Performance of Dell Laptop

dukeofearl · 08-31-2001, 04:17 AM

I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop - 750 MHz, 256MBytes RAM
and an ATI RAGE MOBILITY P AGP2X graphics card with the latest DirectX loaded from Microsoft. No matter what version I use from from demo to deluxe and however many fish, in full screen mode (1280x1024) I get just 12 fps. Is this all that's possible from a laptop, even though it's a pretty good one ????

asprague · 08-31-2001, 05:54 AM

Michael/Morgan,

Is it possible to set up a Tips-and Tricks link that would set forth, once and for all, the settings needed to bring the fps to a max? Only the two of you would have access to it. It would include such things as DirectX, v-sync settings, the order in which DirectX and video drivers should be loaded, that the newest video driver may not be best, that 300fps may not be much better than 80fps, and what the minimum video card needed is, as Jim mentioned earlier this week.

Thanks,
Arnold

feldon34 · 08-31-2001, 10:29 AM

That ATI Rage Mobility cannot do more than 12fps at that large resolution. Try running the Aquarium at 800x600 and you should see a framerate of 25-30fps.

The GeForce2Go is definately the one you want in your laptop. ATI didn't go as far as they could have.

08-31-2001, 08:22 PM

I am using a Dell Inspiron 5000e, 700mhz, 192meg memory
and I get 29fps at 1600x1200 - shows 16 bit color
59 fps at 1024x768
7 fish
It has the rage mobility 128 video

Display set to TrueColor (32bit)
Running Windows ME

Try setting display to Hi Color (16 bit)

08-31-2001, 04:17 AM	#1
dukeofearl Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Swindon, UK Posts: 1	Performance of Dell Laptop I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop - 750 MHz, 256MBytes RAM and an ATI RAGE MOBILITY P AGP2X graphics card with the latest DirectX loaded from Microsoft. No matter what version I use from from demo to deluxe and however many fish, in full screen mode (1280x1024) I get just 12 fps. Is this all that's possible from a laptop, even though it's a pretty good one ????

08-31-2001, 05:54 AM	#2
asprague Regal Angel Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 80	Maxing one's FPS - A direct link Michael/Morgan, Is it possible to set up a Tips-and Tricks link that would set forth, once and for all, the settings needed to bring the fps to a max? Only the two of you would have access to it. It would include such things as DirectX, v-sync settings, the order in which DirectX and video drivers should be loaded, that the newest video driver may not be best, that 300fps may not be much better than 80fps, and what the minimum video card needed is, as Jim mentioned earlier this week. Thanks, Arnold

08-31-2001, 10:29 AM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Re: Maxing one's FPS - A direct link That ATI Rage Mobility cannot do more than 12fps at that large resolution. Try running the Aquarium at 800x600 and you should see a framerate of 25-30fps. The GeForce2Go is definately the one you want in your laptop. ATI didn't go as far as they could have. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

08-31-2001, 08:22 PM	#4
Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Performance of Dell Laptop I am using a Dell Inspiron 5000e, 700mhz, 192meg memory and I get 29fps at 1600x1200 - shows 16 bit color 59 fps at 1024x768 7 fish It has the rage mobility 128 video Display set to TrueColor (32bit) Running Windows ME Try setting display to Hi Color (16 bit)