Author Topic: ver2.10 patch1 turned comp/vid to worse.... (Read 959 times)

TequilaChaser · « **on:** April 14, 2007, 05:44:41 AM »

I recently went thru checking driver versions for vid card, and stuff. when I switched from an ATI 9800 pro 128 meg videocard AGP to an ATI x800Pro 256 meg videocard AGP......

reference forum thread:
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201712

finally was able to get everything to work with the 1024 HIGHRES skin/texture package and with all detail sliders maxed out to the Detail/Quality side using 1280x1024 Screen Resolution monitor set to refresh of 75......

my fps stayed steady at 69/70

now with the new patch/new version, I have experienced screen freezes when I fire my guns, or when bombers fire guns, I experience flickering structures on Airfields ( like a monitor flickers/rolls when viewing it thru a digital video camera)

stutters/mini freezes and poor looking terrain ( mainly looks plain/flat like back in AH1 )

I noticed some have mentioned upgrading their drivers, question is what drivers are they now using?

my specs are as follows:

ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe MB
AMD Athlon 2800XP processor
(2) 160 gig SATA-I HD's running in RAID 1 config
ATI X800 Pro 256 meg videocard ( using ATI cat 4.12 drivers )
1024meg of DDR400 ram.....dual channel config
SB sound card
Antec 550 Trupower supply WinXP Pro SP2 ( all necessary vital updates )
DELL Ultrasharp 19" LCD monitor refresh 75mhz resolution - 1280x1024.......( using analog hookup instead of DVI to gain more monitor refresh rate, DVI limits it to 70 max )
preload plane cache/textures/ all settings to High Quality )

^ hope i did not leave anything out

how is it it all worked fine in the previous 2.9 patch 5version but in this
new version 2.10 patch 1 I have ran into so many problems.......

my monitor is less than 1 year old........and everything outside of AH is fine....

buzkill · « **Reply #1 on:** April 14, 2007, 07:47:54 AM »

with the x-series cards you can use the latest drivers w/o issues....i've got the x800xt AGP running on the driver i dl'd 6 mos. ago (don't know the version...it's a all in wonder package) but i have no issues with any game but BF2142. but i blame EA games for that instability. all i can think of is you're using a driver that's been around since the begining of time, or not enough cpu for force feed back. i have the same stutters when i fire guns with ff on (amd64 3000+@2.1G)

Krusty · « **Reply #2 on:** April 14, 2007, 12:02:02 PM »

I had 8 formations of B-17s drop my FPS to less than 20, last night.

Before 2.10 this would never have happened. Even in massive 20-bomber raids my FPS would never drop below 30. It was almost a slide show for me!

No amount of changing the detail sliders in the video setup would help. Shift F1, F2, and F3 had NO difference in FPS.

FPS are definitely a lot worse in this patch, from alts starting on the deck (new trees give me 18FPS, never dropped below 25 on runways before!) up to 25k (where I was getting less than 20fps on that 8-formation bomber mission).

MajWoody · « **Reply #3 on:** April 14, 2007, 05:32:56 PM »

TC,

I just got the same vid card & drivers as you. I haven't tried to fly yet so was wondering if you found anything out yet?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

TequilaChaser · « **Reply #4 on:** April 16, 2007, 11:54:24 AM »

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Originally posted by MajWoody
TC,

I just got the same vid card & drivers as you. I haven't tried to fly yet so was wondering if you found anything out yet?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

still checking different versions out, Majwoody..will post when I figure out where I want to be.....

SKurj · « **Reply #5 on:** April 16, 2007, 01:17:23 PM »

I'm using an ATI 1950 PRO with 7.3 cats

I haven't noticed any stuttering but I have noticed flickering textures on airfields. Specifically the light coloured concrete(?) texture where the hangars are.

Krusty · « **Reply #6 on:** April 16, 2007, 01:43:11 PM »

Just before the patch fps was good. Right after it's in the flusher.

I happened to idly ask my squaddies if they noticed a FPS hit with the new version, and they all shouted something along the lines of "god, yes!"

I think something's not right, 2.10-wise, yet.

Keiler · « **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2007, 01:47:42 PM »

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Originally posted by SKurj
I'm using an ATI 1950 PRO with 7.3 cats

I haven't noticed any stuttering but I have noticed flickering textures on airfields. Specifically the light coloured concrete(?) texture where the hangars are.

Same here! Same card, same issue. Latest drivers for it..

Regards,
Matt

Soulyss · « **Reply #8 on:** April 16, 2007, 01:55:13 PM »

I"m not a techie wiz but a squaddie of mine was having some pretty severe stuttering issues... he found a DirectX patch that was issued on the 10th that did the trick for him. I didn't ask him about the flickering textures (which I'm getting too). I D/L'd the patch last night but haven't tested it in game yet.

Shuffler · « **Reply #9 on:** April 16, 2007, 02:24:51 PM »

It cleared up everything. It is still DirectX 9c but had a tiny update.... get it... should fix all the flickers and freezes... mine is as smooth as glass now

Eagler · « **Reply #10 on:** April 16, 2007, 02:36:55 PM »

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Originally posted by Shuffler
It cleared up everything. It is still DirectX 9c but had a tiny update.... get it... should fix all the flickers and freezes... mine is as smooth as glass now

link?

I was wondering if those running the 1024 textures, d/l the new hi-res pack with the latest update

edit:
was it this link ?

SKurj · « **Reply #11 on:** April 16, 2007, 03:09:09 PM »

I installed AH from scratch with the latest patch and the hires pack I found in the same place.
I did not install over an old installation. This the first time this PC has had AH on it.

Shuffler · « **Reply #12 on:** April 16, 2007, 04:36:38 PM »

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Originally posted by Eagler
link?

I was wondering if those running the 1024 textures, d/l the new hi-res pack with the latest update

edit:
was it this link ?

Yes and I also run hires pack all sliders maxed... everything on...

I want to use all my 512 mb vid memory I can

MajWoody · « **Reply #13 on:** April 18, 2007, 02:00:24 AM »

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Originally posted by TequilaChaser
still checking different versions out, Majwoody..will post when I figure out where I want to be.....

TY Sir:)