whats requierd

[freeze]

Can some 1 tell me whats needed for AH. Does it needs a good CPU or better a good video card. And how is the relation between Frames and the connection u have. I am running a Athlon 850 a Geforce2 GTS 23 MB DDR RAM; 256 SD RAM.
All new 4*1 VIA drivers; 23.12 WHQL Nvidia drivers and XP professionel.
Some times over a field in a little furball i my frames droppig down to 15-20 Frames. My Internet connection is a 1 Mega Bbit DSL.
I hope some one can help me

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[Lephturn]

That setup is more than sufficient for playing AH.

Two things you might want to try to get the framerate up.

1.  Set your AGP apature size in BIOS to 128.  This solves a lot of framerate problems for folks lately I find.

2.  21.81 drivers for the GeForce.  The later ones have some issues.

Try these in order.

BTW, what resolution and color depth are you running, and do you have any anti-aliasing turned on?

[freeze]

OK got the AGP set.
I am not sure but to deinstall Nvidia drivers couse last time i did that i meesed my XP.
It wont let me install any Nvidia driver again. It ever took the defualt 1 delivered with XP.
My coloer depth is 32 i am using clutter on and highest detail mode (shift f1).
Mip Mapping is on also.
Maybe i want to much and my system is to week.
ANti-Aliasing is the default settings from the video card

ty for help

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[Lephturn]

I don't know what the default Anti-aliasing setting is.  Turning it off will improve your framerate but degrade the quality somewhat if it's on now.  Turn off ground clutter... that really hurts my framerate.  The trees will still show up anyway, it's just the sheep and such you won't see.

You didn't mention what resolution you are playing at either, and that will have a large impact on your framerates.

Dropping to 15-20 in really busy times isn't a big deal as long as it's above 30 or so in most situations.  There are somethings like flying through smoke at a burning field that will just kick the hell out of your framerate no matter what you do.

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Yea my resolution in flights is 1024*768. My Frames jumping around in the 50 sometimes ove rislands with water in front 60-70
Just an example but offline i have 85 Frames in tower with clipboard. Online i have only 50. ANd thats the point i cant under stand. U have any answer for that ?

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[Furious]

Online there are a lot of moving objects and your CPU is busier.

Get the Geforce Tweak UI (or GTU) form here:

http://www.guru3d.com/geforcetweakutility/

Makes it much easier to try different settings.


Edit: this site also has tutorials for properly deleting and installing Detenator drivers.

F.

[freeze]

So how is the relation between FPS and te quality of ur connection. cuase i tried all tips u gave to me but i didnt see any better qualitiy here. Maybe i get the maximum from my machine allready. I dont now. Or maybe i expect to much from my system.
what u think my frames should be in the game. I ahve no problem with around 30, and my are normally higher. but 12 13 Frmaes low over a field if u starting inna group or attcking is way to low in my opinion

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[Lephturn]

The relationship is not between your connection quality and your framerate, it's between the number of objects in the world and your framerate.  When you are online, there are a lot more things in the world that the CPU has to process, so the framerates will be lower.

Did you turn the ground clutter off?  That helps me a lot.  Other than that, just turn the framerate counter off in the game and don't worry about it unless you are noticing real display slowdowns during a fight.  It sounds like your framerate is just fine most of the time.

[freeze]

Yea it is just fine most of the time. onl thing is in furballs or in smoke over field.
But ty for help and ill get new system any way soon i hope.


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