Burning F/R Killer

danurve · 04-10-08, 11:11 AM

Plan to build a new system in about 2 months but even on a good 939 w/2 gigs and a 256 card I'm hoping theres something that could be done to help tackle this.

View on a burning ship kills my frames, I mean to a crawl. On a burning Tanker - frackin forget it. Wondering if theres anyone has a way to change or alter this burning affect. Explosions & jazz don't seem to be an issue.

Thanks.

Graf Paper · 04-10-08, 11:38 AM

Getting a vid card with 512MB instead of 256 would help a lot, GeForce 7600 or Radeon X1650 or better.

Otherwise, as much as you may hate it, you'll have to sacrifice your addiction to eye-candy a bit by cranking down your AA and texture quality settings a notch or two.

Scaling back the max particles setting in game to 60 or less will improve your framerate quite a bit as well.

Just play with your settings until you find the right balance. Also, you might give some of the vid card tweaker porgrams a try. This is especially true for nVidia cards. You can find anything you need for that at guru3d.com.

For whatever reason, I've noticed SH3's engine can bring even mighty systems to a crawl when the eye-candy is maxed out.

NGT · 04-10-08, 01:45 PM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128517

...for nVidia users...

danurve · 04-10-08, 02:34 PM

It's an ATI card, sorry should have mentioned.
Did try cutting back P/T and while this helps anything less then 70% seems to take a hit on game quality, like water / bomb splashes etc.

dertien · 04-11-08, 01:05 AM

Running sh3 with amilo laptop, dual core - 256 mb video Geforce 7600, all options full on, frames never drop below 16 FPS even those fires.

Wolfehunter · 04-11-08, 01:21 AM

Best place to get computer items is at Tigerdirect.com or .ca depending on where you live. I don't know if they have in europe or asia a tigerdirect?

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...437&CatId=2406
This is what I'm thinking of getting when I get a few bucks.

Then I'll look for a nice Nvidia card to go with it.:hmm:

04-10-08, 11:11 AM	#1
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	Burning F/R Killer Plan to build a new system in about 2 months but even on a good 939 w/2 gigs and a 256 card I'm hoping theres something that could be done to help tackle this. View on a burning ship kills my frames, I mean to a crawl. On a burning Tanker - frackin forget it. Wondering if theres anyone has a way to change or alter this burning affect. Explosions & jazz don't seem to be an issue. Thanks. __________________

04-10-08, 11:38 AM	#2
Graf Paper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest United States Posts: 1,146 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	Getting a vid card with 512MB instead of 256 would help a lot, GeForce 7600 or Radeon X1650 or better. Otherwise, as much as you may hate it, you'll have to sacrifice your addiction to eye-candy a bit by cranking down your AA and texture quality settings a notch or two. Scaling back the max particles setting in game to 60 or less will improve your framerate quite a bit as well. Just play with your settings until you find the right balance. Also, you might give some of the vid card tweaker porgrams a try. This is especially true for nVidia cards. You can find anything you need for that at guru3d.com. For whatever reason, I've noticed SH3's engine can bring even mighty systems to a crawl when the eye-candy is maxed out. __________________ Still sailing the high seas, hunting convoys with those who join me.

04-10-08, 01:45 PM	#3
NGT Lieutenant Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 259 Downloads: 290 Uploads: 3	onelifecrisis said... http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128517 ...for nVidia users...

04-10-08, 02:34 PM	#4
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	It's an ATI card, sorry should have mentioned. Did try cutting back P/T and while this helps anything less then 70% seems to take a hit on game quality, like water / bomb splashes etc. __________________

04-11-08, 01:05 AM	#5
dertien Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Antwerp Belgium Posts: 259 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Running sh3 with amilo laptop, dual core - 256 mb video Geforce 7600, all options full on, frames never drop below 16 FPS even those fires. __________________ If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea, and I have an idea and we exchange ideas each of us will have two ideas. G.B.Shaw

04-11-08, 01:21 AM	#6
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	Best place to get computer items is at Tigerdirect.com or .ca depending on where you live. I don't know if they have in europe or asia a tigerdirect? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...437&CatId=2406 This is what I'm thinking of getting when I get a few bucks. Then I'll look for a nice Nvidia card to go with it.:hmm: __________________