New laptop, improving fps for team fortress 2

So i picked a new laptop yesterday,:

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-pavilion-15-6-laptop-featuring-amd-phenom-ii-quad-core-p960-dv6-6020ca-black-dv6-6020ca/10167600.aspx?path=1e680b36ce1c91d2bb413903a2ce172ben02

Specs are:

AMD Phenom II Quad Core P960 1.8 GHz

6 GB DDR3 ram AMD Radeon HD 6470M

w/ 512 dedicated ram

Purchased a new desktop not to long ago but I needed a new laptop for the go and I though this would have no problem running tf2. Now the problem is im only getting around 10 fps (:(). The only game i do play is tf2 and i thought for sure this would run it at a decent frame rate. What can i do to get it up? Also, i was told that i have to change up some video card settings on this laptop when i decide to use it for gaming (according to the bestbuy dude). All help is much appreciated.

half a gig or vram doesn't help. its a mobile graphics card.

half a gig or vram doesn't help. its a mobile graphics card.

M4Ntan

Is there any way of having the card leach off the other 6 gigs of ram if possible?

[QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

half a gig or vram doesn't help. its a mobile graphics card.

l____x___O____l

Is there any way of having the card leach off the other 6 gigs of ram if possible?

Sounds impossible.

[QUOTE="l____x___O____l"]

[QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

half a gig or vram doesn't help. its a mobile graphics card.

M4Ntan

Is there any way of having the card leach off the other 6 gigs of ram if possible?

Sounds impossible.

[QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

[QUOTE="l____x___O____l"]

Is there any way of having the card leach off the other 6 gigs of ram if possible?

l____x___O____l

Sounds impossible.

thats dissappointing that it wont run but i think i know why.. portal 2 is probably to blame.. with every game they release valve updates the source engine.. while the system req. dont change the strain on those cards gets worse and your fps will drop..

[QUOTE="l____x___O____l"][QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

Sounds impossible.

ionusX

thats dissappointing that it wont run but i think i know why.. portal 2 is probably to blame.. with every game they release valve updates the source engine.. while the system req. dont change the strain on those cards gets worse and your fps will drop..

so when portal 2 came out did tf2 look better?

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="l____x___O____l"] thats dissapointing, I checked can you run it before making a purchase and said it was more then an enough. I guess ill return it then...M4Ntan

thats dissappointing that it wont run but i think i know why.. portal 2 is probably to blame.. with every game they release valve updates the source engine.. while the system req. dont change the strain on those cards gets worse and your fps will drop..

so when portal 2 came out did tf2 look better?

its engine would have been sharper yes most likely in small ways rememeber this is what the 4th revision since tf2 (l4d 1 & 2, alien swarm, portal 2)

[QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

[QUOTE="ionusX"]\

thats dissappointing that it wont run but i think i know why.. portal 2 is probably to blame.. with every game they release valve updates the source engine.. while the system req. dont change the strain on those cards gets worse and your fps will drop..

ionusX

so when portal 2 came out did tf2 look better?

its engine would have been sharper yes most likely in small ways rememeber this is what the 4th revision since tf2 (l4d 1 & 2, alien swarm, portal 2)

The only thing thats leaving me scratching my head is that my laptop from 2009 (2 gigs, duel core with a built in chipset) had no problem running tf2. Should i turn down the resolution and settings to see if my fps gets better?l____x___O____l

[QUOTE="l____x___O____l"]The only thing thats leaving me scratching my head is that my laptop from 2009 (2 gigs, duel core with a built in chipset) had no problem running tf2. Should i turn down the resolution and settings to see if my fps gets better?ferret-gamer

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="l____x___O____l"]The only thing thats leaving me scratching my head is that my laptop from 2009 (2 gigs, duel core with a built in chipset) had no problem running tf2. Should i turn down the resolution and settings to see if my fps gets better?l____x___O____l

maybe your not testing it enough.. max it out n see what happens?

[QUOTE="l____x___O____l"][QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] what resolution and settings do you run in?ionusX

maybe your not testing it enough.. max it out n see what happens?

The graphics are good and everythings is looking good, just the framerate is killing me. I dont want to return this laptop as i got it for a wicked deal.

(btw, cybersix was an amazing show, which they made season 2).

Does it perform normally in other stuff, you should be defiantly getting higher framerates than that.ferret-gamer