graphics lag when playing game

• SIMpLiFy

  11 Mar 09, 13:08

  hey all , my laptop experiences some graphics lag when playing games like warcraft 3 and such , is there any way to solve it?

  OS Name    Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium

  System Model    Inspiron 1420

  Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7250  @ 2.00GHz, 2001 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
  Graphics card:Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family

   

  thanks

• nenepokey

  11 Mar 09, 13:35

  Originally posted by SIMpLiFy:

  hey all , my laptop experiences some graphics lag when playing games like warcraft 3 and such , is there any way to solve it?

  OS Name    Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium

  System Model    Inspiron 1420

  Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7250  @ 2.00GHz, 2001 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
  Graphics card:Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family

   

  thanks

  according to the specs, it looks like a 2007 model...integrated graphics is one of the problem too

• Midlusionz

  11 Mar 09, 13:38

  Originally posted by nenepokey:

  according to the specs, it looks like a 2007 model...integrated graphics is one of the problem too

  He said truth

• iceFatboy

  11 Mar 09, 13:55

  if possible, check task manager and memory usage.

  if you want, you can disable stuffs before playing..

• SIMpLiFy

  11 Mar 09, 14:27

  Originally posted by nenepokey:

  according to the specs, it looks like a 2007 model...integrated graphics is one of the problem too

  oh .. so is there any way to help it?

  thanks

• Midlusionz

  11 Mar 09, 14:33

  Lower your graphics options may help ..

• kenn3th

  11 Mar 09, 18:10

  First, you are running vista home premium. 

  home premium does require a huge chunk of your graphics memory.

  secondly, you are using integrated graphics, thus, it is also called shared graphics. this causes your vista and wow to, in layman terms, compete with each other for the graphic memory.

  One way to do it is to turn off all the fancy vista graphics intense things - like flip 3D, aero interface.

  alternatively, you can turn your computer to windows theme to windows vista basic or windows classic. (classic reccommended)

• Worldlybusinessman

  11 Mar 09, 19:12

  disable the services and startup progs u dont need.

  My vista home premium is using only 800 MB on my laptop with Aero on.

• Snookerlover

  11 Mar 09, 22:09

  It is normal that Laptop have this kind of problem.

• Worldlybusinessman

  12 Mar 09, 17:27

  according to Microsoft , Vista prioritises current running applications and allocates more resources to them . I dont believe this is true. The best way to max prioritise resource allocation is to disable unwanted resource hogs.

• Worldlybusinessman

  12 Mar 09, 17:28

  u can run vista home premium under 1GB of ram if u disable unwanted resource hogs. And quite a number of them can be disabled  safely without worry.

• SIMpLiFy

  14 Mar 09, 18:12

  oh , thanks , but may i know how to disable the resource hogs?

• [J]erry

  14 Mar 09, 18:23

  Originally posted by SIMpLiFy:

  oh , thanks , but may i know how to disable the resource hogs?

  i got a way.. but its quiet. emm

   

  download objectdock,

  set up ur icon.

   

  wheneven u run window end process explorer.

   

  11mb eating ram - object dock

  and 40mb ram - explorer

   

  since u have objectdock then.. maybe if u open my computer need.. thats all bah

  put ur game in 1 of the dock.. end explorer enjoy lor

  and lower your graphic
  
  *you can open explorer anytime by pressing (window+run) type in (explorer)"

• Worldlybusinessman

  14 Mar 09, 18:43

  Originally posted by [J]erry:

  i got a way.. but its quiet. emm

   

  download objectdock,

  set up ur icon.

   

  wheneven u run window end process explorer.

   

  11mb eating ram - object dock

  and 40mb ram - explorer

   

  since u have objectdock then.. maybe if u open my computer need.. thats all bah

  put ur game in 1 of the dock.. end explorer enjoy lor

  and lower your graphic
  
  *you can open explorer anytime by pressing (window+run) type in (explorer)"

  i dont see any relation.

  TS , google it. Guides to trimming vista is everywhere.