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Answer» FIRSTLY, I'd like to say that I did go through the previous postings and although there were people with the same subject, they had slighlty different problems [as far as I could tell] My laptop runs everything fine and dandy, except when it comes to games like Unreal, Counterstrike, IGI etc It starts running the games fine, but from time to time it starts to lag ... badly! [the game is being played offline INCASE you were wondering] I couldn't figure out what the problem was, went to tasklist and made sure that only the basic programs were running. I even formatted my PC and reinstalled Windows but the problem persists. I have a P4 1.86 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, 64 MB ATI Radeon 9000 Dell laptop. Anyone have any ideas about what the problem could be???64 MB ATI Radeon 9000 Quote 64 MB ATI Radeon 9000Seconded. It's rather an old card, and low end even then. It will struggle to even play any modern game. Doesn't make the whole computer bad, it's an OK PC, but it's just not cut out to be a gaming machine. Sorry.You may have other problems, Unreal should fly on your computer. Quote Minimum System RequirementsWhat kind of problems? Quote I even formatted my PC and reinstalled Windows but the problem persists.If he reformatted and reinstalled he should be free of malware and clutter, right? Quote If he reformatted and reinstalled he should be free of malware and clutter, right?You'd think so but I feel it may be related to a pebcak, we will see, stay tuned. Pebcak . . . pebcak . . . hmm . . . *looks it up* . . . LOL! Indeed it may be. Quote stay tunedWill do.Pebcak huh? ... hehe, I wonder. The windows CD I used was the one I got along with my laptop, I'm wondering if that might have something to do with it .... since the Dell chaps make the CD with certain settings that are different from DEFAULT Windows installation settings. If anyone has any ideas beyond this then thanks a lot. If not then thanks anyways ... this thing seems like too much pain for almost nothing now.Pain? I'm feeling no pain. Don't worry about that pebcak thing, we're pretty lighthearted around here. How about a hijackthis log so we can see what's running?If the CD you are using is a restore CD (rather than a real Windows CD) you may want to see if newer drivers are available. If it is a real Windows CD did you load all of the necessary drivers?I checked for newer drivers and that did the trick. Thanks guysGlad you are all fixed up and thanks for posting BACK. |
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