Extreme Lag in CoH

Rookwood · 11-27-2007, 12:30 PM

Now to start off, I am doing this to help a friend. I know a good amount about computers, but not nearly enough, especially about laptops, and he knows vastly less than I do. So I am trying to find a solution to his problems.

He has an HP Pavilion ZV 6000 laptop
766MB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon Xpress 200 graphics card
XP Home Edition OS
74GB Harddrive

We just installed City of Heroes on his computer, and at first, he couldnt see his character models, they were nothing but black blobs. So we updated his video drivers, and he was able to see them. Now however, whenever he logs in, he gets intense lag. Its usually so bad that he cant do anything. We updated his DirectX, and it helped only a little. We cant figure out what the problem is. He has been able to play World of Warcraft and Guild Wars with no problems for a while now, and in my opinion WoW has more detailed graphics than CoH. Does anyone have any

I hope i didnt break any rules, I did read the "read this first" post, but I am very new to working with laptops, and this is all foreign to me.

**pharoah** · 11-27-2007, 11:00 PM

id say its the video that is integrated graphics using shared ram.

11-27-2007, 12:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rookwood Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Extreme Lag in CoH Now to start off, I am doing this to help a friend. I know a good amount about computers, but not nearly enough, especially about laptops, and he knows vastly less than I do. So I am trying to find a solution to his problems. He has an HP Pavilion ZV 6000 laptop 766MB RAM ATI Mobility Radeon Xpress 200 graphics card XP Home Edition OS 74GB Harddrive We just installed City of Heroes on his computer, and at first, he couldnt see his character models, they were nothing but black blobs. So we updated his video drivers, and he was able to see them. Now however, whenever he logs in, he gets intense lag. Its usually so bad that he cant do anything. We updated his DirectX, and it helped only a little. We cant figure out what the problem is. He has been able to play World of Warcraft and Guild Wars with no problems for a while now, and in my opinion WoW has more detailed graphics than CoH. Does anyone have any I hope i didnt break any rules, I did read the "read this first" post, but I am very new to working with laptops, and this is all foreign to me. Last edited by Rookwood; 11-27-2007 at 12:31 PM.

11-27-2007, 11:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: Extreme Lag in CoH id say its the video that is integrated graphics using shared ram. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015