Running slow

[darrenmedina10]

I just purchased duke nukem megaton and right off the bat its running super slow like unplayable slow. I have windows 7 and tons of free space on my laptop. Any advice on how to make it run normal?

[thebumishere]

hmmm, as duke would say "THIS SUCKS" I can only say give complete system specs, complete I say and maybe someone will lend a hand, its a great idea to be sure all drivers and direct x are up to date, try turning off virus protection just when trying to play. try the beta version if all else fails.

[darrenmedina10]

ok in all honesty im not sure how to do all of that I may need to get some outside help lol. Im trying to tweak on it. Seems if I change the video resulition it does run faster. How to I try the beta version? I tried to install it straight to my pc but it ended up going through steam. Honestly very new to steam as of today as a matter of fact

[thebumishere]

hmm running faster wiith lower res, sounds like that laptop has a low grade video card, just saying, 800x600 should be ok if you try that, any lower then that you will see the differance.
you still didnt give you specs? you should know the speed, ram, type vidio card, ram for that if you own the laptop.

[thebumishere]

heres what the game requires to run

OS:Windows XP / Vista / 7
Processor:1.8 GHz Processor
Memory:1GB RAM
Graphics:OpenGL compatible graphics card with at least 256M
DirectX®:9.0
Hard Drive:400MB HD space
Additional:Drivers: OpenGL compatible graphics drivers.

[darrenmedina10]

How do I get to my specs and info so I can show you. I have a sony vaio 2005 I believe. I bought duke nukem 3d atomic edition off of 3d realms and it runs perfectly fine. I have it at 580x384 for the steam version. Any higher then that and its slow

[darrenmedina10]

Am I able to download it straight to my laptop without having to run it on steam? I dont see why not I mean I did purchase it.

[darrenmedina10]

I will give the details im just not sure how to access them

[darrenmedina10]

Ok My Processor Is a Intel Core 2 duo @ 2.10 ghz, System type is 32 bit operating system, I have more then enough gbs 246 to be exact. not sure how to access the rest will keep looking in system info

[darrenmedina10]

my graphics card is. Mobiel intel r 4 series express chipset family. with available graphic memory of 1341 mb

[darrenmedina10]

it dosnt make any sense why its running so slow my laptop isnt old

[Storm]

Try upgrade the drivers for your graphic chip if possible, the graphics chip is extremely weak

[thebumishere]

in my opinion its the intel graphics card, its not a very high end card, it really doesnt matter how old the machine is, its how powerfull, it still seems it should run on your machine being that this is a older game, you will find that your graphics card isnt supported by most games, You must use steam with all games that use steam, no way around that. the atomic you were using probibly uses dosbox to play and thats why it plays ok, you can actually play the dosbox version with this steam one but not the add ons, I really dont think anyones going to be able to give you a fix with that low end graphics card, I can only sugest going to windows update and checking to see if a updated driver is available under optional drivers for that card, you may also try going to the directx website and downloading that latest version. I think thats the best I can do for you, good luck

[darrenmedina10]

alright thanks much for all the advice ill update and download right now

[thebumishere]

one more thing, ive done this my self on a older laptop, i guess you have to have some computer smarts tho, check ebay for a replacement graphics card, maybe a ATI or a G Force, most laptops are available with differant versions of cards and usually there are many chop shop sellers out there selling used cards from a broken laptop, I just say this because if funds are low this is a cheap way to go especially if you plan to play or buy any other games. just a thought

[darrenmedina10]

ok thank you I think I should get a better one I havnt done much pc gaming as of late. duke nukem and shadow warrior are it ill look into it. are good ones pretty pricey?