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davesim · 03-22-2003, 10:30 PM

OK - I have run msconfig and there is absolutely nothing unessential running when I boot up. I defragged my laptop. I have 12 (out of 18) megs free on the hardrive. Oh, I also updated my video driver. As I said above, I have a 900mhz Athlon laptop w/ 256k of ram and 16mhz video memory.

BUT . . . the game is still slow. Doesn't work at all in 3D mode (freezes pretty quickly). With 3D disabled, it works but the pulldown menus sort of float down and the options take a moment to appear (while it is almost instant on my pc). Even playing an exhibition game (where there are no other games simulated, etc.), the pbp on "very fast" is equivalent to "normal" or a little slower on my pc.

That's my biggest problem - I play out my games and w/ the slow pbp it's going to be a chore getting through them.

I did a little experimenting - if I go to 16bit color (instead of 32), it speeds up slightly. Same is true if I go to 800 resolution, but screen is small and unreadable. It actually sped up when I went to the next higher resolution (from 1024), but the game was too large for the screen.

I really love everything I've seen in my experiments and am looking forward to starting a season. Please help! If I can get the pbp to speed up I can live with the slow menus.

PS OOTP4 ran fine on the laptop.

Thank you.

03-22-2003, 10:30 PM	#3
davesim Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Maryland Posts: 31	OK - I have run msconfig and there is absolutely nothing unessential running when I boot up. I defragged my laptop. I have 12 (out of 18) megs free on the hardrive. Oh, I also updated my video driver. As I said above, I have a 900mhz Athlon laptop w/ 256k of ram and 16mhz video memory. BUT . . . the game is still slow. Doesn't work at all in 3D mode (freezes pretty quickly). With 3D disabled, it works but the pulldown menus sort of float down and the options take a moment to appear (while it is almost instant on my pc). Even playing an exhibition game (where there are no other games simulated, etc.), the pbp on "very fast" is equivalent to "normal" or a little slower on my pc. That's my biggest problem - I play out my games and w/ the slow pbp it's going to be a chore getting through them. I did a little experimenting - if I go to 16bit color (instead of 32), it speeds up slightly. Same is true if I go to 800 resolution, but screen is small and unreadable. It actually sped up when I went to the next higher resolution (from 1024), but the game was too large for the screen. I really love everything I've seen in my experiments and am looking forward to starting a season. Please help! If I can get the pbp to speed up I can live with the slow menus. PS OOTP4 ran fine on the laptop. Thank you.