Game performance really bad? Is this a driver issue?

Hey everyone, well I just installed XP SP2 on my MacBook Pro (early 2008). I tried playing a demo of Empire: Total War and it barely ran on the lowest setting. Is this a driver issue, I'm not sure why it would be though. I updated it completely in windows update, and have the 2.1 Boot Camp software installed.

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My doubleBuffer won't work. Would please you tell me what I have to do with my code to fix it? Please also tell why it works.
Thanks,
Virum
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
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There is wrong logic here:
Graphics2D plane2D = bi.createGraphics();
image userPlane = planes[0];
plane.drawImage(userPlane, startPlaneX, startPlaneY, this);
plane.drawImage(bi, 0, 0, this);
you never use 'plane2D' , and it looks that you draw somthing in startPlaneX, startPlaneY, and you immidiate draw bi on top of it.
supose game2 have to be over game1
It have to look like this :
BufferedImage bi;
Graphics2D plane2D ;
bi = new BufferedImage (700, 700, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
plane2D = bi.createGraphics();
public void paint(Graphics plane)
         plane2D.drawImage(planes[0], 0, 0, this);
         plane2D.drawImage(planes[1], startPlaneX, startPlaneY, this);
     plane.drawImage(bi, 0, 0, this);
}I don't think you need the update methode.
If this will work i will show you how to make it faster by using (repaint(x,y,w,h));

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My macbook pro is vibrating and making a horrible noise.
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Back up quickly.
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Howdy inireugg,
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That's good that it is in device manager, but what about in Computer with the rest of the drivers?
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PRE8 driver issue or not?

Hi
I have just bought PRE 8 and installed it on my I7, Windows 7 64 bit, NVIDIA 250 GTS, 6gb ram.
I can start PRE8 editor once, but if I exit the application and try to start the editor again it won't start!
If I restart the computer i can run the editor application again, but if I exit and start over it won't start.
It just says lauching application and nothing more happen. Is this a driver issue?
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Edit
I have tried the NVIDIA beta 195.81 driver and this does not solve the problem. What to do?
Update
The beta driver and a few reboots did the trick so far.
But can't i get rid of that annoying Welcome screen and start the editor directly, it seems to make the application start slower than it could be?
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My Mac OS version is 10.5.2 and all current updates have been installed
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Motherboard: K8N Neo2 Platinum
Yesterday I flashed my BIOS to version 1.C, because of problems when rebooting the computer from Windows (booting would get stuck at the Gigabit Boot Agent, until network cable was removed). The flash was successful, however I noticed a great decrease in game performance after booting into Windows. Games like WoW and F.E.A.R. Combat had their fps reduced to less then 30 fps, where 40-50 fps were not abnormal before the flash.
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Image of new and old benchmark:
http://www.sloefke.eu/f/benchmarks.jpg
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Quote from: kakarocht on 01-September-06, 22:59:01
I'm sure that you're using liveupdate?
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tried to used the manual way to flashed it.
I flashed the BIOS manually, if that's what you're asking.
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I've same mobo like yours and used Bios 1C from Syar's. Refer to my sig in order to flashed it. ALso troed to reset your BIOS by removing the CMOS battery and leave it for 10-30 min make sure you've removed the power cord as well as power connectors and load all the default setting before you need to reflashed it again. Gd luck
I don't fully understand this part of your reply. Should I first remove the battery and then reflash the BIOS? What's the difference between removing the battery and resetting the BIOS with the JBAT jumper?
And what are the modifications of the Syar BIOS compared to the MSI 1.C BIOS? Will it resolve my problem?

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Hi there,
here is the link to explain the memory you need to buy and how to fit it yourself....(Very easy to do, by the way)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303085
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Are you in the UK?
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