Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:52 pm
Edit: Let me clarify, by 'problems' I mean low frame rate in relatively empty sectors or even during training mission 6 with NEW graphics cards (i.e. those released in the last ~18 months) not just cards 'new' to you /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> . Temporary choppiness on entering a new sector or when a sector is crowded is to be expected.
I want to get a feel for how many people are being affected by this and how many people cannot play because of it.
A number of people (myself and ImmortalZ included) have experienced problems after installing new (moderately) high end graphics cards.
The problem is very poor frame rates which results in a very choppy (jumpy) game play experience which is NOT due to lag but due to the graphics card not being able to updated the screen at a decent rate (i.e. frame rate). alt-f (in game) will show you the frame rate in the upper left corner. In severe cases the game is just not playable.
The latest crop of drivers for nVidia cards (like the 8800 GT) have this problem. Some ATI cards may have a problem as well. Feel free to report what graphics card you have, what version of the driver you are using and what OS you are running. For nVidia report the Forceware version number, like 169.02. For ATI I believe they are still using Catalyst versions. (There is sub version for the device driver itself but that is of lesser interest.)
I should stress that NOT EVERYONE with new cards is having a problem. For instance w0dk4 is not having any problems running Forceware 169.02 on Vista 64bit but I am having a problem on Win XP Pro SP2, we both have 8800 GT's.
nVidia has been alerted of the problem but I would not hold my breath waiting on a fix from them. The dev team has taken a stab at a solution but RL work/circumstances comes in to play here.
Dog
I want to get a feel for how many people are being affected by this and how many people cannot play because of it.
A number of people (myself and ImmortalZ included) have experienced problems after installing new (moderately) high end graphics cards.
The problem is very poor frame rates which results in a very choppy (jumpy) game play experience which is NOT due to lag but due to the graphics card not being able to updated the screen at a decent rate (i.e. frame rate). alt-f (in game) will show you the frame rate in the upper left corner. In severe cases the game is just not playable.
The latest crop of drivers for nVidia cards (like the 8800 GT) have this problem. Some ATI cards may have a problem as well. Feel free to report what graphics card you have, what version of the driver you are using and what OS you are running. For nVidia report the Forceware version number, like 169.02. For ATI I believe they are still using Catalyst versions. (There is sub version for the device driver itself but that is of lesser interest.)
I should stress that NOT EVERYONE with new cards is having a problem. For instance w0dk4 is not having any problems running Forceware 169.02 on Vista 64bit but I am having a problem on Win XP Pro SP2, we both have 8800 GT's.
nVidia has been alerted of the problem but I would not hold my breath waiting on a fix from them. The dev team has taken a stab at a solution but RL work/circumstances comes in to play here.
Dog