Performance! Memory leak?

[meanie]

- i got the same video card Ruds

- an i get the same pink mouth inside .. not with all of the Ai conversations though ..

- GeForce 4 MX 440 is an old card .. you can buy it pretty cheap now days

[Maxinion]

I think the problem with the pink mouths occurs when you run in directx 7 mode, as someone stated earlier that using the console switch to activate that mode does in fact create the pink mouths. The Geforce 4 MMX 440 is a DirectX 7 generation card, so it has to run that by default... hence your pink mouths. Yes, its a bug more than likely. But a patch is in the works, so don't despair!

A quick search on Newegg turns up several 5200 series cards for 50 bucks. Any of the Geforce 5200 cards there should increase performance substantially, and MIGHT get rid of the pink mouths. They're 50 bucks, pretty reasonable, IMO. I'm not 100% sure about the directx7 bug, so don't quote me.

Can anyone back me up on this claim? I can't check my game right now, but does throwing the directx 7 switch cause pink mouths?

[RugeR]

Can't wait till a patch comes! i got:
p4 2.8
512ram
6800gt

with new drivers, bios, etc. This studdering, crashing, texture bugs, sound, quest bugs, etc is killing me. Sorry, but this would have to be the most bugged game I've ever had. This is a lot worse than HL2 for me, but at least there I could change enough video settings to make it playable. I don't want to tweak stuff in the console for fear that a patch is in the works. If I see "check to make sure your computer meets minimum specs" one more time on Activision's support site - i'll scream.

[a00krido]

I wonder if there is some way of turning on a FPS text displaying the frames per second in the game ?

I have pretty bad performance in the game. I have this system:

P4 2,53 GHz
512 MB RAM 333MHz
GeForce 6800GT 128MB DDR1

From what I take I have above 30fps indoors but only about 15-20 fps in the streets. I wonder if RAM upgrade to 1024MB would help, and if so how much in terms of fps ?

I ordered an extra 512MB today... it shoúld be installed by the end of the week... fingers crossed that it will booost my fps

I've also problems with "stutters" that usually happens when you look at an area or direction that you havn't looked at for awhile... I'm that the RAM upgrade willl fix this but I wonder if the FPS will increase as well ?

[Ruds]

I've posted on several boards and talked with many people. It seems that just about anyone meeting minimum requirements with 512mb of RAM has terrible frame rate and stuttering problems, while those with 768 or 1024 have virtually no problems.

Now, there are some slight fixes for those with low frate rate and stuttering, but nothing that will make the game fluid or make the load times bearable. For that, I'm almost 100% positive that you simply NEED 1024mb of RAM.

If you're stuck with 512 but insistant on playing anyway (like me), you can do the following to get by (either until a patch comes along or until you can get more RAM):

-Increase virtual memory
-End all processes that aren't vital to your computer and run VtmB on "low priority" for some ungodly reason
-Restart your computer regularly after the memory leaks (45 minutes - two hours if you're lucky)
-TURN OFF HIGH QUALITY SOUND

If anyone knows of any NON HARDWARE fixes other than these, please let me know!

[Sheallaidh]

Seriously... I cannot recommend upgrading to 1gb of ram enough.. for the sake of the $30-40 it will cost you, it is well, well worth it.

[Sheallaidh]

Originally Posted by a00krido

I wonder if there is some way of turning on a FPS text displaying the frames per second in the game ?

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Originally Posted by a00krido

I've also problems with "stutters" that usually happens when you look at an area or direction that you havn't looked at for awhile... I'm that the RAM upgrade willl fix this but I wonder if the FPS will increase as well ?

It fixes the stuttering even with all settings on high, and it also increases your FPS on ALL GAMES. For example, before upgrading from 512mb to 1gb my FPS in counter-strike was usually around 120-150 FPS. Now it's 180-250 on almost every map/situation.

[RugeR]

Well, whatever patch came out for HL2 via Steam fixed that game. I now have all the vid settings maxed at 1024. It barely stutters. I suppose it was a Source fix? They claim it has something to do with the Steam cache files, but I don't know. Vampires has no Steam cache files, and it has the same problems. Has everyone else's stutter problem on HL2 been fixed?

[Westwood]

I got 512mb more ram for this game, and guess what difference it made? Hardly any. It ran just the same in the streets, 15-20 fps. Why would they release such a buggy game.

[OuterParadise]

This link provides some stuff that might help performance(I didnt try out all of these tweaks):
http://www.forumplanet.com/planetvam...43&tid=1543474


Use those at ur own risk!

[a00krido]

Originally Posted by Westwood

I got 512mb more ram for this game, and guess what difference it made? Hardly any. It ran just the same in the streets, 15-20 fps. Why would they release such a buggy game.

I asking you Westwood:

What kind of system do have ( cpu, gfx, mem ) ?

Didn't the memory upgrade make any difference in the FPS ?

Did it atleast make the game run smoother when walking a between different areas !?

[a00krido]

Originally Posted by Sheallaidh

...For example, before upgrading from 512mb to 1gb my FPS in counter-strike was usually around 120-150 FPS. Now it's 180-250 on almost every map/situation.

What kind of system do you have now ?

What are your average fps in the streets ?

[a00krido]

I can only confirm what other people has been saying, that the game is more concerned with your CPU and RAM than your gfx card.

I ran the game and I positioned myself in a place where the framerate were at the worst (12fps). I let my computer run like this for two full hours.

The end result was that my gfx GPU was on 53 degrees and gfx MEM on 51 degrees. As compared to when a stress my computer in 3DMark03 (for about 10 min) the GPU is about 65 degrees and mem on 63 degrees.

From this I draw the conclusion that the game doesn't really make use of a super-fast gfx card.

[a00krido]

Ok now I have tested som different hardware...
The following test were made with all graphics on max and a 1280x1024 res.

P4 2,53GHz
512 MB RAM
Raden 9800 PRO 128MB
Result:
9 fps around the asylum.
Average 25-30s load-times.
Alot of irritating discswopping when moving into new areas.
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P4 2,53GHz
512 MB RAM
*NVidia 6800GT 128MB
Result:
12 fps around the asylum.
Average 25-30s load-times.
Alot of irritating discswopping when moving into new areas.
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P4 2,53GHz
*1024 MB RAM
NVidia 6800GT 128MB
Result:
12 fps around the asylum.
Average 20-25s load-times.
Smooth and no extra lagging when walking into new areas.
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*P4 3.4GHz
1024 MB RAM
NVidia 6800GT 128MB
Result:
22 fps around the asylum.
Average 10-12s load-times.
Awesome perfomance boost! now the game is totally playable!
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From my start-setup I got biggest and seemingly best performance boost when I upgraded my CPU.

[khabal]

AMD 3.0 GHz
1024 Mb RAM
ATI RADEON 9600 XT 256 MB
All drivers actualized.
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Playing 1024x768 I must reduce all graphic settings to play smoothly, and even with that, once Donwtown is available I lag the hell.

Just wondering... Why this game lag so much while Half Life 2 runs with zero lag in my comp?