PC Graphic Question? Need help!

[IfYouSeeKay?]

Hi everyone, I have a HP Pavilion dv6607nr entertainment notebook PC, and I recently got the games Portal, Gears Of War, and BioShock and I noticed that they run a little slow and graphics are blocky. Well since I'm a noob, I need to know what I need to get in order to make games run the best.


Thanks to everyone in advanced.

[anthonygamer]

I thought PC games inlcuded the system requirements on the back of the boxes. Or when you install the games, they should tell you what you need to make them run good.

[Captain Storm]

Laptops usually always suck for gaming.  The only thing I could suggest is to lower the video settings in each game's options.

[IfYouSeeKay?]

I thought PC games inlcuded the system requirements on the back of the boxes. Or when you install the games, they should tell you what you need to make them run good.

Lets just say these games were "acquired" without "purchase ........ I downloaded them 

[IfYouSeeKay?]

Laptops usually always suck for gaming.  The only thing I could suggest is to lower the video settings in each game's options.

Thanks

[jose_10000]

According to the specs in hp.com, the dv6607nr has a "real" graphic card (that is, not integrated), so new games should run decently. Try to check the different resolution options and use one that is proportional to 1200 x 800. Also disable anti-aliasing, that usually boosts speed.

[Misplaced-Left-Sock]

Also if your running vista.

TURN OFF WINDOWS AERO!
It eats up system resources like theres no tomorow.

[XGargoyle]

That laptop comes with Vista preinstalled and only 1 Gb of RAM. Not enough memory for gaming as Vista almost sucks all of it.

Downgrade to XP SP2, if you can

[Cybaster]

Upgrade to XP SP2, if you can

Fixed.

Or/and if there is space to add some RAM, try to extend it to 2GB.

[Rote Zaungast]

the virtual memory ?

[K.O.D]

The RAM & CPU are both perfect.

The graphic card really sucks bad (NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M graphics card) and unfortunately,you cannot replace it and the games you mentioned (except for portal) need a really beefy graphic card,they will only run at the lowest settings @ 640x480 resolution.

Bioshock can run but don't expect Gears of War to run at all (i've got both of them,i know how they perform)

Portal will run fine at low-medium settings @ 800x600

Also Upgrade to XP SP2 if you want Portal and Bioshock to run at all,Gears of War is really unoptimized.

I suggest you get Unreal Tournament 3 as its really optimized well and can run on low-end systems pretty well at low-mid settings (and i can pwn you online )

[Bastard Mami]

Downgrade to XP SP2, if you can

in my work i have faced and solved several problems doing that, so feel free to ask about how to do it.

[IfYouSeeKay?]

According to the specs in hp.com, the dv6607nr has a "real" graphic card (that is, not integrated), so new games should run decently. Try to check the different resolution options and use one that is proportional to 1200 x 800. Also disable anti-aliasing, that usually boosts speed.

Cool. Thanks that helped a little.

[IfYouSeeKay?]

Also if your running vista.

TURN OFF WINDOWS AERO!
It eats up system resources like theres no tomorow.

Thanks. How do I do that?

[IfYouSeeKay?]

That laptop comes with Vista preinstalled and only 1 Gb of RAM. Not enough memory for gaming as Vista almost sucks all of it.

Downgrade to XP SP2, if you can

DAMN. Vista is a HUGE Disappointment!

[rockstar269]

u suck randy u just suck and ur mugen sucks and ur laptop sucks so suck it

[anthonygamer]

Also if your running vista.

TURN OFF WINDOWS AERO!
It eats up system resources like theres no tomorow.

Thanks. How do I do that?

A simple yahoo search....... 

Link: http://tinyurl.com/yobu2f

[IfYouSeeKay?]

Downgrade to XP SP2, if you can

in my work i have faced and solved several problems doing that, so feel free to ask about how to do it.

Thanks, I'll hit you up when I'm ready.

[IfYouSeeKay?]

Also if your running vista.

TURN OFF WINDOWS AERO!
It eats up system resources like theres no tomorow.

Thanks. How do I do that?

A simple yahoo search....... 

Link: http://tinyurl.com/yobu2f

AWESOME, thanks alot. I knew I should of stuck with a gaming laptop, Vista media center my ASS!

[IfYouSeeKay?]

The RAM & CPU are both perfect.

The graphic card really sucks bad (NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M graphics card) and unfortunately,you cannot replace it and the games you mentioned (except for portal) need a really beefy graphic card,they will only run at the lowest settings @ 640x480 resolution.

Bioshock can run but don't expect Gears of War to run at all (i've got both of them,i know how they perform)

Portal will run fine at low-medium settings @ 800x600

Also Upgrade to XP SP2 if you want Portal and Bioshock to run at all,Gears of War is really unoptimized.

I suggest you get Unreal Tournament 3 as its really optimized well and can run on low-end systems pretty well at low-mid settings (and i can pwn you online )

So if I get a new graphics card will the performance dramatically increase?
Do you have any card recommendations .