is hard drive light on constantly or for extended periods?`
tried temporarily turning off anti-virus?
if you are using wireless, have you tried wired connection?
You power saver settings may be restricting how much power it is using. How do other games preform on your laptop?My laptop performs good with other games and I have my power options so that they allow max performance. I play shogun 2 on high settings without problems.
If you are only getting 40% showing in M&B it looks like some portion of your computers power is not working correctly. Mount and blade is looking at your computer's specs and compares them to your settings. If you are getting such a low rating something isn't working correctly. My guess is the video card.
You have Win7 with that has Optimus? Lots of laptops have 2 sets of video drivers that it can switch to depending on the load. I think you need win7 pro or whatever for it to do it automatically.
I have a similar build, let me guess is it a Dell Inspiron? You can right click the shortcut and choose the Nvidia graphic card so the game doesn't use integrated graphics card. The problem sounds like over-heating though, you can monitor the temparutes with a program like HWMonitor.It is an Asus N53J. And even when I start my computer after it being turned off overnight it still does the same.. And what do you mean by: "you can right click the shortcut and choose the nvidia graphic card"?
I Think optimus is that you have 2 graphic card, 1 Shitty integrated intel and 1 dedicated nvidia, and nvidia drivers choose what card to use when the program it's hard to run with the intel. Some programs are not used to this 2 graphics configuration. Even mount and blade says that you have 40% performance is because is detecting the integrated intel. Try this my friend.I did this and it makes the game playable, but I'd rather just play with the good graphic card at good graphic settings if that is possible.
In te first configuration put: pixel shaders on, fps max to 80. Dissallow the blood. Load textures on demand, and shadows in low. (the rest things desactivated). in the ingame settings, put everything on low/desactivated but Shader to high and textures of your char on 100%. In the bottom option demark the "world shadows" and "character shadows". This option will give you a good performance without lag spikes with your card. (don't put on the HDR mode, and this stuff).
It's really important disallow the blood and the corpses.
Let you some screens how i have this set (for an optimus pc). Hope this help ^^(click to show/hide)
Gtg 425m has Nvidia Optimus, so your computers uses Intel Graphics for some applications and Nvidia to save power. You can change your default settings so it uses the Nvidia card for everything OR you can right click on any application and choose "use Nvidia" or something similar.I believe I don't have Optimus on my laptop but i'm not sure, how can I see?
I did this and it makes the game playable, but I'd rather just play with the good graphic card at good graphic settings if that is possible.
Edit: You don't need to find the optimus options, it's obvious you are running the game on your nvidia, if not it will not run.
Oh ok then, can you open Nvidia Control Panel and click 3d settings? There should be separate General Settings and Program Settings tabs there.Yes there is. What should i do?
That maybe true but you can run Warband on integrated graphics card.With minimun settings, warband will go like an ass, and with medium settings he said is playable, so it's on nvidia, beat for it
Yes there is. What should i do?You can add the exe of warband and put "run on dedicated graphics (nvidia graphics).
With minimun settings, warband will go like an ass, and with medium settings he said is playable, so it's on nvidia, beat for itDepending on what data? I ran Warband on a 256mb integrated cards and his have 1gb.
Yes there is. What should i do?Ok, under program settings click add and find your warband.exe if it's not already on the menu. Then next to 2. choose the Nvidia Graphics Card option and try it.
Also make SURE you do NOT have "force single threading" on in the advanced options in the configuration options before you load the game.I didn't have this flagged.
What that does it make your computer only use one of the cores. Could explain all those problems if this option is ON.
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By the way, the last graphics on nvidia are not compatible with optimus system. You should download the graphics from your supplier page (asus in your case). This graphics will be old, but they will run better with your hybryd computer.
You should try this ^^.Thanks for your help.