Guba 0 Posted April 30, 2003 Hiya guys, Here go my specs: QDI 7E333A AMD 2000 XP 512 DDR GF3 OFP Benchmark: +/- 4800 I just need some advice to make my game run a bit smoother. The thing is I would like to get rid of the low framerates when the screen has to deal with many objects (for instance when going into a forest or when there are many ais running arround). I tried to tweek arround the graphics settings and, although it globaly raised the framerate, it didnt make much of a change when getting to the mentioned situations. I recently tried to add an extra 256 Mb of Ram but that didnt seem to make it run any smoother either. This is why I thought I'll might asweell try to upgrade the processor from 2000 to 2600. Do you think this would do any help? Thx in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted April 30, 2003 Which Detonator drivers do you have installed and what settings did you tweak there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guba 0 Posted April 30, 2003 I have 41.09 detonators installed at the moment, running on Windows XP. I also tried 43.45 but those seemed to decrease performance a bit. Do you suggest me any specific detonators? Â I didnt experimentate much with the video drivers' settings, but with OFP settings. The thing is, I've noticed that from version 1.0 to now performance has seemed to decrease. Of course Resistance and the latest mods have higher requirements but I wonder if the fact of periodically upgrading the video drivers could have anything to do with it. Thx for your help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted April 30, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Guba @ 30 April 2003,19:26)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I didnt experimentate much with the video drivers' settings, but with OFP settings.<span id='postcolor'> Search The FAQ for "lag", "performance" and "tweak guide". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guba 0 Posted April 30, 2003 Ill do that, thx a lot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg 0 Posted May 1, 2003 Assuming your system is configured optimally and you get 3DMark 2001 scores between 6500-8000, the next thing you should upgrade on that system is the video card. Unfortunately your choice at the moment is hard... Get a cheap Geforce4 ti4200 and Overclock it, or wait for a GeforceFX 5600pro, but that is currently slower than a Radeon 9500pro. Those are the choices for a serious gamer on a budget. Anything less won't give you the speed boost, any more is very expensive at present. Beyond that, you need to improve your CPU and Memory speed. So next step is NForce2/Latest Intel motherboard with faster CPU. Don't underestimate how memory speed can improve performance (particularly in games that run virtual machines or scripts like UnrealTournament). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
