i have a compaq presario cq50 notebook with these specs

processor: genuine intel(r) CPU 575 @ 2.00 GHz

memory RAM: 2.00 GB

system type: 32Bit operating system

and it has windows vista home basic

heres my situation, i was playing LFS on my old desktop but it was un upgradeable and the FPS was between 10-20 with everything turned off including smoke, rubber, trees, etc. so since christmas was coming i asked for a notebook so i could have my own computer, take it where i wanted and hopefully play LFS better, but thats not the case, i brought LFS over from the other computer on a flashdrive and started it up and it only runs at 5 more FPS so max is 25FPS that ive seen with everything off, is it because of the laptop, or do i need a certain version of LFS for vista... or what?

so thats my dilema and i want to know if its just because i dont have a vista version of LFS if there even is one or if i need to upgrade my computer, and if so can i even upgrade this notebook? and if so to what should i upgrade?

Whats the graphics card? Most likely got Intel integrated junk - It which case your screwed as theres no way you can upgrade it.

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Whats the graphics card? Most likely got Intel integrated junk - It which case your screwed as theres no way you can upgrade it.

Mmmhm, unfortunatly true. Save up for a newer laptop.

i just got it last month, it doesnt get much newer than that

New laptops still come with onboard GFX - unfortunately all you can do is look for a laptop with a faster graphics card on it (i.e. even a basic 8400GS, 8600GT, 9300, 3470 or 3670 is a start).

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i just got it last month, it doesnt get much newer than that

yesterday?
sorry, it was too easy. please continue.
but seriously, maybe changing os to XP might help just because xp is not a rescourse hog like vista is.

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but seriously, maybe changing os to XP might help just because xp is not a rescourse hog like vista is.

Agreed, I've switched my Vista laptop to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 7, as they use far less resources. Even with 2GB of RAM, some of that is used for video RAM, and a huge chunk is used by Vista just to look pretty, leaving LFS with very little. By installing a cleaner OS, you can leave LFS with a bit more RAM, which should help a bit

Laptop GPUs aren't great anyway, unless they're dedicated, like Jakg said. That's by far the main problem