Only 20-25 fps in far cry 3 ? on gaming laptop

[suPer]

Hey, I just bought far cry 3

and it just keep lagging. Im playing on a laptop with the following specs

i7 3610qm 2,3ghz
16 gb 1600mhz ram
2gb gtx675m
256 intel sdd (550 read/ 520 write)

WHY THE HELL DOES IT LAG :D !!!

[suPer]

Mivo -> that makes me sad since i payed about 1609 euro for the machine

[krystianpants]

jord_90 have you seen the size of a GTX 680 graphics card? Now put it side by side with your laptop. Do you think you can squeeze that into your laptop? It's pretty much the size of your laptop. I know I have one and it's hugeee. Not to mention the card costs half of your laptop.

[Mivo]

Publicado originalmente por jord_90:

Mivo -> that makes me sad since i payed about 1609 euro for the machine

It is really good as far as gaming laptops go, though. It's just that heat, power and size issues impose limits on what can be done with a laptop. I have a MSI GE70, which only has a GT 650M, so quite a bit weaker than what you run (but it also only cost €1050) and I can play most games fine on 1920x1080, but even Borderlands 2 (far less demanding than FC3) doesn't work well with high settings (might work on your system, though!).

Meanwhile, my same-price desktop that's 14 months old and has a GTX 570 still runs circles around my laptop when it comes to gaming. Still, I prefer laptops over desktops, and maybe in another two or three years the differences will be less significant (it's much better now than it was a few years back).

So, your laptop is a fantastic piece of hardware, you just picked the least suitable game for running on high settings on it! :) Don't let that spoil how you feel about the laptop, though. It's far better than what most people have.

[DCBenton]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-675M.70785.0.html

Looks like the GTX 675m struggles with quite a few games released in 2012 on ultra settings. Just lower the graphical details.

[Baljeet]

You might have to update your drivers or something like that because my pc is very low spec and it can run it on low-med settings
my pc
Core 2 duo e6300 1.86 ghz
2gb of ram
and Nvidia 9800 gt

[Noizzzmaker]

for a gaming laptop this one is excellent so it should be able to run ultra no problems.. however it might be a problem if power saving is on or AA which can be extremely taxing on the cpu

[Mivo]

If you look at the card's specs, you will see why it will not run FC3 on ultra in 1920x1080 with "no problems". It is excellent for a gaming laptop, but it is a laptop nonetheless. :)

[Noizzzmaker]

true, but how many laptops display 1920x1080? he probably has a 17 inch..

[suPer]

It is a 1920x1080 screen, though only 15,6 inch..

I thank you all for the anwsers.

I took the laptop apart and it shows, it had eaten ALOT of dust, which made the temp a problem. Now I run around 30-35 fps on high

[Noizzzmaker]

yeah thats always a good place to check first, dust buildup can be a killer

[suPer]

bear look at the top

[EternalCore]

Publicado originalmente por jord_90:

I have updated my drivers.

i play with settings 1920x1080, high, DX11, no MSAA, no vsync, "enhanced" alpha to coverage, SSAO=HDAO, 1 max buffered frame

But after the update im now down to 15 FPS ... FML

Change the HDAO(AMD) to HBAO(Nvidia) Also make a profile in your nvidia control pannel for this game and set the performance to Maximum also make sure your power is pluged in and the power options in the control pannel is also set to Max power.