Laggy mouse

Drebbel · 06-12-06, 04:57 AM

Recently managed (took a lot of effort though) to re-install SHIII. Also installed the newest NYGM.

I hadd not played it for many months and it seems my mouse is more laggy than before, of course it could just be ny mind playing tricks with me.

But how would one get a swifter responding mouse ?

- Is it the cpu (I have P4 3 Ghz) ?
- Is it RAM (I have 1 G with about 650 free when starting SHIII) ?
- Is it the Videocard (I have GeForce FX 5600 with 128MB) ?
- Or is it the NYGM ?
- Something else ?

So do I need better hardware or is there a software tweak to fix this ?

Der Teddy Bar · 06-12-06, 05:17 AM

My current system is a
P4 2.6Ghz
1Gb of Memory
ATI 9800 Pro 256Mb video card.

As you can see this is by no means a 'games' machine

Thats said, I also play SHIII in windowed mode with these additional applications always open...
Outlook
Netscape

And often with Word, excel and Trillian open.

As you have a nVidia card, this may be your issue. I will get back with a framerate shortly after I sink this merchant ship and do so surfaced.

gabeeg · 06-12-06, 12:29 PM

Drebbel,

If you have the Nvidia control panel installed , open it and see if you have a sub-catagory called "Aditional Direct3D Settings" under "Performance and Quality Settings". If you do, there is most likely a setting for "Max frames to render ahead" set this to 1 or 2. This may not be your problem...but I had the same issue on my FX 5200 and when I checked, I had for some reason set this to 4 and my mouse stutter was pretty bad...changed it to 1 and mouse is now smooth (it was actually smooth when set to '2' also.

Drebbel · 06-12-06, 02:15 PM

I did find "hardware acceleration" which was set to "one screen"

But maybe I should slide the videocard "systemperformance" more to the performance side , so further away from the quality side.

CptGrayWolf · 06-13-06, 01:23 AM

I noticed the more mods I would add, the more my mouse would lag.
Curious to see if there's a nvidia solution to this little problem.

Drebbel · 06-13-06, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Drebbel,
Did you try out the game before putting on NYGM?

:rotfl:

06-12-06, 04:57 AM	#1
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Laggy mouse Recently managed (took a lot of effort though) to re-install SHIII. Also installed the newest NYGM. I hadd not played it for many months and it seems my mouse is more laggy than before, of course it could just be ny mind playing tricks with me. But how would one get a swifter responding mouse ? - Is it the cpu (I have P4 3 Ghz) ? - Is it RAM (I have 1 G with about 650 free when starting SHIII) ? - Is it the Videocard (I have GeForce FX 5600 with 128MB) ? - Or is it the NYGM ? - Something else ? So do I need better hardware or is there a software tweak to fix this ?

06-12-06, 12:29 PM	#3
gabeeg Helmsman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fresno, CA USA Posts: 101 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Drebbel, If you have the Nvidia control panel installed , open it and see if you have a sub-catagory called "Aditional Direct3D Settings" under "Performance and Quality Settings". If you do, there is most likely a setting for "Max frames to render ahead" set this to 1 or 2. This may not be your problem...but I had the same issue on my FX 5200 and when I checked, I had for some reason set this to 4 and my mouse stutter was pretty bad...changed it to 1 and mouse is now smooth (it was actually smooth when set to '2' also. __________________ Kind Regards, Harry J. Miktarian

06-13-06, 01:23 AM	#5
CptGrayWolf Commander Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saint Lawrence Seaway Posts: 459 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I noticed the more mods I would add, the more my mouse would lag. Curious to see if there's a nvidia solution to this little problem. __________________ Thomas Voltz, U-93 VIIc, Aug 1940, at sea patrol 1 GWX3 Gold, 100%

06-12-06, 05:17 AM	#2
Der Teddy Bar Blade Master Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,388 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My current system is a P4 2.6Ghz 1Gb of Memory ATI 9800 Pro 256Mb video card. As you can see this is by no means a 'games' machine Thats said, I also play SHIII in windowed mode with these additional applications always open... Outlook Netscape And often with Word, excel and Trillian open. As you have a nVidia card, this may be your issue. I will get back with a framerate shortly after I sink this merchant ship and do so surfaced.

06-12-06, 02:15 PM	#4
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I did find "hardware acceleration" which was set to "one screen" But maybe I should slide the videocard "systemperformance" more to the performance side , so further away from the quality side.