weird lag, lowering of my fps...

thasaint · 01-30-06, 08:03 PM

this only ever happens in choppy waters, i get a hard slowdown of my comp in fps (from my usual steady 40fps down to about 10) only when i look in one direction... keep in mind just my boat and the ocean, nothing else around me in that direction that would cause lag. if i turn the camera 90 degrees away from that direction or more, the lag goes away. calm seas and slight chop is fine, steady 40fps in all directions. right now i have IUB installed, SH commander, and fubar's skins (viib/ c, iia/d, ixb/c)... any ideas?

phatmatt · 01-30-06, 08:07 PM

you could give your system specs that surely would help us understand your problem much better. :hmm:

Marhkimov · 01-30-06, 08:13 PM

The same happened to me when I updated my drivers.

Is that what you did?

thasaint · 01-30-06, 08:17 PM

whoops sorry, 2.6ghz p4, 2 gigs DDR400 corsair XMS RAM, ati x800 xt agp, soundblaster audigy 2

it is not because of my computer... as i said it's only in 1 direction, the opposite direction, which has the same amount of stuff rendered on it, my ship and the waves, 40 fps

drivers is a possibility, i haven't updated them in a month or so.. using 5.12's atm

phatmatt · 01-30-06, 08:23 PM

Your computer is surely not the cause try what Marhkimov suggested by either updating or downdating(if thats a word) your drivers.

thasaint · 01-30-06, 08:24 PM

yeah, gonna grab a few from guru3d.com now, get rid of the silly CCC while i'm at it

Marhkimov · 01-30-06, 08:25 PM

Yeah. After I updated my drivers, evertime I looked straight ahead (between bearing 310 and 050), my computer would lose about half of my FPS. That happened after I upgraded to Cat 5.13.

So after that, I went back to the old drivers. The problem went away.

Now I run with Cat 6.1, and it's all good again.

My specs, btw:

Pentium4 - 3.1GHz
1GB RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128mb

thasaint · 01-30-06, 08:26 PM

cool i'll try the 6.1's first, probly shoulda updated 'em for BF2:SF anyway looking at the readme

Crop-Duster · 01-30-06, 09:38 PM

Could be a PCI latencey issue too.

Ducimus · 01-30-06, 09:49 PM

I have similar weird lag on occasion, but it only occurs in the control room. No where else, its weird.

Only happends if i quit and start a new game or something. If i reboot im fine. Since its isolated to the control room im stumped. Happened ever since around the time i installed gimp, pack3d, java support for it, and started tweaking with sound levels. If i reboot im fine, but its wierd. AMD64 processor, with 2 gigs of ram, and a radeon 9800 pro shouldnt do that.

Crop-Duster · 01-30-06, 09:59 PM

That also sounds like a PCI latencey issue

Crop-Duster · 01-30-06, 10:07 PM

PCI Latency article here:

http://www.geocities.com/phileosopho...cilatency.html

PCI Latency Tool here:

WinXP 32 and 64 version here:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=951

Win98, ME and Win2000 version here:

http://www.2-software.net/m-wfdownlo...-lid-1823.html

This did wonders for my sysytem and old Ti4200 card.

Works on ATI well too which I understand ATI has a tool or it's a setting in the newer ATI drivers

Ducimus · 01-30-06, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crop-Duster

That also sounds like a PCI latencey issue

Who? the orginal poster?

Ive encountered PCI latency before. At least as it pertains to IRQ steering. It left such an impression i now only install windows under the standard PC HAL and NOT ACPI hal.

All my hardware is on its own IRQ, and it does make a big difference on some hardware combinations.

Crop-Duster · 01-30-06, 11:29 PM

i mean in timing settings in terms of devices such as video cards talking to the bus and hoging bandwidth if there set to high by default

read the description at the guru3d link above

thasaint · 01-31-06, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crop-Duster

Could be a PCI latencey issue too.

already fixed that the same day i got the new card, and over a year ago on my old vidcard hehe

6.1 cats didn't help either

as i said it happens under very specific circumstances, every time in stormy weather and looking in 1 direction, 90% of the time the direction is south

is it possible it has something to do with the seabed textures in IUB? wut's the name of it so i can replace it with the default to test it out?

i'll also start trying older drivers... this is driving me nuts, i've really been craving this game again

01-30-06, 08:03 PM	#1
thasaint Medic Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York City, USA Posts: 163 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	weird lag, lowering of my fps... this only ever happens in choppy waters, i get a hard slowdown of my comp in fps (from my usual steady 40fps down to about 10) only when i look in one direction... keep in mind just my boat and the ocean, nothing else around me in that direction that would cause lag. if i turn the camera 90 degrees away from that direction or more, the lag goes away. calm seas and slight chop is fine, steady 40fps in all directions. right now i have IUB installed, SH commander, and fubar's skins (viib/ c, iia/d, ixb/c)... any ideas?

01-30-06, 08:07 PM	#2
phatmatt Machinist's Mate Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 121 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	you could give your system specs that surely would help us understand your problem much better. :hmm: __________________

01-30-06, 08:13 PM	#3
Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The same happened to me when I updated my drivers. Is that what you did? __________________ It takes two to tango

01-30-06, 08:23 PM	#5
phatmatt Machinist's Mate Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 121 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Your computer is surely not the cause try what Marhkimov suggested by either updating or downdating(if thats a word) your drivers. __________________

01-30-06, 08:25 PM	#7
Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah. After I updated my drivers, evertime I looked straight ahead (between bearing 310 and 050), my computer would lose about half of my FPS. That happened after I upgraded to Cat 5.13. So after that, I went back to the old drivers. The problem went away. Now I run with Cat 6.1, and it's all good again. My specs, btw: Pentium4 - 3.1GHz 1GB RAM ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128mb __________________ It takes two to tango

01-30-06, 08:17 PM	#4
thasaint Medic Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York City, USA Posts: 163 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	whoops sorry, 2.6ghz p4, 2 gigs DDR400 corsair XMS RAM, ati x800 xt agp, soundblaster audigy 2 it is not because of my computer... as i said it's only in 1 direction, the opposite direction, which has the same amount of stuff rendered on it, my ship and the waves, 40 fps drivers is a possibility, i haven't updated them in a month or so.. using 5.12's atm

01-30-06, 08:24 PM	#6
thasaint Medic Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York City, USA Posts: 163 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	yeah, gonna grab a few from guru3d.com now, get rid of the silly CCC while i'm at it

01-30-06, 08:26 PM	#8
thasaint Medic Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York City, USA Posts: 163 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	cool i'll try the 6.1's first, probly shoulda updated 'em for BF2:SF anyway looking at the readme

01-30-06, 09:38 PM	#9
Crop-Duster Medic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Up the line in Canada eh Posts: 162 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Could be a PCI latencey issue too. __________________ Sir! What was that noise? Ironically the Shorts Sunderland is code letter U of No. 461 Squadron, and the submarine is U-461.

01-30-06, 09:49 PM	#10
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I have similar weird lag on occasion, but it only occurs in the control room. No where else, its weird. Only happends if i quit and start a new game or something. If i reboot im fine. Since its isolated to the control room im stumped. Happened ever since around the time i installed gimp, pack3d, java support for it, and started tweaking with sound levels. If i reboot im fine, but its wierd. AMD64 processor, with 2 gigs of ram, and a radeon 9800 pro shouldnt do that.

01-30-06, 09:59 PM	#11
Crop-Duster Medic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Up the line in Canada eh Posts: 162 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That also sounds like a PCI latencey issue __________________ Sir! What was that noise? Ironically the Shorts Sunderland is code letter U of No. 461 Squadron, and the submarine is U-461.

01-30-06, 10:07 PM	#12
Crop-Duster Medic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Up the line in Canada eh Posts: 162 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	PCI Latency article here: http://www.geocities.com/phileosopho...cilatency.html PCI Latency Tool here: WinXP 32 and 64 version here: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=951 Win98, ME and Win2000 version here: http://www.2-software.net/m-wfdownlo...-lid-1823.html This did wonders for my sysytem and old Ti4200 card. Works on ATI well too which I understand ATI has a tool or it's a setting in the newer ATI drivers __________________ Sir! What was that noise? Ironically the Shorts Sunderland is code letter U of No. 461 Squadron, and the submarine is U-461.

01-30-06, 11:29 PM	#14
Crop-Duster Medic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Up the line in Canada eh Posts: 162 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i mean in timing settings in terms of devices such as video cards talking to the bus and hoging bandwidth if there set to high by default read the description at the guru3d link above __________________ Sir! What was that noise? Ironically the Shorts Sunderland is code letter U of No. 461 Squadron, and the submarine is U-461.