Inspiron E1505 - FPS Problems?

Question

I have the ATI Radoen x1400 256 mb with 2gb of ram, and for some strange reason, in counter strike 1.6 when a smoke gernade is thrown my FPS drops from 100 all the way to 15-20!!! Why is that?

timthumb · Answer

Diego898 wrote:
I have the ATI Radoen x1400 256 mb with 2gb of ram, and for some strange reason, in counter strike 1.6 when a smoke gernade is thrown my FPS drops from 100 all the way to 15-20!!! Why is that?

Rendering the smoke effects probably taxes the graphics card. The x1400 isn't all that fast.

Diego898 · Answer

What can I do about that? You're telling me i wont be able to play the new Battefield 2?

Diego898 · Answer

Or Civilization IV? Anyone?

ggtronic · Answer

X1400 will lag with BF2- FEAR QUAKE4 if you want to stay at high detail-settings

...this is a mid level gaming GPU...

http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=2766&p=9

http://www.notebookcheck.com/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-X1400.915.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.com/NVIDIA-GeForce-Go-7900-GS.846.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.com/Mobile-Grafikkarten-Benchmarkliste.735.0.html

but its affordable $...

Message Edited by ggtronic on 10-02-2006 09:50 AM

Message Edited by ggtronic on 10-02-2006 09:53 AM

Diego898 · Answer

Is there anything I can do about that? Possible upgrade?

Diego898 · Answer

Anyone?

ggtronic · Answer

laptop hardware are hard to access , and part are extremely expensive , and changing them is at your own risk since its required good skills... so it seems that your stuck with this kind of performance.   gaming laptop is an expensive hobby LOL ,  and its a common error for many new user to underestimate there need before buying laptops...

Diego898 · Answer

But I thought if I buy the graphics card from Dell, won't they install it?

warmonger · Answer

OK,lets get something straight, the X1400 is not a entry level card, its a Mid level gaming card..... Quake4, FEAR , Oblivion,all play fine on the X1400 at Medium settings,(I average 43FPS in FEAR at Medium settings) HalfLife 2 Episode 1 plays at Highest settings  by default smoothly, Battlefield 2 will play just fine with the X1400, just make sure you up your RAM to 2Gig thus giving your system room to breath....My E1505 originally came with the X1300 and that is a entry level card, after my upgrade to the X1400 the difference was night and day in all aspects....so go with the X1400 and you will do just fine....   Specs: E1505 T2400 1.83 CoreDuo, WSXGA+ Truelife Ultrasharp, X1400 256Mb, 2Gig DDR2 667, 80Gig Hd 5400, 8XDVD+R/-R Dual Sony....

ggtronic · Answer

good point warmonger ! you own it after all... i edit my point up here...

Diego898 · Answer

I have the x1400 I'm just asking in terms of any room for future upgrade? Like to the Nvidia Dell now offers for the 1505?

MountainBiker47 · Answer

As far as I am concerned, the cards that Dell offers for the E1505 are Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, the Radeon X1300, and the Radeon X1400. I think the card you are talking about is the Nvidia 7900GS for the E1705 which is not compatible with the E1505. Sorry, but I wish Dell offered more graphics power for the E1505, like the X1600. But as said before, the X1400 should be able to play the games you previously mentioned.

Again, like previously mentioned, parts for laptops are very expensive, including a upgraded GPU.

Here, this might answer your question. On the notebookreview forums another person asked a question similar to yours, that is, can the X1400 be upgraded to a X1600: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=78730

Message Edited by MountainBiker477 on 10-02-2006 11:49 AM

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