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Hi,
> So are you telling me my 2600+ is not fast enough for this game? It was
No, I didn't say anything to that effect. At a cursory glance, it seems
to me that your computer is fast enough to play UT2004 -- heck, I can
play it on my P4 1.7M laptop, and it still works well.
(I was just offering advice regarding your inclination toward purchasing
a 5900-series card. There are better alternatives for your money, if
you're intent on getting a new card.)
> alomst a year ago when the demo came out. In fact it was In December when I
> got the retail version, and has been until recently. (not arguing... asking)
>
> Do any of the updates have anything to do with this?
Diagnosing performance problems over Usenet is inherently difficult
because people don't know you (and don't know how competent you might
be).
e.g., for anyone to even begin making an accurate guess as to why a game
on your computer runs slowly, you would need to provide way more
information, like ...
a) What operating system are you using?
b) Are you running the latest video and sound card drivers?
c) Have you tried turning down the sound quality in the game?
d) When measuring performance, are all of the settings set to their
minimal values (in the game)? Have you overridden application defaults
(in the video card settings), perhaps by manually forcing AA or AF?
d) Have you tried starting the resolution off fairly low, and measuring
the performance at that point? In a previous post, you mentioned a very
nonstandard resolution ("1024 x 1268"). Set the resolution to 640x480,
and work its way up until things get choppy. (It's very likely that
your 5200-series card is severely underpowered for the resolution that
you want it to drive.)
e) Assuming that you're running a Windows operating system ... Have you
run a virus checker lately? If you're running Linux, is the card using
the AGPgart or the Nvidia module's built-in AGP driver? (I find the
built-in driver *much* faster.)
f) For a Windows box, have you run an anti-spyware tool recently?
g) How many background tasks do you have running (e.g., how many little
icons appear in your system tray)? When you do a 'top' (or open task
manager), and sort by memory, how much memory do you have available?
What kind of load averages do you see prior to (and during) game play?
h) When you say that the game is choppy, is that during online or
"Instant action" play? How big is the map that you're testing? (Is it
a large, custom map?) Does the choppiness change based on the map? If
it's in "Instant action", how many bots are playing? If it's in online
play, what kind of Internet connection do you have?
cheers
Kris ("Dr._V")
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