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Title: ATI 8500 support..
Post by: GreenCloud on July 29, 2004, 05:26:34 PM
well..i been spending tiem on this..to much now..


Skuzzy or HTC crew..is there a place that you have that i can see to set my ATI850064mbSE card up to run smooth?




Cause my fps are dropping into lo teens when in furballs close to deck...in medium vis range,,
it is very frustrating

i dotn want to download tweaks.....im tired of screwing up my comptuer
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: BGBMAW on July 29, 2004, 05:30:03 PM
these are my specs...


dam..im frustrated and tired of this...i been in beta since beggining ...i was waiting for the release of AH2 to try and make my card optomized....and i thougth HTC would have a  " ATI" setting stciky tab or somthn for us to make this game playable...

Am i missing the stciky?
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: Skuzzy on July 29, 2004, 05:49:19 PM
Don't run the game at higher than 1024x768 (800x600 is probably the best for that card), set the texture size to 256 (or lower).
If you have 512MB of system ram, then make sure you have the 'preload textures to system ram' option checked in the video setup for the game.
Set the slider for the object distance to 1 mile.
In the ATI control panel, under the D3D tab, set the slider all the way to performance.

The 8500 is a very old card and is not a fast one.  It will load down pretty quickly, depending on what CPU you have.  I have one in this very system I use everyday.  And with an 800Mhz P3.  It will bog down in large traffic areas.

Above all, your system must be very clean of any and all background processes.  That card will need all the help it can get if you are running less than a 2Ghz CPU.

There are no generic settings we can post for any specific video card.  There are far too many other variables which go into the performance of a system.
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: GreenCloud on August 04, 2004, 07:44:11 PM
weel..im running pretty dam clean right now...


wow..im in single digits in Tonka Town flying in 110s on Trinity..



ok..screw it..im buying a new Vid card..i dotn really want to spend more then 150buks?...


best idea?....

I guess im buying more ram..but my ram slots are filled up..but soemone told me you can buy ram stiks that hold more then 128 mb each?



ohhh i hate playing like this rigth now...


thnkx for input all of u...well besides BiG Guns..lol


love
BiGB
xoxo

BGBMAW
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: FOGOLD on August 05, 2004, 01:14:21 AM
You will get a Geforce FX 5700 or Radeon 9600 for well under $150. Be careful not to fall for the 9600SE though. If you can put a little towards getting 512 MB of RAM too that will make a huge difference.

Your CPU should still be big enough to run AHII.
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: GreenCloud on August 05, 2004, 05:06:44 AM
sweet..im otw store soon..funny thing..the Ati8500 64mb i hav ein rigth now is the "SE"...


cheapasssbstrd;   :)
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: FOGOLD on August 05, 2004, 06:23:11 AM
Good luck. Let us know how it goes.:aok
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: AaronM2 on August 05, 2004, 07:27:03 AM
LOL mine doesent run ah2 and id say i got a ok comp heres my info and well i have some studders and takes forever to enter room


well heres my DxDiag

hahahahahahahahaha its to big
well here windows XP home
2.8ghz pentuim 4 ht technology
512mb ram
Geforce Fx 5200 128mb Apg8x
lateiset drivers
DirectX 9c
with omega drivers get 128fps
with out 75 most the time till i hit studder
i got cable But in a usb slot ether net cant be detected??
tryed every thing even to factiory settings well anyway any reson why i cant run it that well o and i have texture at 512
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: BigGun on August 05, 2004, 10:47:52 AM
BGB doing his own upgrade work, now that is funny!!! Shut up & fly all ready.
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: Skuzzy on August 05, 2004, 10:56:39 AM
The 'SE' version of the 8500 is much slower than the standard 8500.  I would imagine it would be pretty loaded down most of the time.
The 'SE' cards from ATI are good marketing products, but perform badly.  Just as the 'XT' products from NVidia market well, but perform badly.
Title: ATI 8500 support..im cancelln my account
Post by: Estes on August 06, 2004, 11:49:53 AM
That's funny... Just a few months ago, before AH2 was realeased.

He was telling people to upgrade their Ataris so they could play. ;)