MehuL Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Hey ppl i am a total noob when it comes to cards and stuff I have a Geforce 7400 on my hp pavillion and well i just cant play ne games on it .... Crysis ... i get an fps of 5 on lowest Fifa 09 ... way slow Far cry 2 .... sloooooowww I havet he 84.56 drivers taht came with the laptop and i tried looking for the updates but there arent ne And i have no idea which updates i should get from here I basically need to be able to play these games ..... Pls help Thnx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Get the 178.24, but get used to play games at low detail :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MehuL Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Hey thnx for the advice nething i can do to up the detail and not buy a new card :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Overclock :> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MehuL Posted October 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 what is overclock and how is it done ? and can it screw up stuff on my comp ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Overclocking is tuning your card's clocks up so they work faster, providing better performance in games. This is a too long story for me to write in a single post, but there are countless tutorials on the Internet. Unless you mess with card's voltages it's rather safe for your comp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MehuL Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 k thx .... i'll look it up I installed the drivers and now am getting an fps of 13 on far cry 2 Ne other ideas taht my help boost it up a bit ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Ne other ideas taht my help boost it up a bit ?? I don't think FC2 will go any much faster on your card, but let's try the overclocking I mentioned. Get the RivaTuner from my signature. Install, run it. Click the triangle button in the ForceWare detected area, next System settings. You'll see 3 sliders. Those adjust frequencies of your GPU. Increase them step-by-step, slowly (10-20MHz), and run a benchmark or a very demanding game and test for a few minutes if it's stable. If it hangs up or you'll see any graphic artifacts, you should revert to the previous setting. Also, download GPU-Z and monitor your temperatures. GPU temperature generally shouldn't go over 90 Celsius degrees, but it can withstand even 30 degrees more without any harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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