Author Topic: performance inquiry (Read 5794 times)

speeney · « **on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 10:24:18 AM »

hey all

im currently running 2.5 on a very shitty computer its a toshiba satelite L505 stock

pentium dual core processor @ 2.0ghz
3 gigs ram
on windows vista

not the most ideal set up for gaming

when i play 2.5 the game is very slow moving when around multiple characters and just generally
is there any way i can fix this without getting an upgrade (next to impossible on these laptops) or using a newer laptop ?

thanks

Koden · « **Reply #1 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 13:16:20 PM »

You can try to shut down all of yours utilities and tools that run in background (i.e. xfire, skype, etc). You can also try to run the game process (armyops.exe) at the highest priority (right mouse click on the process -> set priority), but that would work if you had several others app stressing the cpu, cause otherwise there's not much to be prioritized.

America's Army benefits of faster and more modern processors (yet using only 1 core of any processor), so an higher clock means helps more than a faster videocard. Anyway you can't basically overclock a laptop cpu (in a safe way) cause you risk to damage your laptop due to cooling and power limits.

alechko1 · « **Reply #2 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 14:35:53 PM »

You call that shity? Lol, I have one core 3200 AMD with 1 giga ram and xp. And you don't see me complaining (most of the time)

Koden · « **Reply #3 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 16:03:04 PM »

Quote from: alechko1 on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 14:35:53 PM

You call that shity? Lol, I have one core 3200 AMD with 1 giga ram and xp. And you don't see me complaining (most of the time)

Core clock (and cpu architecture design) makes the difference. Out of curiosity, which cpu are you running on? An overclocked Sempron?

alechko1 · « **Reply #4 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 16:14:29 PM »

Have no idea. I have some old hardware back from 2006 when I bought it. My ram is still DDR1 and my vid card is geforce 6800.

Actually, I never understood why I can't run this game smoodly with hardware that was new in 2006. When was aa2.5 (I mean the game version, not the assist) released, not before 2006? I thought we already had aa2.6 back then.

Koden · « **Reply #5 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 16:32:23 PM »

Quote from: alechko1 on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 16:14:29 PM

Have no idea. I have some old hardware back from 2006 when I bought it. My ram is still DDR1 and my vid card is geforce 6800.

Actually, I never understood why I can't run this game smoodly with hardware that was new in 2006. When was aa2.5 (I mean the game version, not the assist) released, not before 2006? I thought we already had aa2.6 back then.

2.5 came out on Octber 13th 2005, while 2.6 came a few months later (February 9th). The game runs on a older Unreal 2.5 engine and therefore has a lot in common with the Unreal series (e.g. Ut 2004). For its age, it still works wonders, main limits lies in ligthing and physics (and being single-threaded).

alechko1 · « **Reply #6 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 16:41:04 PM »

It's still doesn't make sense to me how dual core machine that was invented years after aa2.5 was released can't run this game smoodly. Unless his grphic card is very weak. Or maybe because it'a single threaded, like you said, and it can't use both cpus?

pit-23 · « **Reply #7 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 16:53:56 PM »

Definitely something with software, i have weaker laptop and i get my 30/40 fps :-P.

alechko1 · « **Reply #8 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:02:33 PM »

30/40 fps? It's awfull. I have 60/70 most of the time, but Im playing on low details though. Sometime i go down to 10/20 suddnely and right afterwards find myself in the dirt.

But I think the problem with fps is mostly because of lag. I was playing with wifi since Ive returned and my ping is worse than it was back in 2006, although i had only 1.5 mega back then- but with ethernet.

pit-23 · « **Reply #9 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:10:18 PM »

Quote from: alechko1 on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:02:33 PM

30/40 fps? It's awfull.

See? I own with that. Imagine what I would do with 60-70 fps..

;-D

Koden · « **Reply #10 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:23:51 PM »

Quote from: alechko1 on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 16:41:04 PM

Or maybe because it'a single threaded, like you said, and it can't use both cpus?

Precisely. About wifi, note that a good modem/router is a key point to be able to make use of a good connection. I happened to have a very low budget modem-router that offered a really poor stability and seemed underpowered aswell (barely working under load).

alechko1 · « **Reply #11 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:26:54 PM »

Yeah, my boss is in us now, so I "borrowed" the ethernet. Im too very low budget, so ive decided to give it a try before I decide if Ill by my own one.

speeney · « **Reply #12 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:33:14 PM »

thanks for all the feedback guys

i have most other apps closed out but ill try to change the priority on the game within the task manager and see if that helps

but as far as a graphics card is concerned i dont think this machine even has 1

i have no fancy graphics turned on no shadows and i run the game at 800 x 600 i dont c why the pc dosent kick its ass

can i u guys also remind me of the command to check the fps

alechko1 · « **Reply #13 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:42:18 PM »

Stats fps

Koden · « **Reply #14 on:** Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:48:22 PM »

Quote from: speeney on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 17:33:14 PM

thanks for all the feedback guys

i have most other apps closed out but ill try to change the priority on the game within the task manager and see if that helps

but as far as a graphics card is concerned i dont think this machine even has 1

i have no fancy graphics turned on no shadows and i run the game at 800 x 600 i dont c why the pc dosent kick its ass

can i u guys also remind me of the command to check the fps

It's most likely fitted with an Intel 4500HD. Which basically means that it is an low powered integrated chip. Mind you, it's still somewhat better than older Intel video chips. I'm not sure it's completely supported anyway.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-4500MHD-GMA-X4500MHD.9883.0.html

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