performance issues on laptop...

[estaban]

i am currently trying to run nexuiz 2.4.2 on my vista laptop, but having terrible performance issues. these are my specs:

core 2 duo 2ghz
2gb ddr2 667 dual channel
ati radeon x1600 mobility 256mb

i know that my system should have no problem running the game, but even with everything at the completely lowest settings, i only get 5-7 frames per second.

i cannot figure it out.
please help

[Urmel]

Even though the X1600 doesn't have that tough performance, you should indeed get some more fps. Have you already checked for a new driver version (if possible from july 08 or newer, like the Catalyst 8.8 )?

[esteel]

Sounds like problems with your graphic driver installation.. Or maybe you did not install any yourself and thus the default MS Drivers are installed. Those often do not have (good/proper) OpenGL support. Do as urmel said and try to install a graphics driver downloaded from ati..

[estaban]

i just recently ( as in less than 3 weeks ago ) formatted and reinstalled vista. i downoaded and installed all the latest drivers for all of my hardware... so im not sure what the deal is... but before i formatted, i could run the game just fine with no problems at all.

[Ed]

Have you used the drivers from ATi or from MS? Vista's included drivers are terrible and don't support OpenGL programs like Nexuiz.