problem with wow on a dell laptop

[davew]

i've tried installing wow on my dell inspiron laptop, specs are core 2 duo with a x1400 graphics card and 2 gb ram, running vista
the game runs really bad i can only get around 15fps, i know it's no gaming machine but my old laptop ran better than this
it's recently had a clean install of vista and all drivers current ,i've tried turning off all the visuals on vista aero glass etc, even if i turn all the graphics settings down on the game it doesn't seem to make a difference

 

[Ian_Eb]

I have an M1710 XPS and had similar problems. When i put XP back on, the frame rate jumped back up so I assume it was something to do with video drivers. I never did manage to find any that didnt cause the problem.

 

[davew]

i might try installing xp instead then to see if thats any better, i'm not bothered about having vista installed i only use the laptop for browsing and a bit of wow if i can get it to work

 

[L33]

Are you playing with it plugged into the mains? On most laptops, the GPU will throttle back when on battery power!

 

[davew]

Are you playing with it plugged into the mains? On most laptops, the GPU will throttle back when on battery power!

thx L33, looks like that was what the problem was i did try it when it was running on the battery, now with it on mains power i'm getting around 47 fps

 

[Smoogels]

My son has the same problem on his laptop with vista, he only gets 15fps max.

Did you try XP and was it any better?