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[Homeless Bill]

System Specs:
Processor: Intel Core i7 Q720 @ 1.6GHz
RAM: 4GB
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

I am forced to run on the lowest resolution with the lowest settings possible to get 30FPS with nothing going on. It drops to 10-20 in combat. If I bump any settings up, it gradually reduces performance to 5FPS on maximum settings with nothing going on. My performance has not changed since I started playing at the beginning of the Open Beta.

I just want to know if my computer is really too ****** to run this game or if my sad situation should improve over time as performance updates are released?

[Lucian Arkright]

The only real difference between my setup and yours is I have 8Gb, and a nVidia 330M. At 1280x720 with a mix of low and mid settings, I get a max of 34 FPS, but it doesn't normally drop below 24 FPS, which I find playable.

Performance wise, it has improved over the last few patches, but our system are skirting the edges of the performance envelope...

[xVenTriSx]

i would say the memory and CPU are fine, but the gfx card suggests its integrated, and at best running on 512mb gfxram specially since its a laptop (determined by the fact you said its mobility)

the vast majority of mobile chipsets tend to be quite poor in terms of performance in comparison to their PC brethren.
i too run my spec atm on 4gb ddr3 corsair ram, but i have a dedicated gfx card and im running from SSDs. one thing i could suggest, is to run windows in a basic visual way, and changing your pagefile size to a larger segment. anything from 6-8gb would suffice, if you want to make windows look crap but make everything run a little more smoothly (squeeze more performance from it) then:

right click my comp, click properties, (windows 7) click advanced system settings (on the left pane), click on the "advanced tab", click settings on "performance".... and then on the visual effects tab, click "adjust for best performance".

then click on advanced tab, on virtual memory, click "change".... an then adjust the size of your page file to something larger... also i recommend if you have more than one HD (or ssd) make sure your page file isnt on the same drive as where your mechwarrior installation is. this should give that extra umpff.

i used to have trouble running world of tanks on a rather pathetic laptop, but doing the above, i managed to squeeze out a little extra kick. if anyones got any other pointers for the pilot, slap em up, or point him to a performance thread.

regards

[Mims]

In my opinion it's your cpu. Although its a quad core, 1.6ghz per core is low. its the same thing as a dual core 3.2ghz. 6.4ghz is not enough. you'll need closer too 10ghz to play the game on medium settings with good frames (this is fact, not opinion). So i am assuming this is a laptop, Laptops should not be used for gaming unless they are very high end. your standard brandname laptop you get at bestbuy for $700 wont cut it. however $700 used at newegg to assemble to your own computer for a desktop would be plenty powerfull. Sorry bill but the computer you have is not a modernday gaming computer, and MWO is a very demanding game. I understand that not everyone can have a desktop, but if you are a gamer you should have one. You get so much more bang for your buck with them. $700 Homemade desktop = $1200 Brandname laptop.

As a sidenote i have a loathing for brandname desktops. the specs seem good, but the videocard is usually intergrated into the motherboard(gpu=useles), uses the smallest power supply, and smallest case possible. Your allways way better off building your own. It's easyer than you might think.

Edited by Mims, 01 January 2013 - 11:53 AM.

[Homeless Bill]

Thanks for the replies, gentlemen. Looks like it's time to dig out and upgrade my rig.

[Volume]

Homeless Bill, on 01 January 2013 - 12:15 PM, said:

Thanks for the replies, gentlemen. Looks like it's time to dig out and upgrade my rig.

Too bad laptops are pretty much non-upgrade-able in important ways (such as your GPU).

Good luck though.

[Mordin Ashe]

I had almost same notebook, just slightly weaker graphics card. The hardware was more than enough for playing on medium details with no problems. I got rid of the notebook later because of overheating issues, but that doesn't mean the hardware shouldn't be more than enough. I have a stupid question, so sorry if you feel ofended, but aren't you playing on batery saving mode or don't you have some performance limiting utilities running?

Edited by Mordin Ashe, 02 January 2013 - 08:58 AM.

[Homeless Bill]

Volume, on 02 January 2013 - 07:46 AM, said:

Too bad laptops are pretty much non-upgrade-able in important ways (such as your GPU).

I meant my custom desktop that's been collecting dust for a couple years. Laptops really are more of a pain than they're worth.

Mordin Ashe, on 02 January 2013 - 08:57 AM, said:

I had almost same notebook, just slightly weaker graphics card. The hardware was more than enough for playing on medium details with no problems. I got rid of the notebook later because of overheating issues, but that doesn't mean the hardware shouldn't be more than enough. I have a stupid question, so sorry if you feel ofended, but aren't you playing on batery saving mode or don't you have some performance limiting utilities running?

See, this is where I expected to be at (~30fps on medium). Sadly, I'm not doing anything dumb like that, so there are no easy performance gains from turning off battery-saving mode, etc. But I'm not offended by the question, either.

Either way, it's probably time to pull out the old gaming rig and restore it to its former glory. Gotta use that Christmas bonus for something besides booze and hookers, right?

[Nebuzar]

It has nothing to do with any ones systems because I run a Q8200 with 12gb RAM and a GTX 670 FTW and have exactly the same issue. Before the last patch the same system got 60-120 FPS on high settings. Now it struggles to get 20fps in combat on low settings, while on other games I get 200-300 FPS on high settings.

A friend of mine also has the same issue and he runs an i7 extreme 8 core with 32gb RAM and a 590 GTX. So until they find where the memory leaks are it won't matter if you're running a 1.6Ghz dual core or a 3.2Ghz 8-way, they're all going to suck.

Edited by Nebuzar, 02 January 2013 - 01:32 PM.

[Darth Griffin]

That sounds about right to me. The old Radeon 5570 in my desktop is getting 20-30fps durring normal gameplay even with OC. It's upgrades all around this spring.