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Just got a new Acer laptop and need some help
Okay I just got the Acer Aspire 5050 410, I put Counter-Strike:Source on it, it runs great when in single player with bots, but it will freeze and have me close the game after 5-10 mins of play. Also how come when I look for servers all the server's ping show up as 125+? While on my desktop which is on the same wireless network gets much lower ping for CS? I haven't installed any driver updates, just window's updates and Norton. Do I need to do any other driver updates... i.e. graphics card updates? The graphics card is the Ati Radeon Xpress 1100. Also do I need to download Directx?
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Re: Just got a new Acer laptop and need some help
Well if you are playing on a wireless network I can tell you that gaming is not the best on wireless but it is possible. I have never obtained a ping of below 90ms on my B/G network here at home.
If you for sure want lower pings than 80ms or so go check out the pre-n routers and cards that are out at , they have great results and can be flashed to offical "N" certification when it does pass with the FCC and other organizations.
The ultimate solution is to go wired ;) or get a stronger faster signal. If your desktop is getting a lower ping (and is wireless not wired) then it is a chipset issue etc. But if you are stating that a wired desktop computer has a lower ping than your wireless laptop then yes this is correct. It will always be that way.
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My desktop is wireless via usb, so it must be the chipset, what can I do about it? Also why does the CS:S keep freezing up and forces me to close it? Any driver updates I should get?
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I would suggest that first and foremost that you go wired when gaming. You will have better latency and a better gaming experience. If this is not an option I understand, but essentially it would be nice to go wired for better speed and performance.
If CS:S is locking up take a look at your event viewer for any errors, etc.
It may be a heat issue, or a software issue (I doubt it's a hadware issue). Make sure your laptop is getting proper cooling first, and we'll go from there ;)
As far as driver updates I would suggest that you backup your entire partition table and burn a backup dvd before you start futzing with any large drivers (especially the chipet / vga drivers) simply because we've seen people do some crazy things here as a result. Check out Acronis 7 for free - http://www.acronis.com/mag/vnu-ati7
Grab a blank dvd or 2 and take an hr and create a backup for yourself.
Once that is done I would suggest wiping the exisitng drivers off your laptop with driver cleaner (be sure to be in safe mode when you do it) and install the omegadrivers instead www.omegadrivers.net . Once that is done try running cs:s again and see if you get lockups.
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I am running CS Source very well and I have the latest Catalyst drivers. I use those because it automatically sizes games that do not have a wide screen option and seem more stable. On official maps I rarely drop below 30 fps during a crowded gunfight. I also would never try playing CS with wireless because you'll probably timeout within 5 minutes of playing.
Make sure you turn off HDR completely and I turn off AA and leave the anisotropic at x8. Other than that everything is set to high except water detail is world only.
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I am running CS Source very well and I have the latest Catalyst drivers. I use those because it automatically sizes games that do not have a wide screen option and seem more stable. On official maps I rarely drop below 30 fps during a crowded gunfight. I also would never try playing CS with wireless because you'll probably timeout within 5 minutes of playing.
Make sure you turn off HDR completely and I turn off AA and leave the anisotropic at x8. Other than that everything is set to high except water detail is world only.
There's no possible way you play CS:S on a x1100 on all high settings with AF8x. It's just not possible on that graphics card.
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Okay i just tried it wired and I get the same pings. Do I just plug in the ethernet cable to the laptop and go to my network and disable the wireless?
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My desktop is wireless via usb, so it must be the chipset, what can I do about it? Also why does the CS:S keep freezing up and forces me to close it? Any driver updates I should get?
You can easily find out whether that's the cause by using the USB on the laptop. Just turn off the built-in wireless and plug in the USB wireless.
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Re: Just got a new Acer laptop and need some help
You can easily find out whether that's the cause by using the USB on the laptop. Just turn off the built-in wireless and plug in the USB wireless.
Well I hooked it up wia ethernet cable and it shows my connection at a high speed, yet I still get high ping servers and only about 125 shows up when I hit refresh.:confused:
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Re: Just got a new Acer laptop and need some help
get rid of background processes...