SHIV Frame Rate Problem

StandingCow · 03-21-07, 10:00 PM

Yea, your graphics card is kinda old

darkfin · 03-21-07, 10:04 PM

Same problem here. P4 3.0 with 4 gigs ram. ATI x1600 512 meg video. Slooow mouse and not too great frame rate. I have all the goodies in the sim disabled.

Hazelwood · 03-21-07, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by darkfin

Same problem here. P4 3.0 with 4 gigs ram. ATI x1600 512 meg video. Slooow mouse and not too great frame rate. I have all the goodies in the sim disabled.

Hi Darkfin,

Well, it is a bit odd. The consensus around here is my system is "crap" as someone suggests but it plays everything else smooth as silk (latest Quake, Falcon 4, SH III, Call of Duty, HL2 etc.). It's only money so will probably try the latest video card if all else fails. I have another system with a 9800 video card explicitly supported so will have a go on that first and see if it makes a difference.

System specs for the sim are quite onerous so, perhaps, the "crap" accusation is warranted. I can take it;-)

When I find what works will post the results here.

best wishes,

Cpt J. Hazelwood

gonzlor · 03-21-07, 11:22 PM

(latest Quake, Falcon 4, SH III, Call of Duty, HL2 etc.)

I understand, these games though are years old now, and the video cards to play them are (by todays standards) old and slow.

People are not always aware of just how quickly games and video cards move along, give your mid range card 6-12 months and It will be too slow to handle new titles with cutting edge graphics (I'd say SH4 falls into this, It looks absolutely unreal).

As I work in a computer sales environment I often get people who are confused and amazed their 4 year old computer can't run the latest game they decided to buy for their kids.

USS Sea Tiger · 03-21-07, 11:28 PM

Hello

and I have a Gforce 73000 with 256 kb memory, unshared, and still the frame rate is poor.

maybe something within,, But the graphics are good

Onkel Neal · 03-21-07, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Hazelwood

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkfin

Same problem here. P4 3.0 with 4 gigs ram. ATI x1600 512 meg video. Slooow mouse and not too great frame rate. I have all the goodies in the sim disabled.

Hi Darkfin,

Well, it is a bit odd. The consensus around here is my system is "crap" as someone suggests but it plays everything else smooth as silk (latest Quake, Falcon 4, SH III, Call of Duty, HL2 etc.). It's only money so will probably try the latest video card if all else fails. I have another system with a 9800 video card explicitly supported so will have a go on that first and see if it makes a difference.

System specs for the sim are quite onerous so, perhaps, the "crap" accusation is warranted. I can take it;-)

When I find what works will post the results here.

best wishes,

Cpt J. Hazelwood

Hi Hazelwood,

don't let the remark get to you, my system is crap too

I have a 4 year old Gateway, P2.4 with 1GB ram and a Radeon X1650 pro 512 MB. I also played the game on the same PC with a Geforce 6600GT. It ran a little sluggish on the 6600 so I picked up the Radeon fro $120 at Circuit city a few weeks ago, and it runs fine. Here's a vid I made, you can see how it runs on my crap:

It does slow down a little briefly when there are a lot of ships and one is exploding.

hope that helps,
Neal

Hazelwood · 03-22-07, 12:05 AM

[QUOTE=Neal Stevens][quote=Hazelwood]

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Originally Posted by darkfin

Same problem here. P4 3.0 with 4 gigs ram. ATI x1600 512 meg video. Slooow mouse and not too great frame rate. I have all the goodies in the sim disabled.

Hi Neal,

Thanks for that. Believe me I am tough-skinned and if someone wants to call my machine crap there is no offense taken. I have other machines and just installed SH IV on my "SYSTEM 2" which has a Radeon 9800 Pro (128 MB). This is also a P4 2.7 GHz with 2 GB RAM. The sim runs just fine now with just a bit of "drag" in the pointer but not so much as to be a problem. Evidently it was the 9550 at the heart of the problem. I have not checked availability of anything better in the 9800 line but will do so now if it will go in an AGP slot. My machines are all PCI which is bit of a bummer these days. Time to get PCX for gaming I guess.

best wishes,
Cpt J. Hazelwood

THE_MASK · 03-22-07, 01:16 AM

Hazelwood i apologise for calling your comp crap . Mine however is crap .

partyboy · 03-22-07, 01:53 AM

It should be playable with your other hardware, but the video card is really old. If you replace that it should be ok.

THE_MASK · 03-21-07, 10:06 PM

You have my problem my friend , your system is crap . I tell it like it is .

03-21-07, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by StandingCow

Yea, your graphics card is kinda old

I think the spex state that the ATI 9500 series is not supported.

03-21-07, 10:00 PM	#1
StandingCow Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 355 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Yea, your graphics card is kinda old __________________

03-21-07, 11:28 PM	#5
USS Sea Tiger XO Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 425 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Smae issue, abysmal frame rate Hello and I have a Gforce 73000 with 256 kb memory, unshared, and still the frame rate is poor. maybe something within,, But the graphics are good

03-21-07, 10:04 PM	#2
darkfin Loader Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sneaking up on a carrier Posts: 83 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Same problem here. P4 3.0 with 4 gigs ram. ATI x1600 512 meg video. Slooow mouse and not too great frame rate. I have all the goodies in the sim disabled.

03-21-07, 11:22 PM	#4
gonzlor Bosun Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 69 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	(latest Quake, Falcon 4, SH III, Call of Duty, HL2 etc.) I understand, these games though are years old now, and the video cards to play them are (by todays standards) old and slow. People are not always aware of just how quickly games and video cards move along, give your mid range card 6-12 months and It will be too slow to handle new titles with cutting edge graphics (I'd say SH4 falls into this, It looks absolutely unreal). As I work in a computer sales environment I often get people who are confused and amazed their 4 year old computer can't run the latest game they decided to buy for their kids.

03-22-07, 01:16 AM	#8
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Hazelwood i apologise for calling your comp crap . Mine however is crap .

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partyboy Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 106 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	It should be playable with your other hardware, but the video card is really old. If you replace that it should be ok.

03-21-07, 10:06 PM	#10
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	You have my problem my friend , your system is crap . I tell it like it is .