System Questionnaire

[Slash27]

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem. If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

    Yes, they have become pretty frequent after the patch. they seem to happen most while using the hat to look around. Noticed maybe 3 tops before the patch.


2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?

None. Had 1 before

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?

Seems fine.

4- What version of Windows are you using?  XP

5- What is your CPU brand and speed?  AMD XP 2100

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Gigabyte, dont know the model

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

GF4 Ti4600 128  AGP

8- How much RAM does your system have?  512

9- What make and version are your video drivers?

No clue. What ever it came with.

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

AA at 4x, anisotropic is off (what the hell is that anyway?)

11- What make and model is your soundcard?

Soundblaster XGamer (2yrs old)

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?


Never messed with it, not sure what it does

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?

dont use one

14- What antivirus software do you use if any? none

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

512

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

1280x1024 32bit for both

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

Didnt note it. Ill look next time Im on.


If you live in the DFW area and are experiencing severe problems, we'd be very interested in taking a look at your system. If you fit this profile and are interested in this, please contact us.

I live about 45 minutes away from Grapevine but I work just down the road in NRH. I only work every 3rd day so Im flexible.

[MrLars]

Originally posted by Pyro

System Questionnaire

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

[/B]

Stutters happen when in furbals and possibly when certian audio events happen. I installed a SB Gamer Live! 5.1 and disabled onboard sound but it made no difference.

2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

No CTD's in patch 5, only two in previous patches.

3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

I have great framerates until I get in a busy area with lots of cons. Framerates will max out at my monitor refresh rate when at altitude but will drop to the low to mid twentys at damaged field with lots of cons. Framerate in tower offline is in the 57-62's. Patch 5 gave me a 15% improvement in the tower but I get the same poor performance when in furbals at a damaged field.

4-   What version of Windows are you using?

XP Pro SP1 w/ latest updates.

5-   What is your CPU brand and speed?

Intel P4 2g Northwood...400mhz FSB

6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known?

ASUS P4C800 Delux

7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

Saphire ATI Radeon 9600XT...128mb

8-   How much RAM does your system have?

1 Gig PC3200

9-    What make and version are your video drivers?

Omega 2.5.51 OC'd 533 Core 330 Mem

10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

Both set at 'application preference" or OFF.

11-   What make and model is your soundcard?

SB Live! Gamer 5.1....latest drivers.

12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

MAX

13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any?

MAX Netgear Wireless MR814v2, Zonealarm free version.

14-   What antivirus software do you use if any?

None

15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

Default 512

16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

1024x768 32bit

17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?  

125mb available, 40-60 used

[MOIL]

1. Yes, some stuttering w/patch 5 mostly when things get busy {lots of A/C, smoke, bombers & bomb drops, other veh's}
Can drop to approx 20-30 FPS from above a 60FPS
Never went below 100fps in AH1 no matter how busy it got.
Gameplay is just never really smooth, like AH1, always seems like I'm running the game on a P3 600 with a 64mb PCI vid card with 128mb ram.

2.Have only had ONE ctd since patch 5, was trying to go to hanger from tower, CTD

3. Somewhat of improvement with frame rates in patch 5. Have all set to performance, except view range {set to just under 3 miles} No transitions, maps, or horizons.  1280x1024 32color 512mem {default} When settings are bumped up, framerates get worse. Frame rates have been poor since day one.

4.WinXP Pro
5. AMD XP3200 400fsb
6. Epox 8RDA3+
7. ATI Radeon 9800Pro 256mb AGP {in 8x mode}
8. 1.0GB Corsair XMS PC3200
9. Currently Omega's 25.51 {no O/C} have tried every driver on the planet, little to no performance gains or loss.
10. Currently No AA and No A-filtering {have had them both on every setting, little to no improvement}
11. Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS  w/latest drivers
12. Currently none {again, had it on or off, no diff}
13. Cable connct'n, Dlink 604 router, usually ping server at 40ms
14. Norton's Antivirus2004 {disabled during gameplay}
15. 512
16. Game-1280x1024x32 Desktop 1600x1200x32 @100 refresh {note: game screen looks funny at 1600x1200, didn't in AH1, so now run game at 1280x1024}
17. 254 avail, between 60-80 used {sometimes near 100}

Thank you

[RedTop]

Originally posted by Pyro

System Questionnaire

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.  

Yes. It happens mainly when in larger numbers of planes especially when firing guns.

2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

None at all.

3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

Main problem is the spike of frame rates from 78 in flight to 17 in a fight with a large number of planes. THis has always been an issue however.

4-   What version of Windows are you using? Windows XP

5-   What is your CPU brand and speed? AMD XP 2500+

6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known? SOYO Dragon Plus

7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI. Radeon 9800 Pro 128 AGP

8-   How much RAM does your system have? 512 3200 DDR

9-    What make and version are your video drivers? Catalyst..version was latest as far as I know.

10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup? On for both.

11-   What make and model is your soundcard? SB and not sure.

12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Not sure
13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any? Linksys Router..

14-   What antivirus software do you use if any? none as it is in the router so im told.

15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH? 512

16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? default  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to? 800x600 32 bit

17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems? not sure.[/B]

[WilldCrd]

1. In the first 30 min or so I have studders when engaging enemy A/C after engaging several different types it seems to smooth out. In GV's as with A/C but it also does this when getting into veiw of new terrain. Didn't happen before patch 5

2. Had occasional CTD's before patch 5. since patch 5 I have had none

3. Ok this is a hard one. When I first log on its at 45-50fps after a few seconds it goes to 25 and remains UNLESS a A/C {freindly OR enemy} flys by tower then it drops to 10. It varies wildly when flying it will go as high as 50 looking staight ahead about 2k above ground level and plummet to 12 this is when im flying all alone too. It also varies greatly depending on A/C a spit will get me 25 but a p38 will get me 47. My first engagement after logon it will drop sometimes below 10 Yet after a while it will just vary between 37 and 19 regardless of how many planes are near me. Before patch 5 i was getting 50-60 ussually with occasional wild variations. {this is asid from new ground and A/C textures comming into veiw} I used to run my sliders dead center and got 50-60 frames now they are set just under the E in more for performance. so since patch 5 my FR have dropped and the wild variations have increased.

4. windows XP pro version 2002 service pack 1

5. AMD 866Mghz

6.err dell dimmension 4100

7. Nvidia fx5200 AGP 4x with 128mb ram

8.384 mb ram

9.NVIDIA (Omega 1.5303)

10.application controlled. When I tried turning it on my FR got really bad

11.creative SB live value

12. 3/4 acceleration

13.vcom system suite firewall {turning this off improves my FR and they seem to steady out some}

14. Vcom system suite anti virus by sun micro systems

15. max texture 512 {default}

16. in AH 1024X768 with 32 bit color 100mhz refresh/ desktop 1152X864 with 32 bit color 85mhz refresh

17. vid memory available is 127.9 since patch 5 used is ussually around 47mb. Before patch 5 it was around 79mb used

hope this helps. Im soon going to be getting a new rig but Im more than willing to continue testing on this one to find min. requirements

Also if you guys are going to be around this weekend I can bring my box over to ya

[DREDIOCK]

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System Questionnaire

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem. If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

Stutters down from previous versions.
Kinda hit and miss sometimes. Most frequent probably when going from a sky dominent view to a ground dominent view
Ocasionally in furballs and occasionally when first engaging in a dogfight

2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

No CTDs in patch 5 as of yet. I have however been disco'd several times.
Experianced CTDs the most probably with patch 4

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5? If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized. If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

Yes,
Detail sliders set at 3/4 detail. Tried moving sliders all the way to performance with only negligible improvement in overall performance and still dropping to the teens and low  20s, So I moved them back up
The most noticable improvment is moving from Maxed out detail where game is unplayable especially under 10K to 3/4 beyond that as I said. Negligible.
 Texture size is default 512 reducing has next to no effect
(Texture size is not viewable in offline mode so those are online settings)
Horizon, transition, mimmapping all checked
Gamma at 1.0
Framerate in tower offline mode1024X768, 42fps when looking forward but will drop to 30 when looking either laft or right
At a resolution of 800X600 these numbers are 42fps looking forward and 32 when looking to either side


4- What version of Windows are you using?

Fully updated Wiondows XP professional

5- What is your CPU brand and speed?

AMD Antholon XP2100+,mmx,3DNOW~1.7 GHZ

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?

ASUS A7V333

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

128MB PNY Verto nVidia GeFORCE FX 5200 AGP (with latest drivers as of 5/26/04)

8- How much RAM does your system have?

512MB Corsair DDR333 RAM

9- What make and version are your video drivers?

Nvidia V56.72

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

Interesting question.
Default and now current setting is "off- application controled"
Tried experimenting changing it to "aplication controled 8X" noticed improvement in FR  stability above 10K and to a small extent below 10K but still get drops into the low teens and 20's.
One noticable difference is the game loads much faster at 8X


11- What make and model is your soundcard?

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 soundcard

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

3/4 accelerated

13- What firewall program or router doyou use if any?

Linksys etherfast w/4 port switch model BEFSR41
Nortons internet security. Either disabled or turned off with "End It all"
But really havent noticed a difference when its running or not. I keep it at the least disabled during play just because

14- What antivirus software do you use if any?

Nortons- Disabled during play (Same as above)

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

Default Max Size is 512

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

display mode of 1024x768  both destop and in game

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

Haveta double check on this tonight. but when was getting CTD's I would get problems when it reached 79 out of 130

Currently It remains  pretty stable at around 42 of 130 no matter what. But I will  double check tonight to make sure

[rshubert]

1.  I've had stuttering in every version of AH2, including the betas.  It got worse in patch 5.  Happens anytime I get near another plane, anytime I am low over the ground, when I am zoomed in  in the tank gun, etc.  Not too bad when I am flying alone over water, but using the view hat too much seems to induce them even under those conditions.  I have NEVER had a stutter when calibrating the bombsite, by the way.

2.  No CTDs in patch 5.  I had a few in the betas, none since going online with the release version.

3.  My frame rate went down in patch 5, now I get about 60 in the tower, in patch 0-4 I got 80 to 90 in the tower.

4.  Windows XP home edition, fully updated.

5.  Intel P4 2.4 GHz

6.  Asus P4S533-VL (SONY Vaio)

7.  Nvidia GEForce 4 MX440, 64Mb AGP 4x

8.  1024 MB RAM

9.  Driver make:  Nvidia
     Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
     Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5672 (English)

10.  Antialiasing 2x, Anisotropic Filtering off (been playing with theses settings, doesn't make any difference that I can see)

11.  YAMAHA AC-XG WDM Audio  Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_8127104D&REV_A0

12.  Standard (been playing with this one, too.  Reducing it has not affected stuttering)

13.  Netgear RP 614 connected to my ericsson Piperider cable modem via ethernet, ethernet to the PC.  No firewall (for God's sake don't tell anybody that!)

14.  Macafee, but I disable it when I go to the game.  If I leave it on, I get "microfreezes", which I define as screen freezes that last several seconds, as opposed to stutters that are of short duration and usually multiple events.

15.  256.  I've tried lower and higher, doesn't affect stutter at all.

16.  1024X768 32 bit both in AH and the desktop.  Going to 800X600 did not affect the stuttering.

17.  Typically starts off with about 21M used/63.8M total.  I'm never stutter free.

[Kev367th]

1- Yes but not as bad as previous patches.

2- Yes

3- No

4- Win 2K
5- AMD Athlon 64 3500 (dual channel s939)
6- Asus A8V
7- AGP ATI 9800SE softmod to 9800PRO, 128mb

8- 2x512mb

9- Omega drivers 2.5.44

10- Application preference

11- Onboard uses realtek AC97

12- Full

13- Linksys BEFSX-41

14- Norton

15- 64
16- 1024x768x32 Game, Desktop 1280x1024x32
17- Avail 130.6, used varies

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[beet1e]

1. No real problems. Flying in a congested area, with lots of GVs and lots of smoke coming up, I noticed a few warps. Nothing too serious.

2. No.

3. Frame rates are a little lower - but that might have been due to traffic density in the area in which I was flying. Still hitting 70fps, and 50fps is still normal.

4. W2000 Pro SP4 with all updates applied.

5. AMD XP2600 set to 1.9GHz (not overclocked)

6. Asus A7N8X-DLX.

7. ATi Radeon 9600 "Amateur" 128MB AGP.

8. 512MB.

9. Catalyst drivers: wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-02-040515a-015958c.exe

10. Anti-aliasing: 6X; Anisotropic: 4X.

11. None - using the onboard sound.

12. eek - didn't understand the question - sorry.

13/14 Trend Micro Internet Security, which I leave up when playing AH.

15. 512.

16. Desktop: 1152x864, 32BPP. AH: 1280x1024 - not sure what is meant by AH color depth, but it's a setting I haven't changed - using default.

17. Not really having any problems. Video memory usage is way up since I pushed up the antialiasing/anisotropic settings - 90MB of the available 128MB is typical usage when playing AH.

[peregrin]

I did a little parameter tweaking and got much improved performance.  I edited my previous post to show my updated results.  

I'm actually quite happy with the results I'm now getting with my sub-minimum machine (128KB ram untill I can find a local place with memory in stock).  Only complaint is the WinME-Radeon9200 problem.
--Peregrine

[Vad]

1 - Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?

Yes. I had them before patch 5, and now they are the same. When I engage in fight, I often experince short freezing or stutters. Looks like there is a problem with writing on disk or downloading new skins. I didn't try to defragment disk, may be it would help a little.

Frankly,  I would like to have the possibilty to disable this feature (custom skins) on my side. I don't care about art, I want to fly. And looks like only veterans use custom skins. I have little or no chances to kill them, and often it is possible only on the first pass - I will never get another chance! But exactly on the first pass I get freezing for 1 second which destroys my aiming.

Or just write these skins in cache file after they have killed me, when I sent to tower.



2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?

No. Had couple of CTDs before, looks like they gone with patch 5.

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?

Yes. I have 40-50 FPS in tower, 60 FPS on alt and FPS drops to 10-20 in furball. When engage in fight with even 1-2 opponents FPS around 20-30 and worse if zoom.

Looks like I have bottleneck in CPU spped. I have P4B with Pentium4 1.6 G and Radeon 9800 Pro 128M. Any changes in video card configuration (performance-quality in desktop display settings), AGP apperture size, AGP speed (I can set 1 or 4) in BIOS don't affect significantly. Performance sliders in AH2 video settings all are in the most right positions for performance.

My friend who also plays AH2 has Radeon 9200 (or 9600) with 128 M and  Pentium 4 2.8 G, and his FPS never drops low than 60 even in low alt furball. On alt or in tower he has 80-100 FPS with performance sliders set on center. BTW, he aslo experiences stutters but they are shorter than mine.

I had much worse situation before patch 5 but I can't say what fixed the problem. Before patch 5 I didn't have AGP drivers installed on my system, so it might be the reason.

4- What version of Windows are you using?

Wndows 2000 Professional

5- What is your CPU brand and speed?

Intel Pentioum 4 1.6 G

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?

ASUS P4B

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

Radeon  9800 PRO 128 Mb.  AGP set to 4x, motherboard doesn't support 8x

8- How much RAM does your system have?

512Mb

9- What make and version are your video drivers?

The latest from ATI site, downloaded week ago.

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

Tried everything, doesn't affect FPS much.

11- What make and model is your soundcard?

On board.

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

Standart. Tried all, no changes.

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?

Nothing on this computer, have external firewell.

14- What antivirus software do you use if any?

Nothing.

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

Tried 512, 256, 128. No considerable changes in FPS, stutters seems worse with large texture size. Set 128 now.

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

AH2 and desktop set to 1024x768, 16 bit.

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
Available 128, used 40 (with 128 Texture size) .

[Wilbus]

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem. If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

Yes, I'm having stutters in patch 5 and I've had it for every version before. However, the stutters in patch 5, after I installed Cat 4.6 Drivers are ALMOST gone. They seem to happen when ever a new player enters icon distance. I can't be sure on this though as it has also happaned other times.

2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

No, not a single one.

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5? If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized. If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

Yes, my maximum frame rate is still the same, but in big fights with 10-15 players or so the FPS drop down in the low 20's. This was not the case prior to patch 5 when my FPS never seemed to drop bellow 40. All settings set to default, (SHIFT F1 for full range visability). Resulution is set to 1600x1200 and textures to 512. I tried lowering textures to 256 however there was no improvement, if anything, I got less FPS.

4- What version of Windows are you using?

Windows XP Pro without any service pack installed.

5- What is your CPU brand and speed?

Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz.

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?

I originally thought my Main Board was intell but to make sure I check in Si-Soft Sandra and this is what some of what it gives me.

Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corp.
MPS version 1.40.

The Dell Computer I have is a modell 8250. I can't seem to find any more info about my main board.

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

ATI Radeon 9700 non Pro 128Mb running at AGPx4. It is BIOS flashed to PRO and overclocked to 370/300. Zahlman Heatsink and fan used to cool it. I've tried to remove OC aswell but it makes no difference.

8- How much RAM does your system have?

512mb RDRAM 1066.

9- What make and version are your video drivers?

ATI Cat 4.6

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

It is set to application preference. I will play around with it some and see if I get any different performance in AH.

11- What make and model is your soundcard?

Soundblaster Live with over 1 year old drivers. (if anyone can't point me to a place where to download new drivers I'd appriciate it, I can't find anything on soundblasters web page).

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

Full.

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?

D-link Dl-714P+

14- What antivirus software do you use if any?

Norton

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

512

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

1600x1200 32bit for both AH and Desktop.

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

No more or less then when I am not having problems. Last time it showed around 40 used and FPS still dropped.

[Edbert]

System Questionnaire

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem. If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

Had them pretty bad in later betas and patch 0 and 1. They went away with patch 2, 3, 4, but are back now with 5. They are VERY few, only one or two per hours.

2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

Have not had a CTD in weeks.

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5? If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized. If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

My FR has been about the same since bets 20 or so.

4- What version of Windows are you using?

XP-Pro SP1 (and all critical hotfixes)

5- What is your CPU brand and speed?

AMD XP2100+

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?

Asus A7M

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256

8- How much RAM does your system have?

1024 DDR

9- What make and version are your video drivers?

Catalyst, less than a month old but dont know the version number)

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

Max on both

11- What make and model is your soundcard?

SB Live 5.1

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

Full

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?

Linksys 802.11G on the outside for DHCP, Cisco PIX on the inside (IOS 6.3)

14- What antivirus software do you use if any?

Symantec corporate edition (disabled when flying)

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

default

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

1280X1024X32 @ 90Hz (desktop and game are the same)

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems

unknown

[fuzeman]

System Questionnaire

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem. If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.
-->> I'll take the 5th on this one or plead ignorance, leaning towards the latter.

2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?
-->> I did have one CTD on P5 when I launched in a posted mission I made, waypoints included. Didn't run any missions before so I don't know if it was P5 related. Before P5 didn't really pay attention but had them occasionally.

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5? If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized. If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?
-->> Yes, low frame-rate but specs are close to minimum, see below.
1280x1024 on both display and AH, using 32 colors.
MFR-unlimited, Gamma=1, Options are all checked.
Sliders; LoD and DOS sliders set are set under the 'rf' in peRFormance, GDR set to max at 3, TtLPF=1.
Offline on Ndiles map in Tower and minimized clipboard 52-53 with 26.2 of 61.2 mem used, Cnt=0.

4- What version of Windows are you using?
-->> Win98se.

5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
-->> AMD Athlon XP1500+ running at 1,333Ghz and not O/Ced.[Recieved direct from AMD after I bought an Athlon T-Bird off eBay and it had a bug and didn't display jpeg files correctly].

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
-->> Abit KT7A- RAID { Don't use the RAID hardware }. I loaded 7N bios but 3DMark2001 reports it at 6.00PG

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
-->> NVIDEA GeForce4 Ti4200  64Mb DDR memory, AGP. The card is not O/Ced.

8- How much RAM does your system have?
-->> 256Mb, it is NOT DDR memory.

9- What make and version are your video drivers?
-->> WHQL 56.64 and I usually get them off the guru3d website.

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
-->> Both are set to 'Application controlled'.

11- What make and model is your soundcard?
-->> SoundBlaster 5.1 Gamer  driver 4.12.0001.0905 [English].

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
-->> Set to 'Standard Acceleration' 3/4s or one notch from full.

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
-->> I use Sygate Personnal Firewall [free version] and I connect using Earthlink Dial-up. I do keep this running when flying AH.

14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
-->> I use Grisoft AVG antivirus [free version] and I DO NOT keep this running while flying AH.

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
-->> 256, the default.

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
-->> AH set to 1280x1024, display is set to 1280x1024x32colors.

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
-->> Available is 61.2 and since last patch used hangs around the low 30s range.
It doesn't get close to 61.2 like it did before P5.

Didn't ask but using DirectX 9.0b

[kevykev56]

1. Yes, Low FR, Below 10K with lots of cons. Drops down to as low as 4FPS. Always had low FR with AH2...improving with each pach.

2. No CTDs thus far in patch 5

3. Yes, Video settings to performance. textures at 256. From tower large airfield without smoke or damage 35FPS.

4. XP

5. AMD Athalon, 1.2GHZ

6. ABIT KT7133

7. ATI Radeon 9600 128meg AGP.....just standard 9600

8. 630meg SDram

9. Latest Catalyst from ATI 2Weeks old...not at PC will edit when I am home tonight.

10. Set to aplication controlled.


11. Onboard

12. None

13. None

14. Norton...disabled while playing game...ENDITALL ran also

15. 256max

16. 800x600 ...max resolution...true color I think..will edit tonight.

17. Availabe 130meg...used 35meg since patch 5....prior to patch 5 was 80meg-90meg used



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