hows this for a computer

[MrRiplEy[H]]

If he's using a 32-bit operating system it's very much possible he sees only 3 gigs inside windows even if he has 2x2gigs installed. However during boot he should see the full 4 gigs.

This or that theres something seriously wrong with the box if the framerates are that low. You should be getting 10x rates.

[BaldEagl]

Agreed.  By comparison I just finished my new system (in another thread in this Forum) which has less horespower than this and I am pegged at my refresh rates in any/all situations.

[kilz]

thanks for all the help guys. i have a buddy that lives here and he works on computers so he going to swing by and give me a hand. i will let you guys know what we find on it. Salute

[kilz]

Caz brings up a good point.  You could have 4 memory chips in the configuration he mentioned (2x1Gb/2x512mb).   In that configuration you are also going to run in single channel mode.  You need matched memory sticks installed in pairs to remain in dual channel mode.  If that's the configuration you're running simply pull the 512 chips and you'll probably see a performance increase.

did not relize that i pulled the 512 chips and left the 2 1gb chips a little increase in profamnce but not much still drop to 40 to 45 frames and when i shoot for the first time i frezz for a second.

[BaldEagl]

Did you disable the onboard sound as I mentioned earlier?  It sounds like a sound conflict.  Also, are you running a custom sound pack in-game?  If so remove it and see if that helps.

BTW, if you need more than 2 Gigs of RAM, stick in 4 matched 1 Gig sticks.  Windows will only recognize 3-3.5 Gigs of it, but it will remain in dual channel mode (double the speed of single channel).

I doubt the following will make the difference but I also have to ask if you've D/L'd the latest drivers for your video card and installed them and if you've gone to the NVidea control panel to set up the card.  Most of the set-up items give you a short description of what they do.  I mostly stuck with the default settings (512 Mhz 8800 GTS) although I maxed anti-aliasing and a couple other settings I allowed the application to optimize.

[kilz]

looking into the on board sound.

now if i go to my control panel for my video card and move the profomance slider to proformance instead of quality i get 100-300 frames but suffer on graphics dramaticly. dont know if that info is any help or not.

and yes all the latiest drivers are in place checked those

[kilz]

on board sound is disabled

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Make sure that you have directsound acceleration droped a notch from maximum in your directx manager. The freeze when shooting is a typical symptom that can be fixed usually with the trick.

[kilz]

Make sure that you have directsound acceleration droped a notch from maximum in your directx manager. The freeze when shooting is a typical symptom that can be fixed usually with the trick.

now your speaking geek bro 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Just open your start menu, press 'run' and type dxdiag then press enter. You'll get the dxdiagnostics tool. Select sound page and move the slider a notch left.

[kilz]

did that nothing. hey on my dxdiag report it shows my turtle beach and my xfi two diffrent sound tabs does that matter any?



Is there anyone else using 8800 Ultra????? if so are you running an older driver with it???? maybe the newiest driver is not made to support this game not sure but thought i would throw it out there.

[BaldEagl]

I'm running the newest 8800 driver with my GTS.  It's fine.

Do you have two soundcards installed?  If so, pull one.

[kilz]

ya its my turtle beach head set and my xfi soundcard

[BaldEagl]

Well, that's likely your problem.  I'm sure it's causing a sound conflict.  You'll need to pull one or the other out and might have to uninstall the drivers for it as well.

[alskahawk]

 I usually install minimal components at intitial startup then after those components with the necessary drivers are installed then I defrag. Then restart. Then completely install next component. That way I know what component is suspect.
  One component I have had trouble with lately is the Creative Labs XFI soundcard. It a great sound card but on some systems the drivers seem a bit flaky.
I removed the XFI sound card from a working system to get to another component and then reistalled the sound card in the same slot and lost sound. I had to reinstall the drivers to get it to work.