Slightly Disappointed =(

[arussell]

Still, for BF1942, that system should be more that enough. My current computer, 866 MHZ, 384 MB ram, geforce4 ti4200, still runs BF1942 with good framerates unless there are a lot of people in the game(works CPU harder). It is not choppy at all for me so although the rest of ur system is is slower than ur card, I would definately have to say there is something else wrong if your experiencing choppiness with that system. Like everyone else has said, a clean install of windows would not be a bad idea.

System on the way:
Antec Sonata Case w/380W PSU
Athlon 64 3200+
MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
1 GB Mushkin PC3500
Sapphire Radeon 9800PRO
WD Raptor 74 GB

 

[cleeve]

Define "Just not very well"

If BF is truly CPU limited, then it really doesn't matter what kind of videocard you're running. Geforce or Radeon.

And whoever said that Geforces work better with slower processors, please provide some proof of that. Because I've never heard or witnessed that at all.

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9500 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(hardmodded 9500, o/c 322/322)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>2600+</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 2400+ w/143Mhz fsb)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>4,055</b></font color=red>

 

[pauldh]

By the way, according to the VGA Charts III, nothing except the Radeon 9800XT beats out the 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro in BF1942.

<A HREF="http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/vga-charts-04.html" target="_new">http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/vga-charts-04.html</A>

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9500 Pro, Santa Cruz, Antec 1000AMG, TruePower 430watt

 

[redface]

What type of RAM do you have for your system?
PC133 or other?


A fine day!

 

[rgw]

PC133 I *think*

Hmmm even though it does say max RAM is 512 do you think I can get more as there are still some empty ram slots

here is a ilnk to my comp specs I have btw- just imagine a 9800 pro and another stick of 256 SDRAM- haven't changed anything else.

<A HREF="http://hardwarecentral.dealtime.com/xPF-Sony_VAIO_Digital_Studio_PCV_RX560" target="_new">http://hardwarecentral.dealtime.com/xPF-Sony_VAIO_Digital_Studio_PCV_RX560</A>

 

[pauldh]

Looks like you are running PC133 or maybe even PC100 in that system. Adding more Ram won't help your performance, it is the speed of your Ram that is slowing you down. Again, not to knock your system, but you have a very high end video card in an aging computer. The early Willamette P4's running with PC100/133 on an 845 motherboard, were not really any faster than the PIII's. They did a little better with Rambus memory on the 850 chipset. I'll have to stick my R9500 Pro into a PIII 1.0GHZ and play around with BF1942 settings. I would think that you can get it to play decently by changing some settings.

Have you run any 3dmark2001se tests, 3dmark03, and PCMark2002? I'd be curious to see what scores you are getting.

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9500 Pro, Santa Cruz, Antec 1000AMG, TruePower 430watt

 

[pauldh]

Also, do you have a seperate sound card, or integrated(on board)? If it is integrated, that robs even more performance.


ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt

 

[rgw]

I'll post those scores as soon as I can. Thanks for the all the input guys. As for the integrated sound card... would there be an easy way to find this out via windows?

 

[tombance]

You should really consider reformatting before suspecting your hardware. Is it really that hard to reinstall windows??

<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7454540" target="_new">Yay, I Finally broke the 12k barrier!!</A>

 

[coylter]

his cpu/mobo/ram are holding him back hard.

Athlon 2700xp+ (oc: 3200xp+ with 200fsb) , Radeon 9800pro (oc: 410/370) , 512mb pc3200 (3-3-3-2), Asus A7N8X-X

 

[addiarmadar]

If you went from Nvidia to ATI then you may have to reinstall windows. I used the cleaner with no success. However your system specs could also play a lag issue. Check to see if your peak charge is exceding the total physical memory. If it does then there is your lag problem.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)

 

[pauldh]

The absolute easiest way to tell if you have integrated sound or a sound card is too look at the back of your case and see where your speakers hook up. Is it down by the PCI slots, or is it up withing the IO shield with your mouse, Keyboard, serial and Parrallel ports. If it is in th ioshield, it's integrated. If it is in the card slots, it could be either. Pop open your case and see if there is a sound card or just a small plate that doesn't actually go into the PCI socket but just uses a cable and the slot. Confusing? Just check where your speakers are plugged in and see if on the inside of your case it is actually a card plugged into the PCI slot. Most integrated sound solutions take up alot of CPU power and you don't really have much to spare when it comes to gaming.

By the way, I disagree with the reinstall Windows suggestions. That may be your solution but it isn't your starting place. Run those benchmarks and lets see how your system scores. Why reinstall windows only to find out your cpu/mobo/ram are holding you back. most problems can be solved without reinstalling windows. If you have a 3 year old installation of Windows 98, a reinstall would be a great place to start. But Win XP is better than most people think. That doesn't mean you never have to reinstall it, but just don't use that as a First course of action.

I just hate hearing people say right away... reinstall windows. Especially without knowing what level of experience and knowledge people had. I can tell you that at least 1/3 maybe 1/2 of my customers have NO BUSINESS even thinking of reinstalling windows themselves. If they did, they might never see their computer booting properly again. And I can just imagine the lack of data backups most people do. It's not that it is really that hard, but for someone who never has done it, it could be dissasterous.

By the way, I am not at all implying that you couldn't reinstall windows. I am just stating it isn't good advice to tell everyone and anyone to reinstall windows, without helping them diagnose their problems first and finding out if they are up to such a task.

Such advice may be a way of getting noob's off the forums as they might never be able to get online again. At least those folks wouldn't be able to come back crying and screaming at the ones who just blurt out reinstall windows.


ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt

 

[savethesquirrels]

I also got an ATI card (radeon 9600XT) and also had an Nvidia card (5200FX). I forgot to uinstall the Nvidia drivers and had no prob, then I uninstalled the nvidia drivers and still had no prob. My framerates are extremely better and I can finally play Halo. BF 1942 looks awesome and there is no lag at all. I think yer bottle neck is the RAM. Yer using SDRAM and not DDR and to get any kind of performace u NEED DDR. I've tested both SDRAM and DDR systems with an Athlon 1GHz and 512MB, same drives everything and the difference is undeniable. Sorry if someone already mentioned this, I didn't read the whole thread.

Tech @ AAHS
Academy School D20

 

[Rob423]

yeah there's deff some setting problems.......... Im running GF4 ti4200 128mb Leadtek and i Run Max Payne 2, COD, and BF at rediculous settings the graphics look awesome........ That card should easily be able to tear this card up

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
80gb Maxtor
200gb WD 8mb cache..
Lian-Li PC-60
Lite-On 52X
AMD XP2800+
LeadTek GeForce 4 Ti4200 w/vivo 128mb 8x
Hitachi CML174
1 GB Corsair XMS PC3200 Cas2

 

[pauldh]

But look at the rest of your system. Your CPU/Ram are so much better than his. His is totally unable to keep up with his 9800 Pro. With the same video card as his, you would get twice the fps that he would get in some games. Maybe you two should trade cards.

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9800 Pro, Santa Cruz, TruePower 430watt

 

[rgw]

Via dxdiag, I have directx 9.0 btw, I turned hardware sound acceleration off. And yea my sound card is definately integrated =( I'm also going to turn sound quality to lowest ingame. Maybe these two things will help a bit. Also just did a major clean-up of the system, defragged/system registries ect.

 

[pat]

Maybe your drivers are not well installed. Go in device manager, find system device, click on the + and in the list, find AGP to PCI...(writing that from memory). right-click, update drivers, and let windows find the driver. May find the good onee and register it correctly.

-Always put the blame on you first, then on the hardware !!!