severe stuttering problems in SH3. but why?

BilgeMatt · 09-11-10, 07:34 PM

Hi all--

I purchased SH3 a couple years back but just recently decided to get back into it and installed it on my desktop with its new install of Win XP. I installed the SH3 1.4b DVD patch and have installed no mods.

For some reason, I run into severe stuttering and freezing when in the #2 training mission (naval artillery). It seems to happen when a ship is exploding and sinking. And in particular when using binoculars or UZO. Sometimes it's so bad, it takes me a minute to regain control to exit the mission.

I've tried installing the latest Nvidia drivers, the latest drivers for my sound hardware (AD 1988) and have tried turning off all nonessential things running in the background (ipod junk, defrag service, Mcafee services). I've also tried turning sound hardware acceleration all the way up and all the way off. No difference!

Things do seem to run better when I set 'particle density' to 0. But it just doesn't look good at all, and my machine shouldn't have to be set that low.

My system details:

Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo 6600 (2 x 2.4Ghz)
Win XP SP3
2GB RAM
Nvidia 7800 GT (256MB RAM)

What's weird is I have no performance issues when playing relatively modern games (like Dead Space, Half-Life 2, Bioshock)

I was planning on getting back into SH3, maybe doing the GWX3 thing, etc. But if the second training mission causes problems this bad, then I'm not sure I want to pursue it

I guess the next thing to check is cooling on the video card, and cpu (?)
anyone know of some programs that will log system temperatures with timestamps or something similar?

Please throw any suggestions you have at me, at this point I'll try anything

Thanks!
-Matt

09-11-10, 07:34 PM	#1
BilgeMatt Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SF, CA, US Posts: 7 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	severe stuttering problems in SH3. but why? Hi all-- I purchased SH3 a couple years back but just recently decided to get back into it and installed it on my desktop with its new install of Win XP. I installed the SH3 1.4b DVD patch and have installed no mods. For some reason, I run into severe stuttering and freezing when in the #2 training mission (naval artillery). It seems to happen when a ship is exploding and sinking. And in particular when using binoculars or UZO. Sometimes it's so bad, it takes me a minute to regain control to exit the mission. I've tried installing the latest Nvidia drivers, the latest drivers for my sound hardware (AD 1988) and have tried turning off all nonessential things running in the background (ipod junk, defrag service, Mcafee services). I've also tried turning sound hardware acceleration all the way up and all the way off. No difference! Things do seem to run better when I set 'particle density' to 0. But it just doesn't look good at all, and my machine shouldn't have to be set that low. My system details: Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo 6600 (2 x 2.4Ghz) Win XP SP3 2GB RAM Nvidia 7800 GT (256MB RAM) What's weird is I have no performance issues when playing relatively modern games (like Dead Space, Half-Life 2, Bioshock) I was planning on getting back into SH3, maybe doing the GWX3 thing, etc. But if the second training mission causes problems this bad, then I'm not sure I want to pursue it I guess the next thing to check is cooling on the video card, and cpu (?) anyone know of some programs that will log system temperatures with timestamps or something similar? Please throw any suggestions you have at me, at this point I'll try anything Thanks! -Matt