My Laptop isn't as fast as it should be!

[Eldronyx]

My new laptop arrived today and, well, it's not behaving as it should...
I installed Java and then Minecraft, so I could test how fast it was...I got around 30fps! Here's the laptop...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301122833881?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
I've been told that this was a really good buy, but it's just so slow. 🙁
Please can someone tell me what I need to do to fix this!
Have a great day.

 

[Nathan Willis]

Try setting all of your GPU's settings to best performance.
Was the OS a clan install? If not I would install Windows fresh.
Your OS could be bloated. That will make it slow.
Make sure the hard drive is ok.
I failing hard drive will get really slow.
Happy Computing!

 

[bgunner]

you could also try to update the GPU drivers. make sure the laptop is switching over to the GPU and not the iGPU on the Intel chip.

 

[Eldronyx]

When the laptop arrived it had basically nothing installed. I don't know if the place I bought it from has installed any drivers, I tried but it wouldn't install when I tried to download http://driverscollection.com/?file_cid=45526127361e1ffa452960775a8. Please help me...this seems like a big waste of £450. By the way, how do I update the drivers? How do I make sure the hard drive is ok? Please explain!
Thanks!

 

[bgunner]

you need to go to www.AMD.com and download the proper driver for your laptop. They actually have an auto detect on there site to detect your components and point you to the proper driver for your system.

 

[Nathan Willis]

This is how you test your hard drive.

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/tophddiag.htm

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/check-your-hard-disk-for-errors

That should help you. To update the drivers run a Windows Update.
That should automatically update all of your drivers.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/windows-update

Good luck!