Originally posted by Charon
When was the last time you did a clean install? How many processes are you running in the background? How much spyware? Popups? IM? Years worth of installed and removed half-assed shareware apps? If any of these are an issue you probably need to install the Format patch before any patch HTC releases will do you any good.
Just helped my buddy Rutger load XP on his computer yesterday with a bunch of new hardware - CPU, MEM, MB, vide card) -- AH stable with high frame rates just like the two win 98 AH loads I have on my home LAN.
BTW, Wotan is Batz?! Who’d a thunk it. What a scoundrel.
Charon
Thanks for the kind concern sir.
Yes I have done more than enough to make sure my machine is running clean and smooth. I am very PC literate.
Have been building and servicing PCs for a very long time now.
I have also followed tons of advice here on the BBS.
At least doing the things i hadn’t already done.
Here is the recent history of the performance of AH2/AH-2 beta on my machine.
Beta 4 thru 39 had screen stutters beyond acceptable levels.
Beta 40 finally fixed it so that with ALL sliders and setting set for max (performance) I could actually do Air to Air with out getting nauseous. As for attacking ground targets… Fugedaboudit. With the sliders in these positions you have to cut ground targets with you propeller before you are close enough the see them. But still I was feeling pretty optimistic with beta 40. Things were actually getting pleasant.
Beta 41 caused nearly a Double in Video memory used and the stutters were back like no tomorrow. HT was online at this time and I told him of my experience. He said, “Do not change any settings” that it would settle down in time. After about an hour of flying it changed alright…NOW my video memory used, went from 52 to 75meg. It just kept climbing.
Beta 40...128 total. Used= 27 average
Beta 41…128 total. Used=52 then climbed to 75 meg after about an hour of activity.
Beta 42 thru 44 played nicely again. Used video memory settled back down again (bout 45 meg used average). But I still couldn’t run graphic detail settings at default. (Must all be set for max performance)
Below is an excerpt from the News and announcements section of the BBS in regards to beta42
Originally posted by Pyro
Moving max texture size up from the default setting will no longer preload all the textures. You may get
Stutters if you increase the max texture size from the default settings.
Just a shot in the dark...but maybe this had something to do with the improvement on my machine. Seems related in a way anyhow.
Now AH2 was hot to trot and went LIVE!!!
And my video memory Doubled once again. All in all it was running pretty smooth.
Then I took notice that many guys were having CTDs with AH2 Live.
But not me…no sireee I was happy.
AH2 Patch 1…all is same.
AH2 Patch 2…Still looking acceptable.
AH2 Patch 3…Feeling pretty good now.
AH2 patch 4…Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggggg
I had 6 CTDs in a row with Patch 4
5 each and every time I hit the runway. And 1 when I joined a buddies fighter...I was able to ride along till he engaged a niki.. Right after he killed the NIK...I CTDed. All this happened in about 1 hour.
Here is the kicker……….Patch 1, 3, and 4 all addressed CTD,s Patch 2 was basically only to Fix a bug causing vehicle bases not to display correctly.
I give ……
Duh...forgot to answer you question....Kleen install was about 2 months ago on a brand spanking new HDD.