FPS

[Shovelhead773]

Hello all, I have played this game for a few years and until recently I haven't had any problems with it. I used to run it on a cheap dell dimension 4700 and the game ran fine. Recently I have picked up a Toshiba laptop with an AMD processor, 200G HD, and 3G of ram and also an ATI graphics card. I have been having a problem with low frame rates. I have turned all of the settings down and my game is major laggy. I'm running an FPS around 12 and 20 on a good day (i know it's horrible). I will post my DXDIAG and hope to hear back from someone, this isn't making a whole lot of sense to me so maybe someone out there will know. Thanks!

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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/1/2009, 19:17:15
       Machine name: TYLER-PC
   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
       System Model: Satellite A305D
               BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 1.50   
          Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
             Memory: 2940MB RAM
          Page File: 1240MB used, 4870MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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        Card name: ATI Radeon X1250
     Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
        Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x791F)
         DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_791F&SUBSYS_FF601179&REV_00
   Display Memory: 1342 MB
 Dedicated Memory: 127 MB
    Shared Memory: 1214 MB
     Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
      Driver Name: atiumdag.dll,atiumdva.dat,atitmmxx.dll
   Driver Version: 7.14.0010.0517 (English)
      DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 7/28/2007 00:14:30, 2999296 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-3A5F-11CF-CC70-6ADFA1C2CA35}
        Vendor ID: 0x1002
        Device ID: 0x791F
        SubSys ID: 0xFF601179
      Revision ID: 0x0000
      Revision ID: 0x0000
      Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
 Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalSt retch
                   {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                   {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalSt retch
                   {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                   {552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                   {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalSt retch
                   {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
     DDraw Status: Enabled
       D3D Status: Enabled
       AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
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            Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0268&SUBSYS_1179FF60&REV_1000
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5559 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 1/30/2008 13:34:20, 2058528 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0268&SUBSYS_1179FF60&REV_1000
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5559 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 1/30/2008 13:34:20, 2058528 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

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Sound Capture Devices
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            Description: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
  Default Sound Capture: Yes
  Default Voice Capture: Yes
            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5559 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
          Date and Size: 1/30/2008 13:34:20, 2058528 bytes
              Cap Flags: 0x1
           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

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DirectInput Devices
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      Device Name: Mouse
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Keyboard
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Saitek X45 Flight Control Stick
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x2541
        FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No

[Skuzzy]

The video card is uing 1.2GB of you system RAM, reducing the available RAM to 1.8GB, and Vista is eating up another 1GB, leaving only 800MB available for actual program use.

My bet is the computer is swapping very badly due to lack of free available memory.  It is absolutely rediculious for a video card to be set to share 1.2GB of system RAM.

Must be trying to figure out some way to make Crysis to run ok.

You are going to need to kill a number of background processes to free up some more RAM, and/or adjust the amount of RAM the video card wants to steal from the system.

Be sure to set the game to use as few resources as possible.  Set the "Maximum Texture Size" to 128, do not preload anything.

Also be sure to disable any power management in the OS.

[Shovelhead773]

Hey thanks skuzzy, wow that is ridiculous. Now that i think of it a number of games that should run perfectly fine on this computer aren't and are acting the same way. It seems like the way you talk there is a way to adjust the amount of ram my video card uses to a lower level to acchieve optimum playability, how would i do that?

[skribetm]

check your bios settings, if there are options for allocating memory size. good luck!

[Shovelhead773]

I will check, thanks!

[Shovelhead773]

I didn't end up seeing anything in bios. Hmm anyone know how i could reduce to amount of ram my video card uses?

[Skuzzy]

Check with the manufacturer.

Also note, you need to kill the "ReadyBoost" and "SuperFetch" services as well.  They will use up as much free RAM as they can filling it with applications Vista thinks you need.

[Shovelhead773]

K, what would be readyboot and the  other one? And also how would i go about uninstalling those. My computer knowledge is sparse XD

[skribetm]

from the looks of your pc specs, upgrading to windows xp would really improve your performance. vista needs at least 1.5GB for it to run decently, but your pc having additional background tasks would really bog down gaming in AH2.

some bios do not allow for you to allocate shared memory size, and that may be the case here. since you run too many processes, i suggest you take a hard look at what programs you really need and uninstall those that you dont.

use these tools to clean up your pc.

revo uninstaller
ccleaner

also, your antivirus programs might in themselves be viruses (norton/mcafee). i suggest you also uninstall them and run this instead: avg

let us know.

[Shovelhead773]

I've gone through and deleted all unessesary programs. Some i dont know for sure if i need so i didnt delete but most i did. I am seeing a little bit faster gameplay but still horribly slow. I can't think of anything else to do to get this working right. I wish i had some spare cash to try to figure out whats wrong with my desktop, it's old but i have a kickarse videocard in there. Anymore ideas?

[skribetm]

this is the part where a techie friend who lives in the area becomes handy..   =)
come move down to texas, i'll help ya with pc problems anytime! (but you'll have to deal with the hot humid summer too!)

[Shovelhead773]

Haha i actually have one the lives right near me i will have to give him a call XD thanks for all the help all!