Author Topic: dont know whether new video card would help (Read 448 times)

cubsfan1 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 07, 2006, 10:41:55 AM »

I installed and ran the program that was recommended by starofafrica in his posting (FS autostart) and turned off a bunch of stuff so now my processes in the task manager has gone down to 14. But now when i go to start Aces High an error message comes up that says "aceshigh exe. has encountered a problem and needs to close", any ideas about what is wrong?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #16 on:** March 07, 2006, 12:06:06 PM »

For many video cards, there is a process which runs and it must run in order for DirectX to function.

cubsfan1 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 07, 2006, 12:12:40 PM »

any idea what that process is that must run for my video card?

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 07, 2006, 12:54:19 PM »

Try the ones with the Nv in front of it first.

RTR · « **Reply #19 on:** March 07, 2006, 01:20:46 PM »

once you get your processes under control try this:

Leave your resolution at 1024 X 768, but turn it down to 128mb. (you are at 256 right now).

In game set all detail sliders to the right (more performance). You can run the ground detail slider about halfway though.

I am running this card on a similar system to yours. I have more ram however. If you can swing it $$ wise, boost your ram to 1GB.

That card, although playable is a very low end card nowadays. If you are able, an upgrade would be good. If you have an available AGP slot (or can make one available) a GForce 5600 or 5700 card wouldn't be a bad idea (for the budget concious).

Also, for that card and the other 5000 series Gforce cards, make sure you are running the 61.77 drivers. They seem to work the best for AH.

Hope it gets better for you, and some of this helps you out a bit.

cheers,
RTR

Krusty · « **Reply #20 on:** March 07, 2006, 02:23:00 PM »

Like I mentioned I've got a Ge4400 Ti 128mb card, which is even older than his 5000-series card, and I get pretty good fps under almost all situations. Granted it doesn't look so great, I get problems with smoke and lots of problems with fire balls not showing up properly, but I suspect that's because it's a low end system.

The benchmark is to go offline, move to a CV, up and set the b24 on fire, then look out at the B24 and the CV in the same frame and see if you drop below 30fps. The idea is that the fire trail eats up fps big time, as does ground detail (simulated by the CV, which has a lot of detail to display, and also eats up fps).

If you can hack a burning B24 over a full CV battle group at low alt, you're golden.

cubsfan1 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 07, 2006, 05:20:26 PM »

thanks for all your advice. I tried all of it and it's a miracle, my grafics are better than they ever were and i'm getting a steady 59fps. the only drawback is i think whatever i turned off disabled the sounds mod i had but i don't mind. everything is a lot smoother. now all i have to do is learn how to keep the nose steady when i fire my guns. i'm having a hard time hitting ground targets. Thanks again!:D