ill start by giving my laptop specs , ths is my first time here so be gentle as im a bit thick when it comes to computers.
acer aspire 6920g
intel core 2 duo t5800 (2 ghz 800mhz fsb)
Nvidia geforce 9500m
3gb ddr2 mem
320 gb hdd
My problem is very low fps when playing online. this wasn't a problem when i first bought this machine and im lost as to why its started being bad. now it's not like it does it all the time i can be happily running around with 60 to 70 fps when it suddenly drops to around 10 fps. it's not always a case of me coming across a very busy area or in a fight it can happen at any time.
ive done the usual stuff such as a virus scan , new drivers etc i' ve even upgraded to windows 7 from vista all to no avail. ive thought about heat and tried a number of things to combat that like the extra fans you put under the laptop, also to avail. the heat seems unlikely as it can happen as soon as i start playing or i can play for hrs without it happening, it really is that random. im told that fps is normally a graphics issue so i checked out my graphics card which im told should be more than capable of handleing the game i play (world of warcraft). i have online friends in the game with inferior laptops to mine and they dont have issues with fps , oh thats frames per second in the unlikely event you guys didnt know that.
acer aspire 6920g
intel core 2 duo t5800 (2 ghz 800mhz fsb)
Nvidia geforce 9500m
3gb ddr2 mem
320 gb hdd
My problem is very low fps when playing online. this wasn't a problem when i first bought this machine and im lost as to why its started being bad. now it's not like it does it all the time i can be happily running around with 60 to 70 fps when it suddenly drops to around 10 fps. it's not always a case of me coming across a very busy area or in a fight it can happen at any time.
ive done the usual stuff such as a virus scan , new drivers etc i' ve even upgraded to windows 7 from vista all to no avail. ive thought about heat and tried a number of things to combat that like the extra fans you put under the laptop, also to avail. the heat seems unlikely as it can happen as soon as i start playing or i can play for hrs without it happening, it really is that random. im told that fps is normally a graphics issue so i checked out my graphics card which im told should be more than capable of handleing the game i play (world of warcraft). i have online friends in the game with inferior laptops to mine and they dont have issues with fps , oh thats frames per second in the unlikely event you guys didnt know that.