MadMan Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 In my sig you can see my 2nd rig....well Seeing how the main rig's mobo is fried I am playing this game on my other rig. The thing is the game is running sluggish and studdering during gameplay. I have gone into video settings and lowered the quality and also am running it at 800x640. I also went and got the 1.3 update and still no fixes. I just bought the game yesterday but would like to see this run better. I would figure the second rig would be good enough to run this decently. I am also thinking it may be a lack of ram so now I am gonna throw in my stick from my main rig to give this rig a gig to see if that does any better...any ideas to improve performance without having to drastically change the looks of gameplay?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enyce2k9 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 *cough*eww pentium, seriously that is very weird, that vga is great, overkill, maybe you have some background programs running or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 runs really well here on a P4 2.53 on 768mb ram and an X800GTO1 i play 1024x768 pretty maxed out (not full aa/af, about halfway) and dont experience slowdown at all sounds like a driver problem maybe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravix Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 runs really well here on a P4 2.53 on 768mb ram and an X800GTO1 i play 1024x768 pretty maxed out (not full aa/af, about halfway) and dont experience slowdown at all sounds like a driver problem maybe? 603104[/snapback] 512mb is pretty limiting nowadays. Try disabling background processes and guaging the effect is has on performance. Of all the upgrades I've ever done to my computer, nothing was as noticable to me as going from 512->1024 :shrug: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookieman123 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 I can run this game on full settings on my P4 3.0, 512MB RAM, and 9800PRO...so I don't think hardware is the problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Try downloading the new patch: ftp://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/patches/nfsmwpatch1.3.exe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 "I also went and got the 1.3 update and still no fixes." already did that dude. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMan Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 I can't figure it out...I stuck in the other memory stick to give it 1gb and still the same sluggishness at parts and at times it runs smooth then gets sluggish and slow and whatnot...I have turned off ALL programs running in background..I just don't know..maybe its because of slower proc and crappy mobo who knows...But Christmas this rig is getting an upgrade to a 3.2 LGA775 and a MSI board hopefully that will help but for some reason I doubt it...anyways I will work with what I have and I can't wait to get my dang mobo so I can use my comp again...and btw I LOVE THIS GAME! Just hate all the problems I am having with it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerpimp29 Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 It could also be that the drivers for the video card isn't updated not sure wat the latest update is for ur card but check on the website and get the beta version of the update and it should speed it up if not then its sumthin running in the background: it could be various things like norton anti-virus or anything else small hope it helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMan Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 It could also be that the drivers for the video card isn't updated not sure wat the latest update is for ur card but check on the website and get the beta version of the update and it should speed it up if not then its sumthin running in the background: it could be various things like norton anti-virus or anything else small hope it helps 603488[/snapback] For drivers I am running 81.85's not the absolute latest but very recent. As for virus software I use AVG but like I said I have quit ALL programs and there is absolutly nothing running in the background...I guess I will just have to wait for 2 days and see how it runs with the new system and go from there... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enyce2k9 Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 (edited) read my sig under, i play nfs smoothly on it, so its not hardware, hope someone can help u =:= My Custom Notebook =:= A64 3000+, Clawhammer 754 1GB pc 3200 9700Pro with 128Mb Dedicated 40Gb 5400rpm Hd Cdrw/Dvd reader 15.4" widescreen Lcd edit have u tried reinstalln xp or something? or try checking your bios for any settings that are not default. Edited December 23, 2005 by Enyce2k9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted December 24, 2005 Posted December 24, 2005 a reinstall would indeed work, but its not ideal. try some different (older/newer) drivers. i used to use nvidia drivers that were always a few months behind until i was positive newer ones were not a big screw up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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