Slowdown? Flickering?

Zhanghia · Post by **Zhanghia** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:42 am

Don' tknow what's all going down. My copmuter was running PS:T great all the while ago but now it's just lagging uncontrollaby like.. getting 30 fps to a mere 4 or 5. I tried to put it in full screen and watched for indiscrepencies and my whole desktop (icons and everything) flickered randomly, obvously the cause of the slowness.

Any ideas? I don't have a crap computer and as I said, the game was working fine. I really would like to play this game again without everyhting bogging down.

darkwolf · Post by **darkwolf** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:50 pm

Not sure what happened there. Could it be something running in the background for your pc? About your PS:T installation, does it have any fixed/patched applied?

edit: added something

Bluestorm · Post by **Bluestorm** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:46 pm

just woundering what operating system you are using and any other gen info about your computer...you can pm me or post it here.

Zhanghia · Post by **Zhanghia** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:42 am

[QUOTE=Bluestorm]just woundering what operating system you are using and any other gen info about your computer...you can pm me or post it here.[/QUOTE]

I've tried it before and after the patches, and the 1.33 (or whatever patch that's made by player) as well as before and after and noticed no change. I use the four disk set. If you can't figure out the problem or need more info from it, im me on shanghiaixiah on aim or shanghiaixia@hotmail.com for msn. I'd really like to pinpoint this because I was really looking forward. And then just to haev this.. ugh.. worst feeling in the world.

[from dxdiag]

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUS
System Model: A7V8X-MX SE
BIOS: Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 390MB used, 859MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce FX 5200
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_12801682&REV_A1
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8198 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/10/2005 03:06:00, 3955456 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 12/10/2005 03:06:00, 3536768 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4062-11CF-3455-8A3200C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0322
SubSys ID: 0x12801682
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D

Description: Creative Sound Blaster PCI
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_5000&SUBSYS_4C4C4942&REV_01
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ES1370MP.sys
Driver Version: 5.02.3655.0000 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 8/5/2002 11:17:32, 37504 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative Technology Ltd.
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 11025, 44100
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK

darkwolf · Post by **darkwolf** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:14 am

From your description, your system looks good. Could it then be something running in the background? Perhaps some spyware, etc? Something that could possibly happened after the last time PS:T was working fine?

Zhanghia · Post by **Zhanghia** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:05 am

Nope. I defragged recently (past week) and it's still doing it. I tried running a spy ware check and found some of course but still nothing fixes it.

The most I can tell you is when.. umm.. let's see. I compressed my whole c:/ (without knowing the effects of doing so could be bad) uncompressed it, windows couldn't find some files (aka they were unusable) put in the windows xp cd and it closed automatically and ever since then it's been screwing up.

Any of my other software runs fine so I really don't see how that could be a problem.I I can run it in full screen and still get the lag. As I said, it just happend out of the ordinary.

If you missed it, my aim is shanghiaixah / msn is shanghiaixia@hotmail.com really appreciate the help.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:17 am

Maybe it's the graphics driver. The newer versions aren't that great with older games. Rolling it back a few versions (56.72 is a good one I think - but make sure it's compatible with the FX5200) might fix the problem.

Zhanghia · Post by **Zhanghia** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:16 am

Not to be rude but err.. how do I go about 'rolling back'.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:54 am

You can download a graphics card driver off of the Nvidia website.
This is a link to the 56.72 version: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winxp_2k_56.72.html
It supports up to the 5700 cards, so it should be fine with your system.

Zhanghia · Post by **Zhanghia** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:47 pm

Yeah but my video card is a 7200 fx, you just said it only went up to 5400 or so.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:37 pm

You said in a previous post that your graphics card was a 5200...

Zhanghia · Post by **Zhanghia** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:31 pm

Oh..er.. sorry.. Heh. I got it mixed up with the video card I'm going to get soon. I'll try it and let you know.

Zhanghia · Post by **Zhanghia** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:26 pm

I regret to inform you that the problem actually got -worse- if you can believe it.

darkwolf · Post by **darkwolf** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:01 pm

Not that this is any consolation to you, but if it does get worse then it could really be caused by the graphic card driver. As Ravager mentioned, they can be a mismatch...
(eg i'm running Diablo2 using direct2D on my Geforce card, having problem on its direct3D)...

DO you still have your installation cd for the graphic card? Try using the default driver.....

Zhanghia · Post by **Zhanghia** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:58 pm

What I don't understand is why it would get worse all of the sudden; It can't be the graphic thigs because I never even updated the drivers during that time.