough to surf the web and do word processing stuff just fine. But as for gaming you need at least 512mb. With WinXP you need at least 1GB regardless of what youre doing. Your RAM is creating a bottleneck where things slow down or come to a stop. You need to have things running smoothly with your PC in order for your programs to work right. You dont necessarily need to get another system or do massive upgrades to the one you have but doing some basic things will get you up to speed. One thing that Stew said that is true is that the games these days are built for higher speed systems. And they will only get more intense in the near future. Doing some small upgrades now will keep you from buying a new computer a year from now when the one you have is outdated. (like mine was 3 months after I bought it)

check your other thread hehehe

i dont totally agree with ya Stew. This game played pretty dam good on my 5 year old computer. Yep I said it 5 years old!!!! I have a 933mhz Pentium 3 with a 128mb Nvidia Fx5200 and 512 mb of RAM. It doesnt run the game flawlessly, there are still a couple times where it hangs up or lags but at least I was able to get pretty decent framerates and finish the game. Lots of luck to ya Newbert

depends on where you buy it from. There are lots of places to buy RAM. I'd say find a computer place like Computer Builders Warehouse or find out where they bought the computer and go from there. You really need to know what type of RAM you have first off. My guess is that you have 3 sticks of 128mb DDR ram. As for how many pins it could be 32 64 or 128 If you know how to open the side cover on the computer (without screwing anything up) you can read the info thats usually printed on a sticker thats on the sticks of ram. Should tell you all you need to know. The second thing you need to know is how far you can upgrade your RAM to. Some computers are expandible to 1GB, some are 2GB, some are more. I would guess yours is expandible to 2GB. But you dont need that much. 1GB should work fine. 2 sticks of 512mb ram would get ya what you need. Average price is like $100-$200 per stick. You need to make sure that its compatible with the AMD processor too. good luck!!

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a driver is what controls the video card. Think of it in terms of a car, a fast car, a really fast car. The better the driver you have the better the car will respond. Hope this makes sense. checked out your video card setup and i found out that it is a integrated setup (video card built-in to motherboard). Sound card is also built-in too. So you definitely dont have enough RAM to make this game work right. Tell the parents they have to dust off the credit card and buy you some more ram. I would say you need to get 1GB to make your system work smoothly. They'll thank you in the long run!