highburypete Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 hi there have acer aspire 1710 laptop with 2gb ram and nvidia go5700 graphics card but still keeps stuttering through ROME TOTAL WAR game plus cursor takes 5 seconds to catch up with mouse, no other progams running when playing game any ideas running 5.3.5.1 driver from when purchased have added picture of nvidia settings in case something needs to be turned off or on in order for game to play a lot smoother. ALSO is it possible to upgrade this graphics card if it turns out that it canot handle game. here is full spec of machine http://reviews.cnet.com/Acer_Aspire_1710/4...7-30794050.html or Full specifications for Acer Aspire 1710 ProcessorProcessor manufacturer Intel Processor type Pentium 4 Clock speed 3 GHz Processor features Hyper-Threading Technology MainboardChipset type Intel 865G Data bus speed 800 MHz RAMRAM installed size 1 GB Max supported RAM 2 GB RAM Technology DDR SDRAM-333 MHz Memory specification compliance PC2700 Display (Projector)Display (projector) diagonal size 17 in Display (projector) technology TFT active matrix Color support Up to 16.2 million colors Max resolution 1280 x 1024 Video OutputGraphics processor NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 Video output interface type AGP 8x Storage Hard DriveHard drive 120 GB IDE Optical StorageCD / DVD type DVD±RW CD / DVD read speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD) CD / DVD rewrite speed 10x (CD) / 2x (DVD-RW) / 2.4x (DVD+RW) Optical storage enclosure type Integrated Optical Storage (2nd)2nd optical storage type None ModemModem type Fax / modem Max transfer rate 56 Kbps Modem protocols & specifications ITU V.92 Storage Floppy DriveFloppy drive type None Audio OutputAudio output type Sound card Audio output compliant standards DirectSound Input DeviceInput device type Keyboard, Touchpad, 4-way scroll button OS ProvidedOS provided Microsoft Windows XP Professional BatteryBattery technology Lithium ion Installed battery qty 1 Mfr estimated battery life 1 hour(s) GeneralBuilt-in devices Subwoofer, Stereo speakers, Wireless LAN antenna System type Notebook Cache MemoryCache Memory Type L2 cache Cache size 1 MB NetworkingData link protocol Ethernet, IEEE 802.11g, Fast Ethernet Networking standards IEEE 802.11g Networking type Network adapter Dimensions & WeightDepth 12.6 in Height 2.2 in Weight 15.7 lbs Width 14.9 in SystemDesignation Home use, Education, Small business MiscellaneousMiscellaneous compliant standards ACPI 1.0b Power DevicePower device form factor External Power device type Power adapter Power provided 180 Watt Storage RemovableRemovable storage type None Slot ProvidedSlot provided 2 (0 free) Memory, 1 (1 free) SD Memory Card, 1 (1 free) SmartMedia Card, 1 (1 free) Memory Stick, 1 (1 free) CompactFlash Card, 1 (1 free) CardBus Type II WarrantyService & support type 1 year warranty thanks all driver.doc driver.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattman Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Ok for starters, can I get you to take your system spec out of your bio? It'll just mess the forum up, that's all :) go5700 will not be upgradeably, it'll be fixed to the board. Yes you can upgrade drivers. Download latest drivers from here Grab Pieters modified inf (to get it running on your go 5700) from here extract the driver package to your desktop, and copy the new inf into this directory, replace the existing file. Run setup.exe and follow the prompts. Once you have rebooted, go to start> run> type "services.msc" right click on "Nvidia Display Driver Service" and click properties, change the startup type to "disabled". You'll have an error on shutdown but never again. Latest drivers will be installed and should help greatly with Rome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I am currently working on his info, going to try and split it and put most/all in his signiture. Also as a warning I have heard other Acer users having problems lately, your problem might require some special atttention if the drivers dont work right. For those of you that didn't know, he had all those system specs in his post (not signiture) on his left side column, it was huge.... (I'm pretty sure more than 1600 pixels tall) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Ok for starters, can I get you to take your system spec out of your bio? It'll just mess the forum up, that's all :) go5700 will not be upgradeably, it'll be fixed to the board. Yes you can upgrade drivers. Download latest drivers from here Grab Pieters modified inf (to get it running on your go 5700) from here extract the driver package to your desktop, and copy the new inf into this directory, replace the existing file. Run setup.exe and follow the prompts. Once you have rebooted, go to start> run> type "services.msc" right click on "Nvidia Display Driver Service" and click properties, change the startup type to "disabled". You'll have an error on shutdown but never again. Latest drivers will be installed and should help greatly with Rome. thanks for the advice mattman, done everything you said and even used the driver cleaning software first before adding new driver but seems to have had no effect on rome total war and is still stuttering through gameplay. i have turned down the army section to small and put it at a speed setting rather than custom but only helps slightly, i would of thought with the spec of this machine it would of been able to handle the gameplay pretty smoothly but is still struggling. not sure whether i need to tweak the nvidia settings or download some kind of patch for rome total war, if anyone else has encountered this problem and has managed to get round it i would appreciate hearing from you, as theres nothing worse than trying to play a game that stutters and splutters its way through it. p.s the new driver seems to be o.k so far p.s.s sorry about the spec on first mail im new to this and not sure of the protocal. cheers all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Its not your fault, we need to set up it so it tells users who are registering not to put too much system spec info into that box, as it takes up the whole left column of your posts. Editing that sig in was an adventure, after getting all the kinks worked out it looks decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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