Poor performance - drivers?

CCIP · 06-06-06, 10:22 AM

Just wanted to get some advice here -

I've been running SHIII on my new, much-improved system, but I keep having performance issues - namely when I switch between external and internal views, or between different compartments, my FPS drops to completely unplayable rates. ALT+TAB twice fixes this, but doing it too often (as I'm forced to) causes occasional graphics glitches and save corruption.

I've tried it on two sound cards, with different drivers, neither of which are perfect; but it's still the same, so I've more or less ruled this out.

What else could it be? Video drivers?

If anyone's been in a similar situation and has something to share, please do!

cobalt · 06-06-06, 10:37 AM

whats your system specs?

CCIP · 06-06-06, 10:47 AM

The core of it is...

(Windows 2000)
Pentium 4 3Ghz
2Gb Dual Channel DDR RAM
GeForce 6800OC, 128mb (drivers 84.21)

For audio, I tried both my on-board SoundMax card (crap) and my old but fairly decent Turtle Beach card. The results performance-wise are more or less the same, that's why I'm skeptical that this is the problem after all.

Gizzmoe · 06-06-06, 10:50 AM

Try an older video driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html

tycho102 · 06-06-06, 11:36 AM

I've got a AMD64 2ghz, a Turtle Beach Montego, a 6800GT (running at stock Ultra levels), and the 87.24's. WinXP 32-bit, with SP2. Definately no complaints at 1600x1200. Even the subpen runs at ~33fps.

Remember that there are battles going on all over the map. If I had to guess, within maybe 200km of your current position. I have intercepted a task force, and had the Luftwaffe bomb the hell out of all the surviving destroyers and battleships while I was diving to "escape". The frame rate routinely drops during these simulated battles, even when you're out in the boonies of the mid-Atlantic.

CCIP · 06-06-06, 11:42 AM

No, I'd know if it was the battles - I'm certainly well-aware of how the game usually works. It has nothing to do with the battles and everything to do with the switch between internal/external views.

Still trying out drivers, going back to older ones didn't help so far.

CCIP · 06-06-06, 12:26 PM

Well I would never have guessed...

Thanks for the help guys, but it looks like a mod issue. Will see how I can deal with this...

Manock · 06-06-06, 09:44 PM

Big Fan of your mods CCIP, though I wonder what a Canadian is doing with a Soviet id.

Sounds like your computer tech head has gotten you into exotic trouble, and for some unfathomable computer genius reason you have decided to run gameware on a business operating system.

Your just going to have to bite the bullet, be like the rest of us, and run it on XP like God, & Washington DC intended.

REALLY liked your Lights mod. Ill always remember standing on the bridge when that first Sunderland spotlight hit me like a ball peen hammer right between the eyes. The pain was exsquissite.

Your rock dude, but really, quit larking around with those nancys over in filing, & get out there in the sea again on XP.

Your Pal
Manock

06-06-06, 10:22 AM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Poor performance - drivers? Just wanted to get some advice here - I've been running SHIII on my new, much-improved system, but I keep having performance issues - namely when I switch between external and internal views, or between different compartments, my FPS drops to completely unplayable rates. ALT+TAB twice fixes this, but doing it too often (as I'm forced to) causes occasional graphics glitches and save corruption. I've tried it on two sound cards, with different drivers, neither of which are perfect; but it's still the same, so I've more or less ruled this out. What else could it be? Video drivers? If anyone's been in a similar situation and has something to share, please do! __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

06-06-06, 10:47 AM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	The core of it is... (Windows 2000) Pentium 4 3Ghz 2Gb Dual Channel DDR RAM GeForce 6800OC, 128mb (drivers 84.21) For audio, I tried both my on-board SoundMax card (crap) and my old but fairly decent Turtle Beach card. The results performance-wise are more or less the same, that's why I'm skeptical that this is the problem after all. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) Last edited by CCIP; 06-06-06 at 10:52 AM.

06-06-06, 11:36 AM	#5
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've got a AMD64 2ghz, a Turtle Beach Montego, a 6800GT (running at stock Ultra levels), and the 87.24's. WinXP 32-bit, with SP2. Definately no complaints at 1600x1200. Even the subpen runs at ~33fps. Remember that there are battles going on all over the map. If I had to guess, within maybe 200km of your current position. I have intercepted a task force, and had the Luftwaffe bomb the hell out of all the surviving destroyers and battleships while I was diving to "escape". The frame rate routinely drops during these simulated battles, even when you're out in the boonies of the mid-Atlantic. __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository

06-06-06, 11:42 AM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	No, I'd know if it was the battles - I'm certainly well-aware of how the game usually works. It has nothing to do with the battles and everything to do with the switch between internal/external views. Still trying out drivers, going back to older ones didn't help so far. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

06-06-06, 12:26 PM	#7
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Well I would never have guessed... Thanks for the help guys, but it looks like a mod issue. Will see how I can deal with this... __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

06-06-06, 10:37 AM	#2
cobalt Commander Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 440 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	whats your system specs?

06-06-06, 10:50 AM	#4
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Try an older video driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html

06-06-06, 09:44 PM	#8
Manock Bosun Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 68 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Windows 2000? Big Fan of your mods CCIP, though I wonder what a Canadian is doing with a Soviet id. Sounds like your computer tech head has gotten you into exotic trouble, and for some unfathomable computer genius reason you have decided to run gameware on a business operating system. Your just going to have to bite the bullet, be like the rest of us, and run it on XP like God, & Washington DC intended. REALLY liked your Lights mod. Ill always remember standing on the bridge when that first Sunderland spotlight hit me like a ball peen hammer right between the eyes. The pain was exsquissite. Your rock dude, but really, quit larking around with those nancys over in filing, & get out there in the sea again on XP. Your Pal Manock