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Old 06-30-10, 07:17 AM   #1
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I can run sh4 on the highest settings with a good FPS rate, but when moving in external view the water stutters, and the graphics don't look crisp , there sort of "dusty" with really tiny pixels visible.

Please help ASAP.
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Old 06-30-10, 09:41 AM   #2
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That is an issue that might be hardware related or video card and drive related.

My old PC, AMD X2 4800 had the 'jelly water' effect to some extent but it was an older rig and I was running at 1980 by 1020 res on a 23 inch LCD with an Nvidia 9800GT.

With my new rig AMD Phenom II 955 BC RevC, same videocard, 8 gigs of RAM and Win7 Pro 64 bit. The jellies are gone, all is smooth and frame rates exceptional.
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Old 06-30-10, 06:57 PM   #3
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If your playing stock it had that grainy look inside the boat, and I think stock water was a little funny also. If not stock, could be a hardware/driver issue.

Are you running stock?

What are your system specs?
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Old 07-01-10, 12:06 AM   #4
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While on the subject....I run the game with the display's "native" resolution (1366 x 768) which is also set in the graphics options in the game, and SOMETIMES get the "stuttering" effect, principally when looking through the scope zoomed in. Using Vista 32, 2 gigs RAM, Nvidia GE Force 9400GT with latest drivers (FR's drop to 5-10 FPS at times). Would reducing the resolution aleviate this problem..??
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While on the subject....I run the game with the display's "native" resolution (1366 x 768) which is also set in the graphics options in the game, and SOMETIMES get the "stuttering" effect, principally when looking through the scope zoomed in. Using Vista 32, 2 gigs RAM, Nvidia GE Force 9400GT with latest drivers (FR's drop to 5-10 FPS at times). Would reducing the resolution aleviate this problem..??
That might help, if not check the sliders in the graphics option and reduce some a bit. Also if you have any background programs running, virus scanners or any junk like that, might present an issue. Another thing to look at is the vertical sync, use it and make sure nvidia conrol panel settings are set for "vertical sync.......application controlled" this limits your frames to the refresh rate of your monitor but may smooth things out.
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Old 07-05-10, 12:05 PM   #6
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Here are my system specs:

HD5850 1GB
AMD Phenom II 965 3.4ghz quad core
4GB DDR3 1600MHZ RAM
Windows 7 64 bit

I've tried all the different graphics settings and options with no result. I 've also tried the diffrent compatiilty modes.

SH4 version is 1.5 (its the Gold edition).
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Old 07-06-10, 07:50 AM   #7
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Here are my system specs:

HD5850 1GB
AMD Phenom II 965 3.4ghz quad core
4GB DDR3 1600MHZ RAM
Windows 7 64 bit

I've tried all the different graphics settings and options with no result. I 've also tried the diffrent compatiilty modes.

SH4 version is 1.5 (its the Gold edition).
Your rig is more than adequate. I suggest you dl and install a major mod and see if the problem persists. They are much better than stock anyway; once you have done this, you will not go back.
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Old 07-06-10, 09:17 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Marmite eating monster View Post
Here are my system specs:

HD5850 1GB
AMD Phenom II 965 3.4ghz quad core
4GB DDR3 1600MHZ RAM
Windows 7 64 bit

I've tried all the different graphics settings and options with no result. I 've also tried the diffrent compatiilty modes.

SH4 version is 1.5 (its the Gold edition).
Something is up with those specs, SH4 should scream in FPS and no jellies. I am completely unfamiliar with the HD5850 and the ATI drivers, the problem may be there, but then again with PC's you never know.

Best of luck!
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Old 07-09-10, 12:08 PM   #9
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My system is similar with a 2.4 PhenomII x4 and a HD5750 card. The game runs smoothly with minimum frame rate of 24. T.C. 8192 drops it to 10. The one difference between your more powerful system and mine is the operating system, I run XP.
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Old 07-09-10, 01:39 PM   #10
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using windows 7 64bit version with 4Gig ram. I most sertainly dont have
the problem you have. in fact. once i set SH IV to run in win xp, sp 3 mode, i have not encountered a single problem.

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