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Offline daddog

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Frame rates good, but starting to stutter
« on: January 04, 2006, 11:19:24 PM »
Frame rates are good, but about one week ago I noticed things were starting to stutter. I have uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them. I also updated the drivers still no good. I then installed another GeoForce 6600GT and still the same problem. Seems as if the frame rates are more like 10 or 12, but they say 60 or higher generally.

Ideas? Direct X reinstall? I don’t have this problem with other games.

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MB ECS 755-A2
CPU AMD 3200
GeoForce 6600GT
1.5 gigs of RAM
XP w/SP2 all updated.
DirectX 9c
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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2006, 12:17:50 AM »
did you have the sound excelleration turned down a notch befor perhaps ? and it got reset .

all my ecs mb's have to run with it down 1 notch for ah .

or did ya add something to your pc and its conflicting (hardware or software )
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« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2006, 04:10:35 PM »
I don't think so. I will check the sound tonight when I get home.
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« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2006, 08:10:31 PM »
I don't see anything in AH about sound acceleration? Where do you see that?
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Is that an XP setting?
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« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2006, 08:39:44 PM »
No AH, you can find it in DxDiag.

Windows, Start menu, 'run': type in "dxdiag".


Go to 'Sound' sheet and change the accel there to 3/4.
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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2006, 10:55:07 PM »
It was full, I tried it at 3/4 and made no difference.
I even updated to the latest 81.95 drivers to my vid card.  Don't know what has changed.

I think I will try to reinstall AH fresh.
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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2006, 12:22:04 AM »
If you've upped antialiasing settings (in the nVidea software), that could be your problem. I've had that happen.
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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2006, 09:31:56 AM »
my antialiasing settings are turned off... could this be the cause of my problems??  what exactly is that anyways....

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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2006, 11:02:20 AM »
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my antialiasing settings are turned off... could this be the cause of my problems??  what exactly is that anyways....


off is better for computer power as it takes less power to run it. Turning it on smooths out the graphics there-by adding detail which is why it uses more power.

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« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2006, 12:11:45 PM »
Which would be better for AH when it comes to antialiasing.. 2X, 2XQ, 4X, 6XS, or 8X... or is it better to keep it off....

what is Anisoptropic filtering?? thats another one in my NVIDIA settings...

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« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2006, 01:09:19 PM »
101 I used antialiasing at 8x and the drawings were smooth as silk. Try it and see how it runs on your system. I was told not to bother with the anisotropic so that was always set at off or application controlled. Antialiasing really improves the eye candy IMHO. If your processor can do it then set it that way. :)

I am still having problems.

It was running smoothly with antialiasing on full at 8x and the anisotropic off. Clear sky frame rates of 70’s and furballs in the 30’s.  I downloaded and used the Driver Cleaner from majorgeeks.com and followed the direction carefully. After reinstalling the latest drivers I still have that heartbeat hesitating, but my frame rates still read 30’s to 70’s depending on the action. Happens offline or online. I have tried two different GeoForce 6600GT cards. Tried various drivers with each. Have reinstalled Aces High after uninstalling it first. Even tried changing some video settings. It was running fine at the max 1600x1200 and I lowered it to 1024x768 but that did not help. I have the Hardware Vertex Processing checked. Also the Optimize Objects and Terrain. I am at a loss.

Is this a processor problem? It does not happen in any other games, but I really don’t play any other games but Battlefield 2.
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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2006, 01:23:48 AM »
Technically, they're GeForce cards. ;)

My settings for my 6800 (different card, I know) are
Antialiasing 4x
Aniso... App. Controlled
Image High Quality
V. Sync On (Try making sure that this is on. It supposedly stops the rubber bullets issue too...I just have to on for the helluvit. :D)
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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2006, 03:18:17 PM »
Where do I find the V Sync? :)
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« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2006, 10:15:19 PM »
In the same place the AA setting is; scroll down a couple on the little list.
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« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2006, 03:04:55 PM »
I will look, but I am about out of ideas.

My guess the next step would be to:
1- Reformat
2 - ?
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