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My Inspiron Xps Gen2 and Battlefield2

post #1 of 22
9/8/05 at 4:45am
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Hey well I just got my Inspiron Xps Gen2 which is pretty much fully loaded:

Pentium m 2.13 ghz 2mb cache
1 gb ddr ram
256mb Geforce Go 6800 Ultra
100gb hd
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Well as soon as got it i put in all my games to see how the comp handles them... when i tried to play Battlefield 2 with everything on high, 1600 x 1200 res, and AA on x4... everything smooth smooth as silk for the first 8 seconds of gampley and then i would get a major lag spike for like 2 secs then it would go back normal then it would happen again usually when i moved. So i thought it was the driver because i herd that dell did not put in the latest Nvidia driver so i put in the 78.03 version and turned off the AA all the way and it got a little bit better but not much.

So i wondering if anyone on here can help
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post #2 of 22
9/8/05 at 5:43am
U need 2 gbs of ram.
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post #3 of 22
9/8/05 at 5:54am
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really.. . well before i baught this notebook i looked at all the comparasin charts and it showed the frame rates of diff laptops on diff games and it said the xps gen2 with the same specs as mine could easliy run bf2 on high nd max res.

is there anydriver i can install to help me or anyway i can overclock the gpu?
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post #4 of 22
9/8/05 at 9:02am
frying your video card overclocking isnt going to help. The game needs 2gb of ram to run smoothly, period. Unless you let the game cache for a couple minutes during play then it starts to smooth out.
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post #5 of 22
9/8/05 at 10:24am
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Originally Posted by maxrule
frying your video card overclocking isnt going to help.
ignorance....


2gigs will help with the gameplay. Also, check for the latest updates through BF2's site. Overclocking your video card moderately will not fry it...plenty of us are doing it with great results.

Also, try turning off AA, your running a pretty high res as it is and it may help for the mean time.
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post #6 of 22
9/9/05 at 1:31am
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can u give me the steps on how to overclock the gpu?
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post #7 of 22
9/9/05 at 10:07am
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Originally Posted by goitomgoose
can u give me the steps on how to overclock the gpu?
http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...00+ultra+flash
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post #8 of 22
9/22/05 at 6:37am
2Gb - nothing else will fix it
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post #9 of 22
9/22/05 at 1:45pm
How about 1.5Gb? I know you lose the advantage of dual channel that way, but I have read that that doesn't make much difference anyway.
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post #10 of 22
9/22/05 at 2:29pm
I went from 1gb to 2gb... HUGE difference in performance! 1gb of ram is as others have said, unacceptable for BF2.
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post #11 of 22
9/22/05 at 2:42pm
Indeed, I have found 1Gb to be far too slow on my 9300. It was OK on my desktop...as I have 2 fast hard drives in a RAID array and so virtual memory in the pagefile is also reasonably quick and only slightly jerky from time to time. But does anyone have any experience with 1.5Gb? I don't really want to spend the extra money on 2Gb unless absolutely necessary.
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post #12 of 22
9/22/05 at 7:14pm
From what I understand, 1.35gb is a cutoff at max resolution. I'm not sure if that is with every texture/ detail setting also set to max. Another way to think about it is that in the coming months, games aren't going to require LESS memory if anything. You can also sell your current 1gb (I'm guessing in 512's) for $100 on ebay which pays for 1 1gb module making this a total of a $100 upgrade.

The problem is that ANY time that a game hits a hard drive for VM it will slow everything down. Even with SCSI 15k rpm drives in RAID 5 on my HTPC you notice it. Just remember you are talking a few nano seconds for random access in RAM and 8-10ms with a 7200rpm notebook drive with maybe 45MB/s max at relatively high CPU utilization. The reason that dual channel doesn't make that much of a difference is because 5% slower is not the same as 5% as fast (if that) should you need to access a hard drive.
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post #13 of 22
9/22/05 at 7:31pm
Thanks. I notice the freezing on my desktop, but it does not last long and so I don't really care that much...but it seriously affects gameplay on the laptop. So I think it will be 2Gb then after all. I live in the UK and I am not entirely sure how much I would get on eBay for 2 512mb sticks, as there only seem to be Buy-It-Now auctions for them....and it is difficult to judge popularity from Buy-It-Nows only, but I will try and get a list of past auctions to see.
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post #14 of 22
9/23/05 at 3:49pm
not only 2 gigs of ram, i have 2 gigs and it will lag in spikes, unless i disable pf.. so yes, get 2 gb of ram, disable pf and youll be running smooth as silk
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post #15 of 22
9/24/05 at 12:53am
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Originally Posted by maxrule
U need 2 gbs of ram.
did u ever look at benchmarks comparing 1 gig of ram to 2gig of ram the 2 gig actually slower 1 gig is the ebst right now.
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post #16 of 22
9/24/05 at 12:58am
yea seriously, 1 gig isfine, on my friends xps gen 2 with one gig he plays BF2 all on high with max res, no LAG 1 GIG IS FINE
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post #17 of 22
9/24/05 at 3:13am
I needed 2 gigs for my 9300 and know I can play it 100% maxed out on ultra graphics settings with 16 AA, 6 AF.
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post #18 of 22
9/24/05 at 3:42am
Disable VSYNC
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post #19 of 22
9/24/05 at 6:38am
Disabling VYSNYC gives you screen tearing though....
As for 1Gb being quicker....well, I imagine that the framerate might be a little better if memory timings are better or something, but benchmarks probably don't take into account lag due to hard drive access when playing with lots of other people....1Gb definitely causes lag when playing on a large map with lots of people and vehicles. Although I admit it is OK on smaller maps.
To me, lag due to insufficient RAM and frequent hard drive access is far more noticeable than a small drop in FPS.
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post #20 of 22
9/24/05 at 12:29pm
Not True
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