BF3 Low FPS with decent laptop?!

SnowfireX

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Hey i have an Acer Aspire E1 572G laptop which
Comes with i5 4200U, 4 GB ram, and R7 M265 2GB and im getting around 10 fps, the auto detect puts everything in ultra but its like 5-7 fps, and on low even resolutions gets to 10-12 MP and SP, i did a fresh install and all, drivers up to date aswell... And yes my catalyst as BF3.exe set to high performance, i really dont know what to do.... Well in comparison the other game i have here is watchdogs which im playing at 30+ fps with everything on low expected the same or better on BF3 and on watchdogs res is 1280x720 instead of 1366x768 just to get those extra fps...
 

invisibilian

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that is normal. your laptop is built for productivity and media consumption but not for gaming. you should expect low FPS in games like BF3. There are nothing you can do about it. Your GPU is simply too weak to handle those games. if you really want to game on a PC, you should consider building your own desktop.

BTW, R7 M265 is not the same as R7 265 (desktop part), the desktop part will run much faster despite sharing the same name.
 

SnowfireX

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I know, but shouldnt i, at least be able to get 30 fps? Even on low? 12 is not normal, if i can get 30 on watchdogs why come i cant even get half of it on BF3 thats the point