Hey! So basically my lenovo laptop has been driving me crazy recently. I have been playing Arma 2 Free for quite some time now and it's pretty much awesome. I used to be able to play it smoothly on these settings (On Utes):
View Distance: 1500
Texture Detail: Very High
Video Memory: Default
Interface Resolution: 1366x728x22
3D Resolution: 100%
Anisotropic Filtering: Disabled
Anti-Aliasing: 5
Terrain Detail: Very Low( I hate grass)
Object Detail: Very Low
Post Processing: Very High
But one day, I started up Arma II Free during a project session and when I got home, I realized that it is running pathetically slow unlike before. Now it's just playable at these settings:
View Distance: 1500
Texture Detail: Very High
Video Memory: Default
Interface Resolution: 1366x728x22
3D Resolution: 100%
Anisotropic Filtering: Disabled
Anti-Aliasing: off
Terrain Detail: Very Low( I hate grass)
Object Detail: Very Low
Post Processing: Very High
Also, previously I have the AA options of up to 8, but now the only AA option available to me is Low, and when I enable AA as Low now, it lags like mad. Does anyone have an idea of what in the world is going on?
System info:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
RAM: 4011MB
CPU: Intel® Core i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz
CPU Speed: 2292.8 MHz
Display adapters: Intel® HD Graphics 3000, Intel® HD Graphics 3000, Nvidia GeForce GT 525M, RDPDD Chained DD, RDP Reflector
Monitors: Ix; Generic PnP monitor
Screen Resolution: 1366x728 -32 bit
Hard disks(free) C: 508.4 GB, D: 26.2GB
Methods I've tried to make it run faster
- Ran Defragment
- Scanned for malware, spyware and viruses
- Removed unnecessary start up tasks in msconfig.
- Checked task manager to see if any particular process is using a great deal of memory, none found.
- Ensured preferred graphic processor in Nvidia Control Panel is High Performance Nvidia Processor.
- Used CCleaner to clean up unnecessary files and to delete registry errors.
- Ensured that power saving mode is set to "Maximum Performance".
- Updated video drivers to newest versions, old drivers have been cleaned during installation by Driver Sweeper.
- Edited GPU MaxFramesAhead and GPU DetectedFramesAhead in Arma II Free CFG file.
- Switched Windows 7 theme to Windows 7 basic when running Arma II Free.
Can anyone please help? I just want to play it in my old graphics. Thanks!