Need Laptop

Here are the specs to my laptop. I'm trying to figure out how to play the game without the serious amount of lag I'm getting currently. Any help with what config I should use would be greatly appreciated.




-=-=-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Service Pack 2 64bit (build 6002)
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
Number of Processors Logical Core Count 2 Physical Core Count 2
BIOS Default System BIOS
Language English (Regional Setting: English)
Physical Memory 4094.168MB
Virtual Memory 2047.875MB
Page File 8371.625MB
Storage C:\ Hard Disk Drive Total Disk Space 287.351GB Free Disk Space 86.872GB
DirectX Version DirectX 10
Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
+Device \\.\DISPLAY1
+Chip GeForce 9800M GS
+Maker NVIDIA
+Video Memory 495.563 MB
+Shared Video Memory 1791.557 MB
+DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
+Display Mode 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
+Driver nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
+Driver Version 8.17.0012.9610
+Driver Date 2/29/2012 7:02:00 PM
+Driver Language English
+Vertex Shader 3.0
+Pixel Shader 3.0
+Vertex Texture Supported
Sound Device(s) Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
+Device ID {4B4019BE-9084-4571-9783-3B4120C44EFF}
+Device Name RTKVHD64.sys
+Driver Version 6.00.0001.6215
+Driver Language English
+Driver Date 10/5/2010 9:00:14 PM
Sound Device(s) Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
+Device ID {EC371B52-A1B4-4B2C-BE78-3BF9C18C364C}
+Device Name RTKVHD64.sys
+Driver Version 6.00.0001.6215
+Driver Language English
+Driver Date 10/5/2010 9:00:14 PM
Input Device(s) {6F1D2B60-D5A0-11CF-BFC7444553540000}
+Name Mouse
+Notes Axis 3 Button 5 Field of View 0
Input Device(s) {6F1D2B61-D5A0-11CF-BFC7444553540000}
+Name Keyboard
+Notes Axis 0 Button 109 Field of View 0
Input Device(s) {2F588B40-DD48-11DF-8002444553540000}
+Name Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver
+Notes Axis 0 Button 0 Field of View 0
Input Device(s) {2F5C0DB0-DD48-11DF-8004444553540000}
+Name Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver
+Notes Axis 0 Button 573 Field of View 0
Input Device(s) {2F5CA9F0-DD48-11DF-8006444553540000}
+Name Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver
+Notes Axis 0 Button 0 Field of View 0
Input Device(s) {2F5D1F20-DD48-11DF-8008444553540000}
+Name Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver
+Notes Axis 0 Button 3 Field of View 0
Input Device(s) {2F61DA10-DD48-11DF-800E444553540000}
+Name LCM
+Notes Axis 0 Button 0 Field of View 0

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Lets see if i can help you out :)
I use these settings on my m11x with similar specs....
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I use driver ver. 295.73 cause it works for me with XI and XIV.

Windows 7 may help a bit as vista tends to drain your PC. I also hear that SSHD help with laptop XIV players.
Try these settings and adjust from there. Once 2.0 comes laptop players may have more luck, I hope.

Windows Vista really isn't all that bad, was bad on release, but is a fully capable operating system.

That said, vista does use a lot of resources, making it a RAM hog. I reccomend Gamebooster for that, as it will help quite a bit on that department. It also has a nifty little feature that can scan your devices and see if there are newer drivers avaialble. (which is great for great overall system performance) Its free and I've been using it for a while now. http://www.freenew.net/windows/game-...3-1/544431.htm

I also agree with most of the above poster's settings, except for texture quality. On a mobile GPU, specifically the 9800m gs I would set that to standard at the very least, and low or lowest if you need more speed. After this, you could prolly bump up general drawing quality up to standard (8) and have not much, if any impact on performance.

For drivers, I would reccomend using the latest drivers that are compatible with your graphics card. Nvidia has a scan tool on their website www.geforce.com

And for SSD, you really wouldnt see much of a difference in games. I run my boot drive on an SSD and run FFXIV from it and the only benefit is slighty faster loading times (I pop into instances before everyone else does) other than that, no benefit. (Although I must say for everything else outside of games, they are amazing!) The real issue at hand is that you are trying to run this heavy resource hog of a game on a laptop and although its possible, you will need to do some tweaking to get the best performance from your laptop to get it really playable.

Believe it or not, I've gotten this to play on a laptop with a Centrino Pentium M and Nvidia 6200 GPU, wasnt pretty, but it worked.