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Okay, I bought my laptop for 2 days. The salesman said it had a perfect graphic card for gaming. I'm not too sure about that now. The driver is NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G. Anyways, I've only downloaded Windows Live Messenger, Firefox, and two games: Soldier Front & Silkroad Online. In both games, I receive some weird frame lag. In Silkroad, it seems to be constant. However, in Soldier Front, it happens every couple of seconds, OR if I'm in a detailed map. I also have stuff like Norton Protection Center and stuff, but I'm not sure what affects it and what doesn't. Help will be extremely appreciated. Thanks.
How old are these games? Like many older programs, they might just not work well under Vista.
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My friend has an older laptop with Vista, lower overall specs than me, but still won't frame lag.
But if it was Vista's problem, should I degrade it to XP or something?
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Try posting the correct model number for your notebook.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA...
What would probably help would be to disable all the useless crap that's running in the background. Also, dump Norton ASAP & replace it with something more lightweight.
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Oops, you're right. My notebook's model is actually HP G60.
Do you know any free security programs online that you recommend I could try?
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After you have uninstalled Norton and all its' bloat (LiveUpdate et al.) and reboot, run the Norton removal tool for your *exact* Norton product (reboot again):
Download and run the Norton Removal Tool
Then install a good free antivirus (I don't recommend AVG) and either use the Windows firewall or try something like Online Armor (they have a free version).
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"I don't recommend AVG"
Why is that? I've tried a couple of the other freebies such as Avast & AntiVir but didn't care for them. The trick to installing AVG is to do the custom install & uncheck the box for "link scanner".
http://www.filehippo.com/software/a...
As for firewalls, there are several to choose from...I recommend Sunbelt:
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and if you get a chance, kick the sales person in the nuts.
when he said "good for gaming," he probably meant solitare and minesweeper, nothing with 3D graphics.
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