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Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:07 am**

hey all, i have a problem with my morrowind gameplay.First of all i have an emachines e625 laptop with windows 7 64 BIT OS(in spanish) 3 gb ram amd athlon tf-20. THE PROBLEM i have is that morrowind lags all the time, i usually get 20 fps, sometimes i get like 50-60 fps but rarely. WHAT COULD THE PROBLEM BE?? I HOPE ANYBODY COULD HELP ME. THX:|

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:32 am**

20FPS? What are you complaining about?

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:14 pm**

and you think thats much? it could be better. any suggestions what could i do?

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:34 pm**

Hard to believe that the game actually lags.
Anyhow, what's your resolution? Playing at a slightly lower resolution can help.

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:18 pm**

my resolution is 800X600, but it doesnt lag all the time, i comes in waves and it can be pretty annoying

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:21 pm**

Hmmm...that's a pretty low resolution. You've got enough RAM but I googled your processor and it's pretty slow. I reckon that's your problem.

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:15 pm**

Have you tried toning down the graphics a bit? My system is a pretty good one, and it still lags playing games sometimes if on high graphic levels.

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:02 pm**

OK, THX all of you for helping me out with this. Could tuneup utilities be a factor in this problem, should i uninstall it? GIve me some suggestions to try and fix the problem. Thx again

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:04 pm**

what should i do to tone down the graphics?

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:04 pm**

Go into the options tab under the game menu. Lower the sliders under the video section, such as distance rendered, etc. They don't need to be -too- low, just lower than what you have currently.

Posted: **Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:34 am**

Dirgean wrote:and you think thats much? it could be better. any suggestions what could i do?

I can live off 20. It's a pretty average frame-rate. Especially for Morrowind as it doesn't have any LoD.

Posted: **Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:21 pm**

i dont have this problem only with morrowind, i have it when i play other games too. What do you think about tuneup utilities regarding the lag?

Posted: **Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:54 pm**

In case your e625 refers to Acer laptop, you probably have an ATI RadeonTM XPress1200 video card, shared, which is very bad for games. Your CPU should make the game, but your video card doesn't - it was never meant to do it. Goes for other games too...

You could try Game Booster, http://game-booster.en.softonic.com/. It shuts down unnecessary programs, freeing capacity for the game. Quite a few members here have recommended it, saying it has given increased FPS.

But finally, you know, you need the right tool for everything: wanna game, get yourself the proper vehicle.

Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:32 am**

Thanks a lot, i have downloaded the Game Booster and i`ll try it and tell you if i get any improvements.

Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:45 am**

A lot has already been covered, but running a defrag could improve overall performance. I would say Andere is on the money with his hypotheses though.

Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:01 pm**

Cry me a river.

I play morrowind on my trusty IBM R40. P4m 2ghz, 768mb RAM and mobility Radeon 7500 (32mb)... and that's with a resolution of 1400x1050.

But the following suggestions seems to work for most people.

1. Google and download the "FPS optimizer" mod.
2. Tweak the .INI file. There are several guides on how to do this, here's an example: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/316/t ... index.html

Good luck, and remember that there are those who are worse off!

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:01 pm**

Thanks a lot and i`ve downloaded the fps optimizer. things should be better now.

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:03 am**

thank you everyone for your help, i can finally play morrowind at a good framerate (60), once again thanks a lot you`ve been a great help, all of you.

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:44 pm**

i have another problem now:when i check the multi-mark mod in fps optimizer and in game when i use the ¨Mark¨ spell i get an error and the game exits to desktop. What can i do?

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:12 pm**

From what I've heard of the FPS optimizer, you should be getting version 1.96. Version 2.0,the one with multi mark, is extremely buggy. Maybe download optimizer version 1.96 and a separate mod for multi mark?

Posted: **Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:12 pm**

yeah thx the mod works but i still have the lagging problem. at the moment im running the game with the lowest resolution 640X something... what other suggestions do you have( i have the game booster and fps optimizer)

Posted: **Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:24 pm**

@Scozzar: http://www.lapspecs.com/wiki/acer+emachines+e625

According to some benchmarks and people, resolution doesn't really matter when playing Morrowind. You could try upping it and see if it actually makes any real difference. In my experience shadows are the biggest hit, so turn those off completely if you haven't already. Also set AI distance to close and maybe turn off the music.

I think that game booster does this already, but shut down all the other programs when running the game. I also second this:

Dagoth Ur wrote:2. Tweak the .INI file. There are several guides on how to do this,

While it haven't exactly worked miracles for me personally, some people have reported substantial increases in fps. I put a small guide from the official forums in the spoiler tag:

Spoiler:

The last thing I can think of is changing the direct3d settings of your grapgics chipset as that is the only mode that Morrowind can be run in. However, I have no idea of how to do it in windows 7 or with your particular chipset (or whether it's possible at all?).

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:39 am**

so what should i do?

Posted: **Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:04 pm**

by desktop you mean PC. and how do i do that stuff with the ram? explain please

Posted: **Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:58 pm**

If you really want to maximize your fps then i suggest gamebooster, but i see nothing wrong with 20 fps

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