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Graphics Issues in Windows Vista

  • 26-09-2008 7:27pm
    #1
    ozt9vdujny3srf
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    I have a Compaq Presario f560em with a geForce 6100 go graphics card in it, other specs are a turion tk-53 processor and 2gb of ram.

    The problem I have is the really poor graphics performance I am getting. I know the 6100 isn't exactly a powerhouse but it cant even run Peggle without dog low frame rates.

    When I am logging in, then screen goes black for 3 or 5 seconds before showing up the windows environment. The screen also does this
    when I press ctrl-alt-del and the screen is going to the green screen again.

    I have the latest drivers available from the compaq site, from february 4th of this year. They are version 7.15.11.6743.

    I cant get drivers for it directly from the nvidia site, because of customisation of the drivers for the laptop.

    Any ideas or help?


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  • #2
    PogMoThoin
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    Have you aero enabled? Doubt a 6100 would be powerful enough for the Vista aero features.


  • #3
    ozt9vdujny3srf
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    I do, and it is. It does most of the aero stuff fine. Moving windos and teh winkey + tab think works quite quickly.


  • #4
    PogMoThoin
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    But will it run aero and the game together? The aero features will be running in the background unless you disable them. You do undersatnd that being a 6100, its the bottom of the pile in the six series range, 6800 being the highest? 6 series is 3-4 yrs old now, latest nVidia's being the 9 series.


    It doesn't have any integrated memory, but uses a part of the main memory


  • #5
    ozt9vdujny3srf
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    I don't think it does. The problem is still there when aero is turned off. AS a matter of interest could you point me to where you found that graphics cards are rendering OS stuff even when it isnt on screen?

    The problems are either a driver or a vista issue. I am not expecting any miracles from the card, it would just be nice if it did what it should be able to.


  • #6
    PogMoThoin
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    Its an integrated graphics chip, it doesn't have its own memory but shares the system memory............and when this system memory is used up.......like running Vista and running a game well then there's nothing left for the graphics to share

    See here


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  • #7
    ozt9vdujny3srf
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    Look, I appreciate you want to help. But the card IS able to render vista fine, and until I see a reliable source say otherwise, graphics cards do not render anything that's not on screen at the time. This is backed up by the fact that when I switch to basic, performance in simple games doesn't change. And more importantly, either does switching between splash screens.


    If anyone has any idea if there is a way of ficing this I would appreciate it.


  • #8
    PogMoThoin
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    It also known that Nvidia are dropping support for older graphics under Vista. I've a friend tried & failed to get a Geforce 5300 run under Vista, even with Vista running in classic mode, he was constantly getting artifacts, glitches and freezing when it ran fine on Xp and linux. The 5 series isn't supported at all in their latest Vista drivers, its not uncommon for them to make certain graphics run badly hoping you'll be forced in2 an upgrade.


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