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Old 10-19-2009, 07:38 PM   #1
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Default Lag? On MAH Alienware?! (Tech help please!)

Suffice to say, I recently acquired an alienware laptop from a father attempting to buy my love, due to his absence in my childhood.

This was good in the fact that my old desktop had a problem with the BGII registry, and I couldn't put it on, or tutu.

But I can now! And I did. Running through tutu with a Half elven cleric/ranger, and all is good. Thing is, the game actually LAGS at times. Such as the fight with mulahey (currently in progress, as I alt+tabbed to post this! )

Any way to get around this? Obviously the lag shouldn't be happening.
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Old 10-19-2009, 09:15 PM   #2
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Default Re: Lag? On MAH Alienware?! (Tech help please!)

Turn off the AV when playing.
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Old 10-19-2009, 09:51 PM   #3
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Incidentally, I feel really stupid. It seems that the power chord had become ever so slightly unplugged from the laptop. Very low battery equated to lag.

Sometimes, I amaze even myself. :p
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Old 10-19-2009, 10:13 PM   #4
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Default Re: Lag? On MAH Alienware?! (Tech help please!)

First question any tech support line asks, regardless of the question, "Is the power cord plugged in?"
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Old 10-19-2009, 10:20 PM   #5
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First question any tech support line asks, regardless of the question, "Is the power cord plugged in?"
From where I was sitting, it was! In any event, I still experience lag once in awhile, mostly when a bunch of AoE spells are going off, but nothing to complain about.
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:43 AM   #6
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Anything running in the background that may be sucking up resources?
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