How to speed up RW windows 8

[NSrailfan6130]

Would anybody happen to have any tips on how to make Railworks run faster on a Windows 8 PC with very little downloaded programs, its brand new

[arizonachris]

It would help us a lot to know what the specs of this PC are. First off, is this a laptop or a desktop? Next we need this info:
CPU type, make and speed
Amount of system memory (RAM)
Video card make and model
hard drive size
Win 8 32 bit or 64 bit?

If you don't know this info, you can download and run Speccy: http://www.piriform.com/speccy then post the results here.

Now, when you say make RW run faster, you mean the frame rate? Do you get stuttering/ slowing? You mean route or scenario loading times?

[NSrailfan6130]

Ok Ill download that

[NSrailfan6130]

Here is what it gave me I am not a tech person so I don't completely know what it means

Speccy Outcome:

Operating System
Windows 8 64-bit
CPU
AMD E-350
Zacate 40nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB DDR3 @ 532MHz (7-7-7-20)
Motherboard
Gateway ZX4250 (P0) 60 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
384MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics (Acer Incorporated [ALI]) 60 °C
Storage
465GB Western Digital WDC WD50 00AAKX-221CA1 SATA Disk Device (SATA) 40 °C
Optical Drives
Slimtype DVD A DS8A8SH

[arizonachris]

Not gonna get very good performance out of that desktop PC. The graphics are built into the CPU chip and is not good enough for TS2014. You need a dedicated graphics card with at least 1Gb of video memory, that PC has only 384Mb of "shared" video memory. CPU is also on the slow side.

[Ericmopar]

The CPU isn't very strong either.
When I looked up the GPU, it came up with a notebook site.
When I looked that up, it came up as a all in one type. I'm not sure you can even upgrade the graphics etc on those.

[GSkid]

That processor is an APU.....which means the CPU and GPU are etched on the same silicon die. It's basically an advanced netbook processor. Not suitable for 3D gaming to any great degree. It's used mostly in low-end notebooks for people who mostly watch HD video and surf the net. It's at the bottom end of AMD's APU line.

Looking up your processor, it's a dual-core running 1.6GHz at 18 watts TDP power consumption and the GPU has 80 cores. In comparison, my laptop APU is a dual-core running at 2.7GHz normal/3.2GHz turbo at 35 watts TDP power consumption and the built-in GPU (not my dedicated GPU card) has 192 cores.

Needless to say... you aren't gonna get good performance in TS2013. Your low clock speed and amount of GPU cores is killing it.

Just curious.......what kind of framerates are you getting out of it and on what routes? I bought my mother an E-300 based Windows 8 notebook for her birthday that has the same 80 GPU cores as you, but an even lower 1.3GHz clock speed. I've been curious to see how TS2013 would run on it, but I haven't been curious enough to install it on hers to find out.

To Ericmopar.....

I'm almost positive his laptop won't allow a dedicated GPU card to upgrade his GPU specs. Mine does (which I did), but my APU is mid-level.... his is low-end.

[Ericmopar]

To Ericmopar.....

I'm almost positive his laptop won't allow a dedicated GPU card to upgrade his GPU specs. Mine does (which I did), but my APU is mid-level.... his is low-end.

You're right. I looked it up and it seems to be an "All in One" PC, not a laptop.
I looked up "Upgrading an All in One" on Google, and came up with consistent answers that it's not doable.
They solder everything onto the board on those things.

[arizonachris]

Yes, the Gateway ZX4250 is an All_In_One, generally speaking (except for very high end HP's) they are not upgradable as far as installing an add-in video card. Board would have to have a PCI-E 16x slot.

[GSkid]

I see. I just assumed it was a laptop since it uses a laptop APU. So it's basically a desktop internet terminal more or less due to the low power mobile APU chip in it.

[arizonachris]

Exactly, Gary. They got rid of the desktop box and put the laptop board behind a monitor, then threw a keyboard/ mouse in with the deal. Not portable, or prone to overheating like a laptop.

[NSrailfan6130]

This is my House's desktop and im planning on getting a new laptop which would be best suitable for running a game like ts 2014 or train simulators in the future that would be available

[NSrailfan6130]

You guys are way above and completely surpass my knowledge of computers and such

[arizonachris]

Building and fixing computers, as well as having my own tech support website for years now, plus doing tech support at a few other websites, plus reading all the new "stuff" that's always coming out, I suppose I know a little.

Don't take that the wrong way, I sure as heck don't claim to "know it all" by any means. Because I sure don't. It's a lot to keep up with for sure. If you have any other questions, like what to buy, post in the Geek Speak section, we can help you out.

[NSrailfan6130]

Well what laptop would u suggest or maybe a website that can show what computers have the best performance, because I want to get a new one