All Games Choppy and Jerky on Laptop

tsh-object · 12-15-2007, 06:44 PM

Hello, I have a problem: all my games are choppy and jerky. With an ATI x1700 mobility, I am used to playing games at full resolution- 1680*1050, or at least 1280*768 with all settings maxed, such as Battlefield 2.

For example, I just bought Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and it doesn't play well on my Asus F3JP laptop. At 800*600, the game allows me to play without any jerks or choppiness, but when I press the forward(or bckwrd) button for more then 1 second, my character goes forward (or bckwrd) for longer than that time, and I don't have the ability to look around while moving, and this is only on the single player. At higher resolutions, CoD 4 plays with choppiness and jerkiness, and when I press, say, the forward button once, the character moves forward for a much extended period of time: approximately 20-30 seconds. This happens with all my games, including UT2004 and Battlefield 2.

I have an Asus F3Jp, Intel DualCore 2.0 GHz processor, 2 gigs of memory, and an x1700 mobility radeon graphics card. the drivers for the x1700 are the ones that came on the preinstallation cd, because there doesn't seem to be any for the x1700 mobility on ATI's website. This seems to be isolated as a graphics card problem, because everything else on my laptop is working fine.

I did a clean renistall a few days ago, and the problem persists. I am currently not able to buy new videocard, and I was really excited about CoD4, so I really want to be able to play Call of Duty 4.

If there is any information I can give, or anything I can do, short of buy a new laptop, I'll keep all options open.

Thanks in advance!

**TheMatt** · 12-15-2007, 10:53 PM

The MR X1600 & X1700 are nearly identical (in fact they pretty much are). Try the latest 7.11 drivers.
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...xp/mobility-xp

If those don't work the 7.9's & 7.8's might be worth a shot. But the newer Catalyst drivers have given better performance.

tsh-object · 12-16-2007, 12:21 PM

I tried the drivers, but is said that the graphics card doesn't support it.

I'm searching for 7.9 drivers now. I've actually tried Omega drivers and NGO, but they don't give that much of a boost. I finally found a site named mobility modder, but it pretty much wrecked my PC, making me rollback my graphics driver in safe mode. Thanks for help, though!

**TheMatt** · 12-16-2007, 04:24 PM

What do you get for a score in 3DMark06/05?

tsh-object · 12-16-2007, 09:30 PM

Ah, I just updated the drivers to 7.9 and now Cod 4 works passably. That was all I needed, heh. Thanks a lot, TheMatt, you were a great help.

**TheMatt** · 12-16-2007, 09:32 PM

You're welcome. What kind of settings are you using and what kind of framerates are you getting?

12-15-2007, 06:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
tsh-object Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5 OS: windows XP	All Games Choppy and Jerky on Laptop Hello, I have a problem: all my games are choppy and jerky. With an ATI x1700 mobility, I am used to playing games at full resolution- 16801050, or at least 1280768 with all settings maxed, such as Battlefield 2. For example, I just bought Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and it doesn't play well on my Asus F3JP laptop. At 800*600, the game allows me to play without any jerks or choppiness, but when I press the forward(or bckwrd) button for more then 1 second, my character goes forward (or bckwrd) for longer than that time, and I don't have the ability to look around while moving, and this is only on the single player. At higher resolutions, CoD 4 plays with choppiness and jerkiness, and when I press, say, the forward button once, the character moves forward for a much extended period of time: approximately 20-30 seconds. This happens with all my games, including UT2004 and Battlefield 2. I have an Asus F3Jp, Intel DualCore 2.0 GHz processor, 2 gigs of memory, and an x1700 mobility radeon graphics card. the drivers for the x1700 are the ones that came on the preinstallation cd, because there doesn't seem to be any for the x1700 mobility on ATI's website. This seems to be isolated as a graphics card problem, because everything else on my laptop is working fine. I did a clean renistall a few days ago, and the problem persists. I am currently not able to buy new videocard, and I was really excited about CoD4, so I really want to be able to play Call of Duty 4. If there is any information I can give, or anything I can do, short of buy a new laptop, I'll keep all options open. Thanks in advance!

12-15-2007, 10:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: All Games Choppy and Jerky on Laptop The MR X1600 & X1700 are nearly identical (in fact they pretty much are). Try the latest 7.11 drivers. http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...xp/mobility-xp If those don't work the 7.9's & 7.8's might be worth a shot. But the newer Catalyst drivers have given better performance. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

12-16-2007, 12:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
tsh-object Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5 OS: windows XP	Re: All Games Choppy and Jerky on Laptop I tried the drivers, but is said that the graphics card doesn't support it. I'm searching for 7.9 drivers now. I've actually tried Omega drivers and NGO, but they don't give that much of a boost. I finally found a site named mobility modder, but it pretty much wrecked my PC, making me rollback my graphics driver in safe mode. Thanks for help, though!

12-16-2007, 04:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: All Games Choppy and Jerky on Laptop What do you get for a score in 3DMark06/05? __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

12-16-2007, 09:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
tsh-object Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 5 OS: windows XP	Re: All Games Choppy and Jerky on Laptop Ah, I just updated the drivers to 7.9 and now Cod 4 works passably. That was all I needed, heh. Thanks a lot, TheMatt, you were a great help.

12-16-2007, 09:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: All Games Choppy and Jerky on Laptop You're welcome. What kind of settings are you using and what kind of framerates are you getting? __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides