[brodie1600]

I've been having this problem for some time, and I don't really know what's causing it. I'm running on Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit, on an Acer Extensa Notebook. Intel Pentium Dual-Core, 50GB Hard Drives with 2.50GB of RAM.

While in the game, questing outside is about 3-12 FPS, and inside about 15-20. I used to run on 1GB of RAM, and I thought upgrading would give me better performance. I don't lag anymore, but my FPS is really, really low. When I was playing on my friend's computer, he had about 40 FPS, and he only had 1.50GB of RAM. The only reason I could think of why this was happening, was because I was on a Notebook, and he was running on a Desktop.

Here is my DxDiag info, and if anyone can figure out why my FPS is lower than usual, please tell me so I can try to fix it. (If it's not too much, could you tell me recommended fixes I should make? And if I'm not giving all the information needed to figure out the problem, please tell me, and I will post it on here ASAP)

Thanks!

((DxDiag info was edited due to length))

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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/29/2008, 10:05:04
Machine name: ZACH-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Extensa 5620
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2370 @ 1.73GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
Memory: 2550MB RAM
Page File: 1788MB used, 3539MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_011F1025&REV_03
Display Memory: 358 MB
Dedicated Memory: 0 MB
Shared Memory: 358 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: igdumdx32.dll,igd10umd32.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0010.1537 (English)
DDI Version: 10
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/29/2008 16:05:22, 536576 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:

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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0268&SUBSYS_1025011F&REV_1000
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5543 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 1/8/2008 19:06:04, 2044896 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 7.7 GB
Total Space: 52.2 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 ATA Device

Drive: D:
Free Space: 52.1 GB
Total Space: 52.2 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 ATA Device

Drive: F:
Free Space: 52.5 GB
Total Space: 152.6 GB
File System: FAT32
Model: WD 1600JB External USB Device

Drive:
Model: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H ATA Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6001.18000 (English), 1/20/2008 20:23:02, 67072 bytes

[squidboy]

You're not going to have a great frame rate with a notebook and its built-in graphics card. The new expansion, WotLK, is challenging even my desktop in certain areas, dropping the frame rate a lot.

When did you start having this issue? Was it with the release of the expansion?

[brodie1600]

Well, when I started playing Warcraft (original), I was using a Desktop, and my FPS (believe it or not) was actually lower than what it is now.

It really was never an issue of having FPS problems, it was just that I thought 2 more GBs of RAM would kick it up.

I'm going to be stuck with this laptop for some time, and I just want to know if there's anything I can do to increase the FPS.

(I managed to find the URL of the laptop I'm running on: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218026347207)

[brodie1600]

Bumpt

[BG-0]

The laptop doesn't have a dedicated graphics card, instead a crappy integrated Intel graphics accelerator... That's why your framerates have gone down. RAM means nearly nothing when there's no good graphics card in a task that requires graphical processing (best example is a game). You could propably get a decent FPS if you lowered all the graphical details and maybe the resolution by one notch, but then it would be ugly.

[Courtneyc]

Uh, not, you are never going to get great performance with this laptop. The video card will hold you back.

Courtney

[stringbean23]

since it has a intergrated vid card that is one problem. and when they released WotLK thay upedgraed there grafics engien. so now its even harder on older cards and lap tops.