Huge Lag on the NavMap

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Originally Posted by Stoli

Intel Dual Core Chip
1GB DDR2 RAM
ATI X1800 GTO 256MB Video / 500W PowerSupply

I'm getting huge amounts of lag while traveling on the Nav map screen. Even at low to NO TC. Also the waves have a silver looking crest too them while standing on the deck.

Anyone else ran into this? Would another GB of ram fix it?

I'm getting no lag whatsoever on the nav map screen until about 512x time compression, unless there's a convoy in the area or I'm within 30nm of a friendly harbor, and I run the game at below minimun specs with a 1.8Ghz, 512 MB RAM and a 9800 Pro (RAM is below). Your problem must be something else. I noticed a major speed increase in loading times and in general when I replaced my pretty old and finally damaged HD with a new one. Really such a speed increase that I previously thought could only be achieved with additional RAM, so check out the status of your HD - it is often the neglected component. Maybe also try a defrag, albeit this often brings only minor performance increases from what I can tell.

Also check if you have a lot of background programs running while playing the game. You might want to disable those via the taskmanager or utilities available on the net, like "enditall". Further more, there are some pretty aggressive virus scanners around which will basicly check every single file that is called up by the system. My ISP provided me with one of those, and it brought my overall system speed down by what felt like 50%. I got rid of it in a heartbeat, lol.