question for the computer techs out there

[xStrato]

Maybe your computer is stronger than what this game requires. I have found the same situation. My frame rates are about 60 and I am not using all my available resources. They didn't make this a heavy game, they have a much larger market if they don't.

[dkff49]

Maybe your computer is stronger than what this game requires. I have found the same situation. My frame rates are about 60 and I am not using all my available resources. They didn't make this a heavy game, they have a much larger market if they don't.

I was hoping when I bought this computer that, that would be true. However it is not that just that my framerates go up as much as it is when they do it the warping starts and my framerates jump around even when sitting still. Maybe this will run things properly but if not when I need to use the laptop to play I will just have to stay on the ground in GV's or play offline. These are fun things to do too.

thanks

[MrRiplEy[H]]

After reading this post from one that Fugitive posted earlier inthis thread:
If you are running the game in win98 mode your only going to see one cpu running, because thats what it does, it turns off one cpu.

I checked to see what compatability mode I was running it in because I could not remember and saw that I did have it set to run in windows98. After changing that to XPthe computer started using both processors to run game and my CPU usage only jumps to 100% when computer first starts game the rest of the time it is between 50%-75% of both CPU's. Game is still warpy not sure if disabling the compatability mode will help or not but I will try that (kind of thought of this after I signed off last night. I am also going to try to connect directly to the router using the ethernet port to see if maybe my remaining problems are from a poor wireless connection since I was at work last night and I that isnot a router that I have worked much with and the crew before me had a hard time with it as well. One of them said that he had a hard time connecting with his PS3. Man I have a hard job  .

If warps are your only problem now (did the framerate problem go away?) the culprit is almost certainly your wireless connection. Wireless is just not good for online gaming especially if your signal is less than optimal.

[dkff49]

the framerate issues are still there they are still jumping around from the very high to the very low. I just assumed that the framerate issue and the warpiness is the same problem.


***update***
connecting directly into the router via ethernet was of no help

[OOZ662]

Right click your AH clipboard and pick the option that has to do with Net Status (haven't seen it in so long I don't remember what the real title is). Two line graphs should swing out on the tab. If the Variance in Delay graph is wigging out, it's generally local. Something's taking CPU time away; spyware, adware, viruses, Vista, auto-updaters, ect. None of that stuff is actually needed. If the other graph is losing it, it's a network issue.

Maybe someone here can help you go through the startup list in msconfig to get rid of background processes and updaters.

[dkff49]

it is the variance delay that is jumping around the most. i have searched for everything i can find to stop from running using the fsautostart and ran mcafee antivirus and the anti-spyware from yahoo to clean things up with no to little improvement. maybe just stuck with what i got i guess.

[OOZ662]

I'd start looking up (or asking about) Vista optimization guides. Using difference features of Vista (especially the Aero interface) can dump a computer.