Gaming Make PC Game run faster/smoother?

[saison]

Alright, I have a few questions.

1. What are the settings that would make it run fastest?

2. What are ways I could improve it's speed? I really wanna play, I've beaten it once on that computer, but with lag and it gave me a headache constantly.

3. My systems specs are:
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600)
System Model: Dimension 2400
Processor: Intel Celeron CPU 2.40GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
Graphics Card: Intel 82848G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Sound Card: SoundMAX Digital Audio

Also, don't ask me to use the Can I Run it? Website. I don't have internet on my computer, I'm typing this on my crap laptop.

I'd appreciate the help, and thanks in advance

 

[Skyline969]

My guess would be to do whatever you can to lower the screen resolution/graphics quality of the game, and don't use shadows and/or anti-aliasing (if you can help it, some games aren't playable without some form of it) if at all possible. Also, lower the lighting quality, and reflections (if applicable) should be lowered or disabled.

 

[saison]

Alright, all that has been done currently before I posted this.

 

[Skyline969]

Alright, all that has been done currently before I posted this.

Disable sound and/or music? Erm... increase your system's page file? Close some other background applications?

 

[Sir-Fritz]

Buy a graphics card.

 

[saison]

Should've mentioned free. I also did all that, Skyline and it didn't change anything.

I would have a graphics card, but I'm planning on using my money for a PS3.

 

[Skyline969]

Hate to say it, but there's not much else you can do other than the stuff I specified. The rest is just getting better hardware.

 

[saison]

So there's no program I could use or nothing? Besides overclocking.

 

[Westside]

So there's no program I could use or nothing? Besides overclocking.

If anything at all running a program would only slow things down. It doesn't really work like that. Unless you tone down your graphics settings. Such as resolution and quality to the lowest. Other than that, the only thing you can do is buy a new computer.

 

[saison]

Buying a new computer is a bit drastic, but yeah, I know I need to upgrade. Just ain't in the area to afford it right now.

 

[Joe88]

theres nothing you can do

the whole system is outdated
buying new hardware (like a gfx card) would make it being held back from its full potential by the rest of the hardware

overclocking isnt an option
your computer is locked from making such changes

 

[saison]

Alright, I guess I'll just have to wait sometime during college.

 

[FAST6191]

I agree with the others posting here although I will single out your graphics card- Intel do not make game grade graphics cards and as far as I can see ( http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SYST...sm_en/specs.htm ) the motherboard does not even support a cheap one (fable is an old game which an older card could run quite happily).

On the other hand ignore the in game or pre game options and head right to the source- under graphics properties (varies with drivers so I am not about to get specific) there should be options to change what goes with various settings and part of this will include 3d and part of that will include thing likes "let application decide". Tell it there to go for speed and drop everything you can.

 

[saison]

I checked the settings of my graphic card and there wasn't anything I could really configure, and I don't believe mine supports anti-aliasing to whomever mentioned that earlier.

I did change the game's aspect ratio to 16:9 and that SEEMED to speed it up for a little while, but that's it. Other than that, no other FPS gain.

Also, I briefly saw these programs, GameGain2 and GameBooster, would those help or not?

 

[Elritha]

The Celeron cpu is holding you back, as is the gpu. There's really nothing you can do as they're both very weak components.

 

[Shakraka]

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[nitrostemp]

i just use apples time machine, to take me to a good performance pc (a mac)

 

[saison]

Wow, so funny. I'm not in a budget to even buy a PC, so there's no way I'd buy a Mac unless I knew that it could play epic games.