lag.

[NightRaver]

i need some help with my lag issues ingame...

im playing on low detail 'object' and 'world' on low graphics and i get arround 45 fps

but when i come near some guys i lag so badly it goes like into slowmotion...

how can i fix this :/

[Professor Layton]

Moved topic to the right forum lozl

What's your comp's specs?

What's your computer's temperature on startup, and what is it during gaming?

[NightRaver]

i dont know my comp crashed so im on this really shit comp...


specs:


pentium III

537 Mhz :/

386 MB ram :/

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (GeForce4 MX 440)

[[FTF]Freedom]

That'll be 533MHz, dickz.

ZOMG I cant believe it... your pc is so similar to mine!!

I have an MX 420, not 440, and I have 450MHz not 533, but we have the same amount of RAM.


Firstly make sure ur playing in OpenGL. Secondly, you must must must download the latest renderer (get it here: http://cwdohnal.home.mindspring.com/utglr/dxglr18.zip)

Then, once that's all set up, delete say, type preferences, goto rendering, make sure the following are set to FALSE:

Volumetric Lighting
ShinySurfaces
DetailTextures
HighDetailActors

Then set detailmax to 0, it should already be on 0. The game looks lush when it's set to 2, but your FPS will suffer.

Set the LOD to about 1.5-2. This will make everything blurry, so set NoFiltering to TRUE.

Goto the display bit of preferences menu (close rendering bit), make sure curved surfaces is set to false, and set all detail thingies to low, ultra low wont work.

CLose the prefs menu, exit dx, then reload dx.

Welcome to my world.

EDIT: Btw clix, dunno bout him, but my pc reaches around 58 degrees celsius after being on for around 20 mins. That's processor temp, measure from BIOS, so probably innacurate!

[Professor Layton]

All I can say is that it's no wonder that your fps gets killed at some points, with a computer like that :S Try the tricks which Freedom mentioned though, to ease the suffering of low fps (it doesnt get rid of all low fps moments though, just.. your average fps will be a bit higher)


As for Freedom: That's a pretty high temperature.. play some game like dx for 20 mins (preferrably longer) and check the temperature again then, your comp's performance will drop when the temperature gets too high.