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Originally Posted by peabody
I know it wasn't the question, but the absolute FIRST thing I would do is defag your hard drive!! I did a complete reinstall a couple of weeks ago, due to a problem and then in just 2 weeks time doing some modding and many changes I could hardly get the TC over 512 without everything slowing to a very jerky crawl. After a defrag it was amazing the difference.
The next step I would take is to shut down all non-essential programs when you are using SH4. Especially all those programs that sit there using resources just in case you may want it to start up in 2 seconds instead of 5 seconds. In fact I have these shut down all the time not just with SH4, there are using memory I need for graphics.
And then try some of the suggestions for lowering the 'eye candy' and see what you can live with until you either learn to overclock or build a new rig. The graphics are cool, but let's face it, you spend most of your time submerged or Time Compressed anyway.
You may find a point where the game runs better without the risk of overclocking which you admit you know nothing about. Not saying you shouldn't do it, but do your research first. The hardest part for someone that knows nothing about it, is finding someone with exactly the same components you have. Just because 'Wizkid' overclocked his graphics card a certain way does not mean it will work that way for you.
And if you can get it to work acceptable for now, you won't end up spending money on components that may not work in your next motherboard when you finally take the leap to a new machine.
Peabody
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Well I don't know about defaging my hard drive (if that's the way it is, I respect it...) but I do defrag it.
But seriously, thanks all for the advice, I am now officialy scared and will not overclock. Not that I ever thought it was a good idea in the first place. I just really wanted to play SH4 smoothly.
Maybe my vid card is the problem, its an nvidia 6600GT and I have 1.25 GB of ram(yes, I built my rig 4 years ago
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I like to think I keep a clean system but I really hit the performance wall with SH4. A little strange because I can play GRAW2, must be all that ocean rendering or something.
You guys are right of course, I do need a new rig...
Thanks all!