Problems in dota

wzhuo2 said:

I've searched and searched for a solution, and finally found the solution to the problem. The problem was the graphics card and the standard display driver model that comes with the lab top. I had Intel graphics card with the Intel accelerated graphic display driver model, which sucks. Most of the time you can't download a new display driver model software, because it isn't compatible with the graphics card hardware, so you'll need to get a new graphics card. Nvidia is a good brand for graphics card. For future knowledge, don't get the graphics card that's built in, make sure it has external graphics card.

but i have an intel HD Graphics card(i5) on my new laptop. giving around 750mb of video memory. like i said in my earlier posts, i had an old laptop with around 256mb of video memory and doesnt experience this 3-5 seconds of lag. so i guess its not my video card then?

Yes, I actually changed a laptop with Nvidia graphics card and the problem was fixed. no more lag in Dota or any other 3D graphics games. I'm 100% sure it's the graphics card that's caused the lag in this case, if firewall or internet connection isn't the problem.

FYI.... Intel have very shitty graphic card and display driver model.

Yeap, so I've tried about everything out there...no fix. Called Lenovo support; they basically can't do anything other than replace my system with different OS/specs/etc (I have a 64 bit)...So is this an issue that Microsoft should / is going to fix...

angeloelibz24 said:

For those who have Intel HD graphics, try this
1. Be sure you have the LATEST driver
2. Go to Intel's graphics properties
3. Go to 3D settings
4A. Try adjusting the 3D Preference to "Performance"
4B. Better yet, try changing the custom settings

1. Texture Quality to Balance (for those with X3100 and lower, I suggest you go with Performance, but please note the reduced texture and model quality in your games when you go for this)
2. Anisotropic Filtering to Application Settings
3. Vertex Processing to either Default or Enable Software Processing (this depends on the type of GPU and CPU you use; I recommend you test each setting and see what performs best)
4. Vertical Sync to Application Settings (Important Note: Setting the Vertical Sync on always result to LAG)

Setting to the 'performance' level helps a bit, however the frequent lag is still there. I am not sure yet whether I should change my graphic card or not. I used to have windows xp with intel graphic card and it went well with dota.
I've tried to look at the other forums and tried evrything they suggested, but so far none of them works.

As shown in 'dxdiag', my system specs:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook PC
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM

My display info:
Card name: Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator HD
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator HD (Core i5)
Display Memory: 1696 MB
Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
Shared Memory: 1632 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Native Mode: 1280 x 800(p) (59.994Hz)
Driver Name: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumdx32,igd10umd32
Driver File Version: 8.15.0010.1986 (English)
Driver Version: 8.15.10.1986
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/30/2009 15:23:10, 5956608 bytes