Bad performance

[Boss! 0]

i have posted this here before and no one could help me. so i figured i would try again. I'm havind really bad performance in ofp with me geforce 3. in the mission editor i placed 2 default groups on the map with nothing else and i clicked preview, when i got in it was pausy!! just with 2 groups. this is frusterating because on maps with trees there can be no soldiers anywhere and its still pausy I'm really hoping someone could help me out here i have had this problem for a while here are my system specs:

P3 800 mhz

Geforce 3 'Deluxe'

Mobo: S1854 Trinity 400

128 mb of ram

if there is anything else you need to know just tell me. i would REALLy appreciate it if someone could help me fix this. i have already looked at the avon ladys ofp FAQ's but nothing there helped me either so please someone help! thanks!!

[Boss! 0]

and a couple other things i forgot: i run ofp in 1024x768x16 i have windows xp and i had the problem with windows 98 to.im going to go try to reinstall it and see what happens

GREAT!!!! i just uninstalled ofp without thinking and guess what?? cant find my manual to get my cd key.     !!!!!!!!!!! is there any possible way i can find out what it is?          grrrrrrr

HAHA i found it now back to the performance question

[Mister Frag 0]

With 128MB of RAM, OFP will run slowly regardless of what graphics card or processor you have. You'll probably also notice that the drive light for your hard disk never goes off, because the operating system is paging the whole time.

Add at least another 128MB of RAM, and things should improve significantly. If you want to host games, I'd get at least 384MB of RAM total.

[Lt_Damage 0]

Definately increase your ram to at least 256.

Make sure you select 1024x768x32 not, 16. Having 16 bit color can significantly effect performance has OFP has been optimised for 32.

If you have a Geforce3 you can handle 32bit color so don't use 16bit.

[Boss! 0]

after reinstalling and trying 1024x768x32 it made no diffrence. ram has gone back up in price to about 50 bucks for 128mb of ram.

[Mister Frag 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Boss! @ April 02 2002,09:24)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">after reinstalling and trying 1024x768x32 it made no diffrence. ram has gone back up in price to about 50 bucks for 128mb of ram.<span id='postcolor'>

Better get some now, prices are expected to continue to go up. Spot (non-contract) prices are about four times what they were at the beginning of the year.

[suchey 0]

More RAM will most deffinately help, however, I had a similar problem with my video using a GForce3...I solved this by removing my printer and old crusty external zip drive (of all things)...it seemed that something was polling one of those items consistantly (even in windows)...however, in windows you dont notice the stutter because things arent moving as fast...try this...open notepad and hold down a key on your keyboard...in my case, I could actually SEE the slight pause using this method...once I removed the zip/printer, Im running smooth as silk...RAM may very well be the problem in your case, however, it couldnt hurt to try some other options such as this as well...in addition, the Avon Ladys OFP FAQ has some ideas for similar porblems...I dont have the URL for the page handy, but doing a search for Avon Lady OFP should give you the page. GOOD LUCK!!

[Mister Frag 0]

Was that a parallel port version of the ZIP drive? The Iomega drivers blow...

[STS_SolidSnake 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ April 02 2002,02:00)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">With 128MB of RAM, OFP will run slowly regardless of what graphics card or processor you have. You'll probably also notice that the drive light for your hard disk never goes off, because the operating system is paging the whole time.

Add at least another 128MB of RAM, and things should improve significantly. If you want to host games, I'd get at least 384MB of RAM total.<span id='postcolor'>

Sorry to tell you but i have an old computer that has 128 ram, 733 Mhz, Matrox G400, and it doesnt go slow with it

but now im using 512 DDR, P4 2.2 Ghz, Gefore 3 Ti 500

and the game doesnt even lag with desert island full of tanks!

[Mister Frag 0]

No two systems are alike, and if Boss! has a couple of programs such as an Anti Virus scanner running in the background and eating up resources, the system will crawl.