Larry Ortiz5 said:I mean, you probably aren't going to see much of a boost in your framerate just by tweaking a few Windows settings... if you're running low on RAM, your best bet is really just to upgrade it. Which game are you trying to run, if you don't mind me asking? It might be that while the system requirements say 4GB of RAM is enough, your processor or integrated graphics are actually the bottleneck—meaning they might just be a bit too weak for the task at hand.
Look, that’s not the issue. I'm not such an idiot that I don't get how that works. The game has nothing to do with it because the file I was trying to edit was just a standard .cfg—I can change whatever I want in there, and the computer would still run fine, unless I actually screwed something up. We're talking about Call of Duty: Black Ops, which came out back in 2010... with my mid-range laptop, it should at least hit minimum settings. After playing, I realized the real issue is my RAM. I know the processor is a struggle since it's pretty weak compared to an Intel Core i3, but mind your own business when it comes to that. As for the graphics, the integrated one is set up for basic daily tasks, while the dedicated card is factory overclocked to 2GB—around 1200MHz if I remember right—specifically for gaming, and those preferences can be adjusted in the Catalyst Control Center. My actual problem is that something in Windows is eating up 1.8GB of my memory and I have no clue what it is. For everything else, I'm totally happy with the gaming performance; for example, Crysis 2 runs on max settings and Battlefield 3 runs on medium, but that's only as long as I have all the RAM I'm supposed to have...