Author Topic: Warping like Star Trek (Read 5357 times)

Telstar · « **Reply #45 on:** February 03, 2007, 03:25:27 PM »

if it were my system i'd be taking it apart right about now, i think that there is a hardware problem

USRanger · « **Reply #46 on:** February 03, 2007, 05:33:06 PM »

I agree, but this is a brand new off-the-shelfer. The only things I changed were the vid card & power supply. Also, AH is the ONLY program/game/whatever that is giving me any problems whatsoever. This is my first AMD system & I hate it already. Long live intel!

USRanger · « **Reply #47 on:** February 05, 2007, 05:22:52 AM »

Woot! Check this out! Maybe I'll get lucky and the dang thing will just blow up!:furious

Hardware · « **Reply #48 on:** February 07, 2007, 12:21:13 AM »

I’d take the strange frame rate counts with a grain of salt. The readout may just be a wildly inaccurate symptom/anomaly of your real problem.

Also the offline vibrating icons thing may be a separate issue altogether (vid drivers, etc). Is it possible that it’s happening when you’re online also but you’re just not seeing it because it’s getting masked by the warping?

At any rate, with your warping being an online-only problem and especially with the other guys seeing it happen from their perspective, it sure sounds like a network issue.

Assuming the new mobo has an onboard network card - and particularly if it’s a gigabit unit - I’d try disabling it and sticking in a plain vanilla 10/100 PCI card (e.g. a Linksys LNE100TX).

I’ve seen some squirrelly things happen with gigabit NICs and while there’s usually a slew of parameters you can adjust on them, swapping it out will be a whole lot faster and cover all possibilities (settings and drivers) simultaneously.

Good Luck!
Hardware

Schatzi · « **Reply #49 on:** February 07, 2007, 04:00:53 AM »

USRanger,

another thing i just noticed: you still havent turned down sound accell. Turn down the hardware accelleration in Sounds tab to STANDARD. While i dont think it explains all issues, it certainly does no good.

The second problem is: with VSync off, the FR count is as well. I had FPS in the 300 and 400 range with VSync turned off. Its definitly something that NEEDs to be turned on.

If AH crashes on you with it on, remove the video8.cfg file from the settings folder and delete the cache prior to relaunching the game. (that will reset the vid and gfx settings to default).

1cemanVS · « **Reply #50 on:** February 07, 2007, 07:05:46 AM »

anomolies like the glitches your aving now can occur because of overheating, might possibly explain the jump in frames, but less likely, just thought id mention it because it hasnt been explored yet...

i used to get this in other games after long periods of use on my old card, obviously AH isnt testing your system too much, so it much just be a standard overheating/cooling issue

Eagle Eye · « **Reply #51 on:** February 07, 2007, 08:39:01 AM »

One thing I done that took me from star trex to the love boat as far a warping goes (amount and degree) was uncheck Hardware Vertex Processing in the video settings on the opening clipboard of AH.
Still a little warping but only about 2% of what it was.

I hate HP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eagle Eye · « **Reply #52 on:** February 07, 2007, 08:45:39 AM »

Just as a oh BTW here is my PP results.

Target Name: http://www.flyaceshigh.com
IP: 12.193.161.229
Date/Time: 2/7/2007 8:42:55 AM

1 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 1 ms 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms [192.168.1.1]
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms [192.168.254.254]
3 28 ms 26 ms 35 ms 27 ms 28 ms 58 ms 26 ms 28 ms 35 ms 27 ms h87.12.213.151.ip.alltel.net [151.213.12.87]
4 31 ms 29 ms 34 ms * 29 ms 62 ms 27 ms 28 ms 39 ms 27 ms h225.63.102.166.ip.alltel.net [166.102.63.225]
5 * 32 ms 34 ms 32 ms 33 ms 67 ms 30 ms 30 ms 46 ms * h153.22.213.151.ip.alltel.net [151.213.22.153]
6 -32764 ms 33 ms 158 ms * -32764 ms 67 ms 31 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms 36 ms h77.33.213.151.ip.alltel.net [151.213.33.77]
7 32 ms -32764 ms * 31 ms 41 ms 76 ms * 32 ms 43 ms * [12.118.120.117]
8 45 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms 32 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms 36 ms 42 ms 31 ms [12.118.120.117]
9 -32764 ms -32764 ms 51 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms 89 ms 50 ms 57 ms -32764 ms 48 ms tbr1-cl13.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.2.89]
10 48 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms 85 ms 48 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms 48 ms tbr1-cl13.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.2.89]
11 51 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms 51 ms 65 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms 52 ms 58 ms 50 ms gbr6-p20.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.12.70]
12 60 ms -32764 ms 62 ms 55 ms * 96 ms * 64 ms 55 ms 56 ms [12.116.144.38]
13 56 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms -32764 ms 93 ms 68 ms 64 ms -32764 ms 58 ms [12.116.144.38]
14 56 ms 55 ms 59 ms 54 ms 73 ms 78 ms 56 ms 62 ms 56 ms 58 ms http://www.flyaceshigh.com [12.193.161.229]

USRanger · « **Reply #53 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:21:46 PM »

Thank you everyone. I will try all of these suggestions. I'll report back with the results (crosses fingers, toes, arms, legs, eyes).

USRanger · « **Reply #54 on:** February 08, 2007, 05:28:55 AM »

OK, v-sync on, sound accel. at standard, deleted video8.cfm. Made no difference. So I either need to swap out my brand new vid card or put in a new network card per Hardware. Which one is the better bet? Wish Skuzzy would jump into this thread. If I get a new network card, do I disable the one on my mobo in Bios, or do I need to remove anything in add/remove programs so there is no conflict? Do they make pci network cards?

Irwink! · « **Reply #55 on:** February 08, 2007, 07:18:09 AM »

I'd say at this point just to pull the new vid card. I just looked up the specs for that machine. I'm using the m7680n and they are somewhat similar in many but not all respects. My integrated network card works fine. I haven't read through this entire thread bui I doubt the NIC has anythiing to do with your problem.

Your machine came with integrated video, not a card? Did you disable the stock card in device manager? Did you uninstall the drivers for the stock graphics adapter BEFORE installing the new card? Anyway, I'd now uninstall the drivers for the new card, physically remove the new card, reboot and re-enable the stock graphics and reinstall the stock drivers. The whole process would take only a few minutes and would definitely tell you if your problem is somehow tied to the new card. If the old grahics adapter/drivers weren't properly dealt with BEFORE you installed the new card/drivers that could have caused problems.

If going back to the stock setup cures your problem, you could then try the procedure all over and try using your new card after properly uninstalling the stock graphics adapter and drivers. Really, the whole procedure takes only a few minutes and the more times you do it the faster you get at it!

USRanger · « **Reply #56 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:30:55 AM »

A squaddie is sending me an old video card to try out to see if it's my card. My onboard graphics are nvidia 6150 LE. Good enough for AH? It's disabled in bios & device manager, but I bet my problems lie in there somewhere. Something is conflicting. Grrr.

USRanger · « **Reply #57 on:** February 10, 2007, 01:34:01 AM »

Oh, and yeah, I removed old drivers. I upgraded my vid card 4 times over the the years in my old pc, so I got that down pat. Wonder if kicking it will help.

Schatzi · « **Reply #58 on:** February 10, 2007, 05:29:56 AM »

Im not sure the NVidia chip is going to run AH, but it will certainly be worth a try. It will certainly not be enough to pplay in the long run, but it can at least tell you if the graphics card is being the issue.

USRanger · « **Reply #59 on:** February 10, 2007, 11:25:19 AM »

If I switched to an ATI card, would I not have this compatability problem like nvidia cards do with AMD 64x2 boards? In the Hardware forum I only see a prob. w/ nvidia cards.