I quit but I'm back TnDep still some problems heres my specs

[TnDep]

If I detail the water I'm about 15 to 25 on frame rate and if I've got that turned off I'm 45 to 60.  I understand that this laptop isnt top of the line buts its brand new out of the box and upto 830mb on video memory.  I also have green tail's and wings in the planes and enemy plane's/friendlys have square boxes around them, also I see the red outlines around the hanger doors in the design.  Heres my specs I am not running any programs in the background and I deleted the norton hog.  Thanks for your help and I'm glad to be back. 



System Information
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Time of this report: 8/9/2009, 19:35:12
       Machine name: RYAN-PC
   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Basic (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080425-1930)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
       System Model: Satellite L305
               BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 1.80
          Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU          900  @ 2.20GHz, ~2.2GHz
             Memory: 1916MB RAM
          Page File: 1140MB used, 2937MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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        Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
     Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
        Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
         DAC type: Internal
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A42&SUBSYS_FF671179&REV_07
   Display Memory: 830 MB
 Dedicated Memory: 128 MB
    Shared Memory: 702 MB
     Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
      Driver Name: igdumdx32.dll,igd10umd32.dll
   Driver Version: 7.15.0010.1502 (English)
      DDI Version: 10
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 6/12/2008 19:37:32, 536576 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6902-11CF-1777-6DDFA7C2CA35}
        Vendor ID: 0x8086
        Device ID: 0x2A42
        SubSys ID: 0xFF671179
      Revision ID: 0x0007
      Revision ID: 0x0007

[Eagleclaw]

I think I had a similar problem, when you say "boxes around friendlies and nmes" do you mean like white boxes?
Need more details. The problem I had needed HTC help, had to save a couple files to the HTC folder, is stuff whited out? My problem was a problem with the download im guessing due in large part to having to replace several files, once again need more specifics <S>. Im not sure but I think you should be running 64 bits, not just 32.

[The Fugitive]

You have a weak laptop, it just isn't built for gaming.

          Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU          900  @ 2.20GHz, ~2.2GHz
             Memory: 1916MB RAM
          Page File: 1140MB used, 2937MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows

Celeron is slower than most, but yours is ok at 2.2, the problem comes from the ram.  You have very little, and if I'm reading this right, most of your ram is coming out of the page swap on your hard drive. Then you have your video....

  Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
         DAC type: Internal
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A42&SUBSYS_FF671179&REV_07
   Display Memory: 830 MB
 Dedicated Memory: 128 MB
    Shared Memory: 702 MB


Mobile Intel isn't a big 3d video chip. On top of that 702 MB of the ram for video is being pulled from your regular ram which is already running swap files because its too low. 

You'll have to be happy running the game with the lower graphic settings if you want to use that laptop to play.

[Skuzzy]

It is an Intel video chip.  They are the slowest,cheapest video chips in the market. If you want to use it for playing the game you will need to do the following.

1)  Disable "Detailed Terrain".
2)  In the "Video Settings" set the "Maximum Texture Size" to 256.

[TnDep]

ok thanks guys, when I bought the laptop it is upgradeable to 4gb of memory instead of 2gb of memory.  My question is would it make a big difference in helping the shared video memory if I looked at upgrading it to 4gb.  The boxes around the planes is black and almost look like a pixel square.

[Skuzzy]

No amount of RAM is going to make the video chip run faster.

Think of the video chip as a CPU.  In today's market, the Intel video chips would be like a 16Mhz 80386 processor.  It simply lacks the processing power and hardware feature support to run the new details.

[TnDep]

ok Skuzzy thanks when I looked at the computer and saw 128mb with 830 shared thought I would be ok but I'm flying now so I'm good with it.