For the record, my computer is near minimum specs, but still there is no way I should be getting 10FPS at 640x480 resolution.

I have tried numerous cvars, and tweaking programs (for cry2) but none of them have seemed to affect my FPS at all.

I'm thinking the major things killing my framerate is Shadows and all forms of Anti-Aliasing. If there is any way I could turn off both options, I believe this could help a great bit.

Also for the record:
- I'm on a laptop
- I have a lot of experience with tweaking games/drivers/etc for different game engines so yea I do know whats going on a good bit
- This laptop doesn't have an upgradable GPU
- I have little to no money
- I can't find a job (trying yes, but no luck yet)

Just figured I'd throw those in there before someone feels the need to say something along the lines of "well no just go spend hundreds on a better computer right nao n00b" (I get this a lot in other places).

Download this.

generally, don't game on pc's with bad hardware. you can probably get it to run at some sort of "acceptable rate" but then you pretty much just killed the point of most games on pc's.

Install crysis 1, its the real crysis 2. They just named / made them backwards.

what are you settings and specs?

Please list exactly what you have not just that you have a laptop and its near min specs. Just because you have a 8800gt mobile version (just an example) doesn't mean it will be the same as a discrete card because most mobile GPU's are either cut down from their respective discrete models or run at slower clock and shader speed. Also Crysis 1 runs significantly worse on same spec pc's so thats not an answer either.

Also when was the last time you updated your bios/drivers for that laptop?

Compaq 515:
Radeon HD 3200 256MB GPU, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 2.2GHz Dual Core CPU.

Bios updated maybe a few weeks ago (the latest BIOS was released a year ago maybe? it was a good while ago though).

You might as well be playing the game on xbox360 or playstation 3. A laptop hardware is not the equivilant of desktop pc hardware, as velozzity noted. It's entirely different and is not nearly as performance heavy as it is designed for power conservation. There will be no way to make the game run better on that laptop. Sorry.

Yeah, you totally need a new GPU. Actually, just keep looking for a job. Once you get one, save up a lot of money, and spend about 1000 bucks on a sweet rig. 500 bucks for a cool TV/monitor and 100 bucks for a decent mouse and keyboard (only decent is needed, but some people like to go over-the-top with glowing super crazy featured mouses).

Yea I was pretty sure it was because of my GPU but I wished there was something more I could do.

Thanks for the tips all

just keep looking for a job. Once you get one, save up a lot of money, and spend about 1000 bucks on a sweet rig. 500 bucks for a cool TV/monitor and 100 bucks for a decent mouse and keyboard.
Spoken like a true 15 year old who got his computer from mommy and daddy-dear.

When you live alone (or with wife and kids) saving up money doesn't work like saving your allowance.
Real life svcks balls when it comes to money, so enjoy your time being mommies special little guy because life is waiting for you... and it's gonna get ya...

Yeh bummer about your Gpu man that really is the problem, I have an inferior dualcore in my laptop but it plays great due to the NV 9600 mobile chip .

I actually looked at the min requirements and it may not be that the GPU itself is underpowered as much as it has 256mb less memory than required...Note minimal requirements for game with 512mb Video Memory. However I've never owned a HD3200 so I have no Idea how powerful it is in respect to a 8800gt which is considered to be minimal used for this game....Ok i see it now, minimal of HD3850 discrete card.

I think that i might have a way for you to customize your settings more to improve your FPS:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1807934

I really hope this helps.

generally, don't game on pc's with bad hardware. you can probably get it to run at some sort of "acceptable rate" but then you pretty much just killed the point of most games on pc's.

First off, he didn't post the specs of his laptop.

Second, most laptops of the past year or so have better hardware (both CPU and GPU) than the *desktop* I play the game on - and I play at 1024x768/Gamer-modified (I increased the textures from Low to Medium - all of them).

Here's my desktop loadout:

Intel Celeron DC E3400
3 GB DDR2-800
AMD HD5450 512 MB GDDR3 (VisionTek passive-cooled)
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
7 Ultimate x64+SP1+IE9 RTW

I have added the 1.1 patch.

Problems - none.

SP fun - plenty.

(And that's though I'm only through the fourth stage so far - Real Life tends to get in the way. However, I'm getting some SP NS2 time at some point every day.)

I want the specs for the laptop in question before I even try to answer his post - consider the specs of my *desktop*, and my lack of issues, either he has a really old laptop or something fishy is with that post.

I actually looked at the min requirements and it may not be that the GPU itself is underpowered as much as it has 256mb less memory than required...Note minimal requirements for game with 512mb Video Memory. However I've never owned a HD3200 so I have no Idea how powerful it is in respect to a 8800gt which is considered to be minimal used for this game....Ok i see it now, minimal of HD3850 discrete card.

HD3200 is likely the issue - there are some folks with the HD4200 (direct successor in terms of laptops) that play today. If he is running an older version of Catalyst (likely, as no Catalyst version prior to 10.3 included support for the HD3200) he needs to update at least to 11.2.

just keep looking for a job. Once you get one, save up a lot of money, and spend about 1000 bucks on a sweet rig. 500 bucks for a cool TV/monitor and 100 bucks for a decent mouse and keyboard.
Spoken like a true 15 year old who got his computer from mommy and daddy-dear.

When you live alone (or with wife and kids) saving up money doesn't work like saving your allowance.
Real life svcks balls when it comes to money, so enjoy your time being mommies special little guy because life is waiting for you... and it's gonna get ya...

Especially when you don't need that much.

When doing BYO (and that's what I've done with every rig I've owned except the very first), consider what can be easily transferred from one build to the next.

Hard drives are usually transferrable (especially SATA hard drives).
The same applies to optical drives.

What usually *isn't* transferrable: CPU, GPU, system RAM.

What should *never* be re-used (if moving from brand-name, such as Dell/HP): the case and power supply. While both Dell and HP have some great-looking (on the outside) cases, the interiors are so proprietary and custom they might as well be from Apple. The power supplies are often undersized and underpowered as well.

Also, if you have a Dell/HP, you can actually upgrade it judiciously in most cases - providing the system is two years old or less. While a lot of base Dell/HP systems include onboard graphics, they don't preclude swapping in a discrete GPU (at worst, the base power supply may make that a tough swap). Fortunately, there are discrete PCIe GPUs that don't require anything more than the power draw from the PCIe bus that fit Crysis 2's requirements (my own AMD HD5450 is one of the lowest-priced such GPUs; if you prefer nVidia, look for the GT240, another bargain-basemant option).

Memory - Surprisingly, 3 GB oF DDR2 is plenty for Crysis 2 - as long as you aren't relying on onboard graphics (which steals from system RAM). If you're in the latter category, upgrade to 4 GB and, if possible, make sure you're running Vista or 7 x64. (Unlike the original Crysis, Crysis 2 is x64-ready.)

Unlike Crysis, Crysis 2 is not a hardware-eater disguised as a shooter (which is, actually, a major reason why it's getting pilloried). Generally, if you can play Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty at decent settings, you should have no trouble playing Crysis 2 at decent settings. (Also, unlike the original Crysis, you need not max all the settings to have it looking decent. 1024x768 and, if you use the Crysis 2 Advanced Graphics Options tool, all-medium, looks sharper than the defaults of 1024x768-Gamer, which itself doesn't look bad.)