At my old video settings I experienced 2-3+ second video stutter when engaging a bandit. After experimenting to bring the level of detail up when viewing buildings, I was able to successfully engage a bandit without stutter but frame rates dropped to about 7 fps (down from 50 max) for the entire egagement.
Yeah, I know 7 fps doesn't sound like much but look at my sys spec. and remember I had no stutter, then look at my video settings.
Platform:
Intel P3 800 over clocked at 824, 256 MB Ram
ASUS CUSL2-C MoBo Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
WindowsXP Pro
DirectX 9.0b
ASUS AGP-V7700 Pure/deluxe v31.40G, 32MB (Gforce 2 GTS)
Vid-Driver ver. 6.13.0010.3140
1024 x 768 / 32bit / 75Hz
SB Live! at 25% acceleration. Microsoft driver
In-game Video settings:
1024 x 768, 32-bit color, Unlimited frame rates"
Gamma=1.9
LOS = 100% best <-- these two made the difference
DOS = 100% best <-- these two made the difference
unchecked “Bump Mapping
unchecked “Transitions”
check “Horizon”
check "Disable Palletized Textures"
unchecked Terrain Mipmapping
unchecked Object Mipmapping
