Skyrim Gameplay on Acer Aspire One 522 AMD C-60 APU Radeon HD6290

[angiotensinogene]

i used to play this game , but then i took an arrow to the knee

[ContentFortification]

Yagov! This is great, especially since you're demonstrating something very important -- the game of the year (and a very demanding one at that) running on netbooks.

BUT, keep in mind a few things for increased performance:

- Catalyst 12.3 drivers

- Disable Aero while running

- Skyboost and/or 1.4 patch (update 5)

- Perflock CPU at 1.33GHz (p0 mode lock)

- Don't use any other programs/tools/monitors while playing

- Use tweaked .ini to set options lower than in the dialog

Might get you 15+ fps!

[Yagov83]

@ContentFortification

Is this your personal experience?

Have you tried to do the same?

How can you lock clock of CPU at 1.33ghz?

I have played Skyrim without background programs and it was almost the same.

ini edition and some patches could help. When this video been made there were no such things.

My opinion is not to play such wonderful epic games on this netbook! Wait some time and get to your gaming PC to have joy.

[ContentFortification]

@Yagov83

Yes, I have the Acer Iconia TAB W500 with Fusion C-60. With modded BIOS, you can disable AMD Cool'n'Quiet and BrazerosTweaker to lock to p0 (1.33GHz).

With version 1.4 and "Low" settings (minus "Reflect sky"), turn composition/themes off to play at 800x600 (make sure to check "show all resolutions"). It's even smoother if you turn "textures" to low and reduce item fade distance. Catalyst 12.3 "performance"preset.

It plays a lot smoother than in your video now -- try it! :)

[sqeker09]

Do you recommend any way to update all the drivers for the graphics card and what else i need to update for this laptop? I'm planning on buying one like this it's the AO722-0828

[Yagov83]

@sqeker09 I am sorry, but I did not understand the question.

[sqeker09]

@Yagov83 Whats a good program and/or something else to update the drivers, Sometimes it takes like 20 minutes to find the correct drivers.

[Yagov83]

@sqeker09 I am using russian Acer Aspire One fans site to find correct one. Try to find some forums.

I hope soon AMD/ATI would update their download page.

[herbetheperve1337]

how do I update this laptop to a c-60? (got a acer AO 522 myself) I've updated the bios to 1.12 and installed the latest amd driver for c-50 , but both WEI and cpu-z shows me that I'm still using a c-50 , any idea?

[Yagov83]

@herbetheperve1337 this utilities could determine CPU name with just reading CPU ID. It stays the same after updating. Possibly real CPU and GPU clocks have changed. Check Brazos Tweak utility, it shows real APU clocks. And try to compare Windows Benchmark score. CPU score for C-50 should be 2.8 and C-60 3.2.

[MrQelroy]

Dear Yagov83.

I have this Acer Aspire One 522 series laptop, with the same processor as you "AMD Dual-Core C50-1 GHz", but i have 4GB DDR3 ram instead of one, but my Skyrim game lags like hell and heaven, i dont understand why, since you seem to be playing it "without too much hassle".

Anything i did wrong? Some drivers out of date?

Regards Alex.

[Yagov83]

@MrQelroy I do not know. May be in this game performance suffer more because of GPU, which a bit differ in c-50 and c-60

[RandomPinoy09]

Internal capture card.. is there a way to record like that without the need of a pc/ with an external? Avermedia has an external capture card and there's an adapter somewhere that is hdmi to component. Would that work?

[Yagov83]

@RandomPinoy09 if you want to record without performance hit, then you would need another capturing device (i.e. another notebook+ext.TV tuner).

You can not use the same machine with plugged tv tuner, because coding is made with powers of CPU (in most of TV tuners).

[RandomPinoy09]

How exactly are you recording with the AverMedia? Can you explain how you have everything set up? The only thing in my mind that seems correct is that the capture card doesn't hurt performance because it isn't using the netbooks processor.

[Yagov83]

@RandomPinoy09 I have my main PC (Core i5 2500K + AverMedia Capture Card). I connect this netbook via HDMI cable to this capture card. Then with Aver software I perform record. That is why it does not hurt performance.

[ohnezahn1997]

can you test serious sam bfe on this netbook?

[Yagov83]

@ohnezahn1997 I have not bought it yet. And all versions from internet had different problems with crack. This game has same engine as SS:HD, which I could play.

[ohnezahn1997]

@Yagov83 no. serious sam HD first and second encounter serious engine 3. serious sam BFE runs with serious engine 3.5

[Yagov83]

@ohnezahn1997 OK. Have bought it yesterday. Will check it soon

[ohnezahn1997]

@Yagov83 ok. thanks.

[benmitchell0036]

do you think i could run skyrim on my acer aspire one d257? it has a 1.66 ghz processor and comes with 1gb ram (ddr3 memory) but it can be upgraded to 2 gb.

[Yagov83]

@benmitchell0036 No chance. Atom do not have enough horsepowers. And its integrated GPU can't run this game either.

[wri0013]

@benmitchell0036 Yeah mate I've got an Atom and it can't even run 8 year old games smoothly.

[takonx]

gettting acer 522 with c-50 and yours is c-60 my question is do you overclock it to 1.33ghz (i dont know of it automatically clocks when needed no very good with pc when it comes to processors) when yo play games?

[lceus]

@takonx C-60 automatically overclocks. Using brazostweaker you can keep it at 1.33ghz per core. C-50 won't.

[Yagov83]

@takonx c-60 is using TurboCore. It automatically overclocks CPU to 1.33, but only when GPU does not used. In games CPU works on 1ghz

[vicrobert]

hello again, can you run Heroes Of Newerth please? It's Free Game. Thank you very much. :D

[taetaevidz88]

Can u video chat or skype oovoo just webxam ppl!?!

[Yagov83]

@taetaevidz88 It runs perfect. Or you want to see this 0.3 mpx camera shitty picture?

[lceus]

Hey, could you give me some tips to optimize gameplay on my AO522 with the AMD-C60 processor and ATI Radeon HD 6290 graphics?

Skyrim is barely playable for me. I think my processor and ram are the biggest bottlenecks. What I need would be an overclock and a ram upgrade, the latter I;m going to do at the end of the month.

[Yagov83]

@lceus I think no chance to play Skyrim on this netbook. I already have 4gb of RAM, and there is no overclocking available. I have tried to edit config file, but using lowest settings in option menu gives the same result. My advise: Play another game or change netbook.

[monstercameron]

check my latest vid, with the amd system monitor i saw that spiderman FoF ran really well and used 60% or more gpu utilization

[Yagov83]

@monstercameron Nice videos! Acer 522 community grows!

[killla1234456]

Do you use an ssd? and will it help to improve speed in games?

[Yagov83]

@killla1234456 No, this netbook is using stock HDD. SSD will only improve loading times. The weak point of all system is slow CPU. Anyway SSD could dramatically improve system responsiveness at every programm. I have SSD on my main PC, and I will never return to HDD anymore.

[killla1234456]

@Yagov83 Do you think the E-450 is better for graphical programs(Do NOT Read games)

[Yagov83]

@killla1234456 What kind of graphical programs? I am planing to do video with photoshop running and may be some other graphical editors. If you want to see something specific then name this program. E-350/450 has 1.5 times faster CPU. To most graphical editors CPU is more important than GPU. I have used Adobe Lightroom for editing some jpg ~5mpx photos. It was painful, but possible.

[killla1234456]

@Yagov83 Thanks, I ordered a HP Pavilion DM1-4000SD(Dutch) today

[Yagov83]

@killla1234456 Good chose! I like this netbook! But preferred Acer because of its size and price.

[lceus]

This runs surprisingly well, this netbook is a beast! How is WoW performance?

[C0Ddemon27hk]

I'm downloading league now but I have a different one I thinkk BC I recently erecoverd it nd bf it played with 6 fps hopefully I will have a lot more now :)

[BiteThatBullet]

would this run dragon age origins on medium to high?

[Yagov83]

@BiteThatBullet Never played this game. Do not know. Don't think would ever even try.

[BiteThatBullet]

@Yagov83

Thanks for your reply. I've decided to pass up this mediocre netbook in exchange for a much more powerful laptop.

[vicrobert]

@BiteThatBullet Hello, Where can i buy this model of netbook? I have been looking for this for a very long while. Thanks

[BiteThatBullet]

@vicrobert

Try searching Acer Aspire One AO722-0473 11.6-Inch HD Netbook (Espresso Black) on Amazon.

[BiteThatBullet]

@vicrobert

I don't recommend you get this netbook though, as it is very weak.

[vicrobert]

@BiteThatBullet Which Netbook Would you recommend? I have asus n10j-a1 right now and it is running many many games which met my needs. I just need something performance is about the same or higher with higher resolution since mine is 1024x600. The game that I am currently testing is Dota 2,Minecraft,Terraria. Those 3 are the ones i play the most. Other than that i just watch movies and music or youtubes. Thanks.

[peppedaman]

oh yea forgot to mention resolution has to be changed manually in the config file /My Documents/My Games/Skyrim/SkyrimPrefs.ini. dont remember the name but just search for the number 800 or 600 in the config file and you'll find the variables

[peppedaman]

i see a ton of performance affecting probs here:

-software running in the background, weak cpu

-running windowed, with aero on. use fullscreen and if you want to windowed use aerofoil to kill aero and fall to basic first

-turn res down to 800x480, widescreen res looks better on widescreen monitor and is less pixels to process

-make a shortcut direct to TESV.exe, in the target line of shortcut properties after the end quote put "+fullproc +highprio" (without quotes)

appreciate the vid :)

[Yagov83]

@peppedaman Before making this video I have tried to run it fullscreen with small resolution and no background programs. No difference.

[monstercameron]

if these games were optimized for fusion they would play well

[Yagov83]

@monstercameron CPU are TOO slow! This processor is not for gaming, no matter how they would optimize engine.

[monstercameron]

@Yagov83 have you played devil may cry 4, runs pretty well yet resident evil 5 and lost planet sux...all in the optimization

[Yagov83]

@monstercameron I Think this games games does not use CPU too much. Obviously zombies and enemies from DMC4 have bad AI and pathfinding.

[Pikachu8119]

запиши видео с hot putsuit 2010 плз

[Yagov83]

@Pikachu8119 Меня очень разочаровала эта игра. Я возлагал большие надежды на крайтерионов, а они мне словно в душу наплевали этой игрой. Не хочу даже ставить больше это.

[Pikachu8119]

@Yagov83 ну а как вообще игра пошла?

[Yagov83]

@Pikachu8119 Я на плейстейшн играл

[SgtDEagleson1337]

Dont think a CPU dependable game like Skyrim would run all that great on netbooks, but KABLAAM! you show them that it is possible. :3

Kudos to you, good sir.

[monstercameron]

@SgtDEagleson1337 funny thing oblivion ran decently on the c-50 no less

[adhiofawkes]

At least it ran