performance issues

[Spidy]

ok, so i just picked up a toshiba Qosmio g35-av600. it has a 1.83 core duo, 1 gig memory and a geforce go 7300. i installed KOTOR and KOTOR 2 so i could play them where ever i was, but when i ran them, they both ran so poorly i couldn't barely get past the main screen. i tried turning the setting all the way down and that did nothing. i know it's not entirely the games fault because i can play Civ 4 at 1440x900 with high graphical settings w/ little or not hesitation at all.

 

sometimes it is so bad that, in TSL for example, when the third screen comes up before the main menu (the one with malak and others that i usually click through), that image stays up on the screen instead of showing the main menu. i can move the cursor around and hear the beeps when i put it over one of the buttons, but the screen still doesn't load.

 

has anyone had this issue before?

 

any suggestions for what to do?

Edited December 4, 2006 by Spidy

[Spidy]

the third screen that i mentioned doesn't have malak, it has sion and kreia and visas. the legal screen might be a better description/

[SamuraiGaijin]

Make sure you're maximizing the amount of memory that your VGA is able to share with your system (the settings are most likely in your BIOS).

 

The 7300 is a miserable graphics card, and not really suited to 3D applications at all (but it should be able to deliver playable framerates at bare minimum quality settings).

[daronlarth]

Why don't you just buy an Xbox and play 'em?? You won't have any problems then. <_<

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Mods and Team Ginza... "

[CSI: Nihilus]

Why don't you just buy an Xbox and play 'em?? You won't have any problems then. <_<

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Eh, that's a good idea, but for people who like me, the hard core PC user, I doubt that will work.

 

Make sure you're maximizing the amount of memory that your VGA is able to share with your system (the settings are most likely in your BIOS).

 

The 7300 is a miserable graphics card, and not really suited to 3D applications at all (but it should be able to deliver playable framerates at bare minimum quality settings).

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I agree, 7300 is not a good card. Besides, all good cards on notebook are not as good as on desktop. Except the notebook is special made, or very few of them can handle games, especially graphic consuming games.

 

Mods and Team Ginza... "

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Eh, I believe mods had nothing to do with this--My friend has lots of mods on the KOTOR 2, and he never complained his graphic card compromised.

 

I believe it's Team Gizka, not Team Ginza. (No hard feelings I hope.)

[Gecon]

Why don't you just buy an Xbox and play 'em?? You won't have any problems then. <_<

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LOL - except that people with an XBox360 report performance issues as well.

[CSI: Nihilus]

Why don't you just buy an Xbox and play 'em?? You won't have any problems then. <_<

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

LOL - except that people with an XBox360 report performance issues as well.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Eh, news for me. I don't know anything about X-Box, so I have no answer to this...But it's new to hear that even console has performance problem.

[James Dunn]

have to tried turning off your secound core? this game is too old school for 2 cores.

 

go into task manager and set the games process affinity to only 1 proccessor.

Edited December 6, 2006 by James Dunn

[CSI: Nihilus]

Why turn off second core? My computer is dual-core too, which works perfectly fine...

 

But the problem is I haven't test it on my laptop yet...I simply turned off all sounds.

 

BTW, do you have any ATI Catalyst Driver? If yes, then add "Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1" [Of course without quotation marks] under "Graphics Options" which usually helps.

Edited December 6, 2006 by CSI: Nihilus

[gendoikari87]

ok, so i just picked up a toshiba Qosmio g35-av600. it has a 1.83 core duo, 1 gig memory and a geforce go 7300. i installed KOTOR and KOTOR 2 so i could play them where ever i was, but when i ran them, they both ran so poorly i couldn't barely get past the main screen. i tried turning the setting all the way down and that did nothing. i know it's not entirely the games fault because i can play Civ 4 at 1440x900 with high graphical settings w/ little or not hesitation at all.

 

sometimes it is so bad that, in TSL for example, when the third screen comes up before the main menu (the one with malak and others that i usually click through), that image stays up on the screen instead of showing the main menu. i can move the cursor around and hear the beeps when i put it over one of the buttons, but the screen still doesn't load.

 

has anyone had this issue before?

 

any suggestions for what to do?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

KOTOR and toshiba don't seem to get along, i have a satelite M55-S135 and I get the start screen right after clicking on the Icon, but then when I click on "game" the whole thing mimimizes to the desktop at a different resolution, I have tried everything and I meet all requirements and half of the reccomended. Toshiba just dosen't like KOTOR i guess...

[Darth Mortis]

Most computer games cover the developers backsides by adding "may not be compatible with some laptop graphics cards" under the supported cards list. I'm guessing that your laptops card falls into this list and isn't supported.

[ChaosWolfX]

Try increasing your virtual memory that way when your system runs out of memory it uses up Hard Drive space instead of making your System a dead-zombie

 

 

Right click my Computer>Advanced Tab>Settings(for Performance)>Advanced>Virtual Memory(Change)

 

For example i set mine to 3gb you could set your's to about 2...........

 

If that doesn't work i highly suggest you rei-install the games,then see if you have updated your drivers to to latest version.

 

After that i highly suggest you Defragment your Hard-Drive......it may take a while based on how big it is.

 

But it's well worth it and it will feel like you just installed a new copy of Windows

Edited January 6, 2007 by ChaosWolfX

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Eh, I believe mods had nothing to do with this--My friend has lots of mods on the KOTOR 2, and he never complained his graphic card compromised.

 

I believe it's Team Gizka, not Team Ginza. (No hard feelings I hope.)

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That was an answer to the "why would anyone buy Kot0R II for the PC" question... "

[Darth Tratious]

Why turn off second core? My computer is dual-core too, which works perfectly fine...

 

But the problem is I haven't test it on my laptop yet...I simply turned off all sounds.

 

BTW, do you have any ATI Catalyst Driver? If yes, then add "Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1" [Of course without quotation marks] under "Graphics Options" which usually helps.

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thanks that actually fixed my problem also

[MasterJediConsular]

It seems that the G35 isn't the ideal choice for gaming applications.

Check out CNET's review:

 

http://reviews.cnet.com/Toshiba_Qosmio_G35...7-31749236.html

 

OTOH, the G30 (is the G30 the G35's predecessor?) seems to operate admirably in a gaming capacity.

[CSI: Nihilus]

Why turn off second core? My computer is dual-core too, which works perfectly fine...

 

But the problem is I haven't test it on my laptop yet...I simply turned off all sounds.

 

BTW, do you have any ATI Catalyst Driver? If yes, then add "Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1" [Of course without quotation marks] under "Graphics Options" which usually helps.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

thanks that actually fixed my problem also

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

No problem. It's good to hear your problem is solved.