Posts by Joseph Anderson14

wearymason4 said:— what laptop
? what OS
? what GPU
? how much RAM is currently installed

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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/24/2017, 20:52:56
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 15063) (15063.rs2_release.170317-1834)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP ProBook 4720
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 540 @ 2.53GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3952MB RAM
Page File: 4804MB used, 2091MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Not Available
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid : not Supported DxDiag version : 10.00.15063.0000 64
DxDiag Version: 10.00.15063.0000 64bit Unicode

Display Devices
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Unicode Display Devices --------------- card name: Microsoft Basic Display driver
Manufacturer: (Standard display types)
Chip type: ATI ATOMBIOS
DAC type: (C) 1988-2005, ATI technologies
Device Type: Display-Only Device
Device Key: Enum\ROOT\BASICDISPLAY
Device Status: 4180000B [DN_ROOT_ENUMERATED|DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_ NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER|DN_NO_SHOW_IN_DM]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Code : Unknown Display Memory
Dedicated Memory: 0 MB
Shared Memory: 1975 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (64Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
monitor ID: LGD027B
Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (60.080Hz)
Output Type: Other
Driver Name: Unknown
Driver File Version: file version : Unknown ( Unknown
Driver Version: 10.0.15063.0

Look, here's the deal:
I've got this 17-inch laptop running Windows 10, and occasionally I just unwind by playing Asphalt 8: Airborne.
The game was running smooth as silk until last night.
Last night, I fired up the game and out of nowhere, the resolution just reset itself from 1600x900 down to 1024x768.
I tried switching it back to 1600x900, but now it’s flagging 1024x768 as the "recommended" setting.

Now, every time I relaunch this game, the lag is so bad it's practically unplayable.

What do you guys think?

The laptop is an HP ProBook 4720s

The battery is tucked away in such an awkward spot that I’d practically have to gut the entire thing... even the screen

I've got this laptop and I was trying to tweak some BIOS settings, but the damn thing is password protected.
Tried a few different workarounds myself, but nothing worked. If anyone actually knows a reliable way to bypass this, I’d appreciate the help.

Benjamin King2 said:Give me the specific specs for both laptops. Which i5 are we talking about? Those EliteBooks have at least 6 or 7 different models out there.

An i5-520m is barely an upgrade over something like a T9500. Honestly, you might be better off paying more to go the other way. Not to mention how much higher the build quality is on an EliteBook compared to that Dell.

Core 2 Duo t9550 2.66 GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 160 GB HDD...

So he's just offering a slightly better hard drive and a marginally better processor, then wants $120 for it 😕.....plus his graphics card is 1 GB while mine is only 250 MB ...how much should I ask him to pay me, Benjamin King2? 🙂

How much extra would you guys pay for a Dell Inspiron 15 (i5, 4GB RAM, 1GB graphics) if you’re currently rocking an HP EliteBook 6930p? I'm talking a straight-up trade.