SH4 v1.5 stuttering - here is some help.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by sober

I restarted the comp and its ok i guess . I couldnt access any pictures in my pictures so i backed up but now my picture thumbnails are like twice normal size . Weird .

I ran into this also Sober. Go to START, RUN and type in regsvr32 shimgvw.dll and you thumbnail pics will display like you had before running this program. Some how this program screws with the windows fax and picture program.

[cunnutazzo]

I don't know the utility from theorica, but Alacrity works well and no risks:
http://alacritypc.kensalter.com/download.htm

[maerean_m]

Here's a wild idea:

Start the game, and while in main menu, Alt-Tab and change the process priority to Above Normal from inside Task Manager. Then go back to the game and see if there are any improvements.

Did a quick test, the results are quite impressive.


PS: this thread should get the sticky mark.

[THE_MASK]

Well it might work on your system but on mine it doesnt . I have a small percieved increase in FPS but the time compression grinds to a halt . I think it might have something to do with me having only 1 gig of ram and the rest of the computer gets worse from there . One day i will upgrade and use that beautiful dynamic fog that i asked for and we got

[maerean_m]

ATi releases stuttering fix

[Flick]

Originally Posted by sober

Well it might work on your system but on mine it doesnt . I have a small percieved increase in FPS but the time compression grinds to a halt . I think it might have something to do with me having only 1 gig of ram and the rest of the computer gets worse from there . One day i will upgrade and use that beautiful dynamic fog that i asked for and we got

Definitley another Gig of RAM improves performance.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by maerean_m

Here's a wild idea:

Start the game, and while in main menu, Alt-Tab and change the process priority to Above Normal from inside Task Manager. Then go back to the game and see if there are any improvements.

Did a quick test, the results are quite impressive.


PS: this thread should get the sticky mark.

Interesting:hmm: I will try thing! What can it hurt?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Interesting:hmm: I will try thing! What can it hurt?

I do this, you do pick up some extra frames, have even gained 5+ on occasion


RDP

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

I do this, you do pick up some extra frames, have even gained 5+ on occasion


RDP

Ok, if I drop to my desk top while in the main menu and bring up task manager, what tab to do I find this priority screen?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Ok, if I drop to my desk top while in the main menu and bring up task manager, what tab to do I find this priority screen?

Processes .

You select SH4, then you'll see an option to Set Priority there. By the way I set mine to high, have not tried above normal. So I am not sure how much less the FPS would be with it.


RDP

[skwasjer]

*cough* maerean_m, need... multi... core... *cough*



But I know, I know...

[Overboard]

End it all" Small sweet program works for me. Sorry no links.

[maerean_m]

Originally Posted by skwasjer

*cough* maerean_m, need... multi... core... *cough*



But I know, I know...

Too many game developers use the "modern hardware excuse" for bad game programming.

If a game doesn't run well on a 3.2GHz single core, 2Gb of ram and a nVidia 7800, then it's not worth my time and money (a very good example is Crysis (and another one is DiRT which will only work with SSE2, not with SSE1)).
The same thing applies to Windows Vista. Why the heck does it need 2Gb of ram to display a taskbar? I recently installed Vista on a dual-core laptop and it's rubbish. It's waaaaay slower than my old desktop with Windows XP.

I remember playing on the old 486 DX2 (66 MHz, 4Mb of ram)... those were the days (and the games).

That's why i love the Orange Box and Bioshock. These are games, not technology demos.

I recently noticed the big fuss about FarCry2. All they do is shoot at trees so branches fall off. Ok, where is the game in that?

In the end, although I could get a quad core for the money I spent some years ago for this computer, I won't do that.

But I know you know

[stabiz]

Originally Posted by maerean_m

I recently noticed the big fuss about FarCry2. All they do is shoot at trees so branches fall off. Ok, where is the game in that?

In the end, although I could get a quad core for the money I spent some years ago for this computer, I won't do that.

But I know you know

This could be written by me.

Of course, graphics are a part of realism and immersion, so hardware demands will go up, but games like Crysis are much like supermodels (I imagine), spectacular to look at, but pretty boring after a couple of hours.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by maerean_m

If a game doesn't run well on a 3.2GHz single core, 2Gb of ram and a nVidia 7800, then it's not worth my time and money (a very good example is Crysis (and another one is DiRT which will only work with SSE2, not with SSE1)).
The same thing applies to Windows Vista. Why the heck does it need 2Gb of ram to display a taskbar? I recently installed Vista on a dual-core laptop and it's rubbish. It's waaaaay slower than my old desktop with Windows XP.

Well said. And as for Crysis, it's not the "über cool" graphics that make it run slow, it's the [insert the size of the island here] frigging island! A mission takes place usually in maybe a 1/4 area of it, the rest of the area is there for nothing, eating up your resources. This worked in FarCry as you could wander around the place, but Crysis doesnt allow it, so what's the point. Anyways, enough OT from me.