Charlie Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Who doesn't every now and then? Right? Anyway I think my laptop is having a problem as everything I play seems to be struggling to run smoothly. Everything gets fps drops - even my ET frame rate drops to the teens for minutes at a time. Just using the browser I can notice the slow down, especially typing like this. This laptop is pushing 4-5 years old now and it's wasn't exactly top of the line when it was new. My hard drive is as full as it's ever been with only 73GB left available, would that be a problem? I've ran scans for any crap and deleted temp files and cookies etc fairly recently. I don't have any unusual processes running in the background and it doesn't feel like it's running hot. Something else I can look at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle_cz Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 need to know few details (like OS version, RAM and etc) but in general: - try to think about when u noticed this issue if HDD led flashing - run chkdsk/scandisk for generic errors on HDD - is seems like probem with OS and it's not game related, but u can try to use this: https://technet.microsoft.com/cs-cz/sysinternals/processexplorer and take look on process that have highest CPU usage or so ... Feel free to catch me on chat/game and we can take a look on it together ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Thermals....thermals me thinks still. CPUZ and GPUZ should be able to show you the running temperatures while gaming, or your system bios after few minutes of running game. Yes, that even if it doesnt feel hot. Thermal compound is probably stone hard and not that good over that time. Check your HDD as Eagle said and use that processexplorer. Last I would suggest some stupid OS update - that messed it all up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 I went to chat with Eagle and he pointed me to places. Apparently my laptop is/was running 55 degrees or something. I have a cooling pad but haven't had the need to use it yet. I tried to do a windows update while I went to work, and over 9 hours later it was still looking for updates :| Did a defrag and some witchcraft with my hdd that Eagle told me to do. Will see how my ET performs tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle_cz Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 3 minutes ago, Charlie said: I went to chat with Eagle and he pointed me to places. Apparently my laptop is/was running 55 degrees or something. I have a cooling pad but haven't had the need to use it yet. I tried to do a windows update while I went to work, and over 9 hours later it was still looking for updates :| Did a defrag and some witchcraft with my hdd that Eagle told me to do. Will see how my ET performs tonight btw. alsodelete all of your cvar_backups first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 I did that the other day I had 900 odd of them :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 2 hours ago, Eagle_cz said: btw. alsodelete all of your cvar_backups first Does that help with lag spikes too? BTW I had 814 of these bastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miraro3 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 There are blue pills for all your performance issues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 5 hours ago, miraro3 said: There are blue pills for all your performance issues... Can prescribe if needed Would all this stuff work for mac? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miraro3 Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Yes, i'd say that any performance issues can be simulary fixed on mac's, if you manage to run et on a Mac though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bamby Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 I got similar issues with mine as well and I am fairly sure it is caused by overheating, which is a very common problem for many laptops. Usually for the first 1-2 maps it is fine, but when I play for an extended period I start getting frame drops which kind of makes it unplayable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3Swan Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Take ur etkey and cfgs buy new pc install ET, paste ur etkey on etmain and ur cfg etpub folder. Then just paly. Problem solved. U can thank me later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatDanton Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 31 minutes ago, P3Sone said: Take ur etkey and cfgs buy new pc install ET, paste ur etkey on etmain and ur cfg etpub folder. Then just paly. Problem solved. U can thank me later What the hell pezwan. For 15y old game you don't need new comp. On any < 10y old comp you can run it on high settings easily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VenoM Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 41 minutes ago, GreatDanton said: What the hell pezwan. For 15y old game you don't need new comp. On any < 10y old comp you can run it on high settings easily. Bullshit My previous pc couldn't handle 125 fps with even low settings 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3Swan Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 41 minutes ago, GreatDanton said: What the hell pezwan. For 15y old game you don't need new comp. On any < 10y old comp you can run it on high settings easily. Aint true my second pc is 3years old and cant run ET at high settings. Its runing game lowest settings about stable 90fps. Ofc amd video cards r shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 ET runs fine for me on low settings - posting from my super nintendo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatDanton Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Just checked 100-125 all the time on my 10 y old desktop. You finns should stop playing on toasters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bamby Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Low and high settings make absolutely no difference for me. If anything I can get more fps on "high settings." But yeah in general laptops are not meant for gaming and I realized that a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Nothing I try is fixing the problems. I've tried repairing disk drives, defragging, rolling back drivers, using windows update, cleaning things out with ccleaner and so on. I can't be bothered with the hassle of resetting to factory to see if it fixes it. I've installed some old games and it sucks on everything. ET / Tomb Raider / Mass Effect / Fallout / Borderlands etc etc. But for some reason I can play Hearts of Iron 3 just fine With my expert opinion I've come to the conclusion my graphics card is on its' last legs. My laptop froze up the other day and the screen went fuzzy like an old tv, couldn't do a thing. I found my fan or air intake or whatever for my laptop was full of dust and crap, so I guess I burnt something out inside. Lesson learnt kids, after you have a laptop for nearly 4 or 5 years clean out the fan at least once! Once I get my winter holiday out the way I guess I'll ask Santa for a new laptop. Now I'll be hogging the panza all the time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miraro3 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 I recommend cleaning the air vents and ventilators of a computer or laptop at least once a year to keep the air flow as optimal as possible. Heat can be very damaging for the electronics in your hardware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 14 hours ago, miraro3 said: I recommend cleaning the air vents and ventilators of a computer or laptop at least once a year to keep the air flow as optimal as possible. Heat can be very damaging for the electronics in your hardware! That and if this doesn't do the trick. Changing out the thermal paste should do the simple trick. Process which is somewhat easy yet annoying a bit, and gives u better access to airvents to clean them and fans included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 6 hours ago, Andy said: That and if this doesn't do the trick. Changing out the thermal paste should do the simple trick. Process which is somewhat easy yet annoying a bit, and gives u better access to airvents to clean them and fans included. I tried doing that to my Xbox 360 back in the day. Never again lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 I had that once when I didn't know you should clear the dust every now and then. The graphics card fan was literally completely clogged up with dust. The rest of the hardware was ok after cleaning. Replacing the graphics card solved my problems back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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