Guest zackman986 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Hi guys, I have a Dell XPS 1530M laptop under a year old (Vista Pro, 8600M GT, 2GB DDR2667, 250gb 5400rpm, T7500 2.2Ghz). I used to be able to play WoW with max settings on a 19" monitor, while watching a movie on a second 15" monitor with 30-40fps. I had some problems with Norton, reformatted, and I have yet to experience the same speed! I think it must be a driver-related problem, because at the moment I have only a few programs installed. My current video drivers are 7.15.11.7644, A03 from the Dell website. I'm a bit of a newb, so I don't know how to find more specific details than that. If anyone can help boost my framerate, I'd be very grateful. If I need to provide more info before I can be helped, let me know! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zackman986 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Ok, I just inadvertently discovered I am using Nvidia driver 176.44... but I do not know whether or not that is a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galdere Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Most likely due to the Echoes of Doom version 3 patch, pre WOTLK. This brings in graphical enhancements that will lower a lot of users framerates on very high settings. A big FPS lowerer that has been upped is the draw distance. You can lower this and you might have similar performance as before. Get hold of a more recent driver and modded inf from this site, and be sure to follow the suggestions for cleaning the old one out before installing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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