Poor Gaming on window XP

[bubbajim]

With 64MB of video ram, you will likely not get great performance from the latest games out there.

The built-in Intel graphic cards are not great and will at least let you play the game, but not at the recommended settings.

If you still have the game, check the recommended system requirements and minimum requirements to see where your specs line up with. I don't have the game so I cannot say for certain what the requirements are.

[martijn.s]

i run battle field 2 on my 1.83 mac book pro with only 128 mb vram and it runs fine, most settings on high, textures on medium (you should be able to set textures on high)

i have 1.5 GB of ram, that helps.

what game are u talking about ?
what kind of lag do you have, regular, or choppy ?
all maps ?

if the lag is irregular, it's probably caused by the game swaping in/out parts of the map.

if the lag is constant, and gets worse when more things happen on the screen it's the video settings, take a look at them.

[martijn.s]

Originally Posted by rs1985

i got the 256 macbook pro
the resolution is 1280 X 1024 i think and the game is EA NHL 2007

ah there it is, NHL.

well, check your video settings.

this is NOT an apple, windows or boot camp problem, just get the vidéo settings right.

[martijn.s]

Originally Posted by bubbajim

With 64MB of video ram, you will likely not get great performance from the latest games out there.

The built-in Intel graphic cards are not great and will at least let you play the game, but not at the recommended settings.

many games will refuse to run on that card, see here

[djc_nl]

Originally Posted by rs1985

i don't know
so what is you guy's suggestion?

read what Sirtovin said....................

[Unacceptable62]

VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory

I haven't started gaming yet, but will that seriously lag me in MMORPGs? How do I upgrade it to 128 or 256?

[bubbajim]

Unfortunately in order to upgrade your video on a laptop it will require the purchase of a new.... laptop.

Good news is the the new laptops offer far better performance. MacBooks run the 64MB cards which would not be recommended since most games now require aat least 128MB. The MacBook Pros run the X1600 with 128mb for 15" and 256 for 17" models.