Symptoms:
When I first open AH and the page loads, my mouse is very laggy....If I click the video settings button and bring up the new menu then the lag goes away. I have to do that every time other wise the lag continues right into the game.
After a lot of trial and error and messing with the Nvidia control panel and down loading the current version I'm only getting 20 FPS with all AH settings on. After de-selecting items for water and terrain it bumps me up to 60 FPS. With every item checked I'm using 80mb out of 512mb on the vid mem., which seems extremely low.
Nvidia panel and settings.
Anisotropic filtering = Off
antialiasing-gamma correction = Off
Antialiasing-Setting = 0
Antialiasing - transparency = Off
Conformant texture clamp = Off
Error reporting = Off
Extension limit = Off
Maximum pre-rendered frames = 0
Multi-display/mixed-gpu acceleration = Multiple display performance mode
Texture filtering - Anisotropic mip filter opt.. = Off
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample opti... = Off
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias = Allow
Texture filtering - Quality = Performance
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization = On
Threaded optimization = Off
Triple buffering = Off
Vertical sync = Use the 3D application setting
My other issue is that I have a lot or stutters or lag when I change my views in flight with the hats or keyboard.
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 829MB used, 4113MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 8400 GS
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0404&SUBSYS_C7383842&REV_A1
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.9038 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/14/2009 13:54:00, 5842816 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 7/14/2009 13:54:00, 7741664 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4744-11CF-BC78-33E700C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0404
SubSys ID: 0xC7383842
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) 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
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run
Thank you for your help and input.
