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[Gorath Alpha]

Preliminary diagnostic information

PCs are not *anything* at all like game console systems.  There is almost nothing that is truly "standard" between various branded PCs, making the game developers' jobs very difficult, and resulting in warning labels attached to game boxes for those games that have serious requirements. 

In case you have misunderstood how to evaluate your PC compared to that game box label, we have to start from here.  Fill it all in.  

Basic Hardware Specification Chart (Empty so far)

Processor Manufacturer: AMD / Intel
Processor Name / Type: Athlon 64 / Pentium / C2D / dual core / quad, etc.
Processor Speed:  ?.? Ghz (or AMD Performance Number)
Operating System / Service Pack: WindowsXP with SP #?, Vista ? (Oh, no!)
System RAM: ? ? GBs (MBs, if less than 1024)
Video (GPU) Manufacturer: ATI / Nvidia (only those two are supported, PERIOD)
Video Card Model: (examples) Radeon HD 3650 / Geforce 8600 GT
Video Card Driver Version: Catalyst ?.? / Nforce ??.?? (use numbers, not the word "latest")
Video Card onboard RAM: ? ? ? MBs
Sound Card Manufacturer:
Sound Card Model:

Gorath
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[Phalzyr]

LOL just because your computer is newer doesn't mean anything if you bought the crappiest video card you can get. Do a dxdaig and post or at least fill out Gorath's Chart.

[Gorath Alpha]

A truly huge percentage of console gamers have no idea what a "video card" is, and we have tons of those trying to play the PC version! 

All by itself, noobs, the video card is responsible for over half of game performance!  See the video card rankings:

social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/58/index/128343

Gorath
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Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 10 novembre 2009 - 02:47 .

[Aurelenath]

If by choppy, you mean the framerate (speed) drops really low for a few moments constantly AND you have multiple CPU cores, this is what I did and it fixed it right up.



Task Manager -> daorigins.exe -> Set Affinity -> set to only one CPU.



Went from a hard 100% usage to about %50 and the game runs beautifully at max settings. You WILL have to do this every time you start the game unless you get some program to do it for you. (as far as I know)

[Komaro]

Task Manager -> daorigins.exe -> Set Affinity -> set to only one CPU.

Went from a hard 100% usage to about %50 and the game runs beautifully at max settings. You WILL have to do this every time you start the game unless you get some program to do it for you. (as far as I know)

Interesting. I have Pentium D and the same choppy problems. However with Windows 7 task manager things have changed...wasn't able to find the way to do it. Gonna check google...

[DesertHawk]

Aurelenath wrote...

If by choppy, you mean the framerate (speed) drops really low for a few moments constantly AND you have multiple CPU cores, this is what I did and it fixed it right up.

Task Manager -> daorigins.exe -> Set Affinity -> set to only one CPU.

Went from a hard 100% usage to about %50 and the game runs beautifully at max settings. You WILL have to do this every time you start the game unless you get some program to do it for you. (as far as I know)

This does help with the 100% CPU usage issue. However, I will note that by doing this, they game may begin to crash on all pre-rendered video sequences, and some in-game cutscenes. This has been the case for myself and a few others that I know.

For me, it doesn't make much of a difference. Either the game crashes on cutscenes and videos, or it crashes every 15-20 minutes at 100% CPU.

[Komaro]

You can read this article to it permanently with a shortcut:
http://www.howtogeek...-windows-vista/

putting the thing to the test...

Modifié par Komaro, 10 novembre 2009 - 03:47 .

[Komaro]

Well after a test, it didn't change anything with a system like Windows 7. On the contrary the loading time went up significantly.

I have a nvidia 8600. Maybe I should think passing from 2GB to 4GB or ram.

Modifié par Komaro, 10 novembre 2009 - 03:56 .

[dragoaskani]

Komaro its your CPU pentium D's are ****ty processors put in economy model computers 6 years ago.

[DJ_Zombot]

I have had a lot of chop, mainly in cutscenes which I find a tad irritating. Especially since the website has one set of System Requirements/System Recommendations (minimum vs. ideal), the box has another, and, of course, the readme file has yet another. They go up with each step (big surprise). I run the game pretty ok, although the textures look awful. I just wish I could've have weighed my options better (console vs. pc) with a better idea of what to expect. By the website, I was in the recommended specs. By the time I reached the readme during install, I barely met their new minimum specs.

[dragoaskani]

DJ_Zombot wrote...

I have had a lot of chop, mainly in cutscenes which I find a tad irritating. Especially since the website has one set of System Requirements/System Recommendations (minimum vs. ideal), the box has another, and, of course, the readme file has yet another. They go up with each step (big surprise). I run the game pretty ok, although the textures look awful. I just wish I could've have weighed my options better (console vs. pc) with a better idea of what to expect. By the website, I was in the recommended specs. By the time I reached the readme during install, I barely met their new minimum specs.

I kinda know how you feel. I am able to run the game good on my older hardware, but I think its only cause I have my single core processer overclocked to 4.2 ghz. I am building my I7 machine right now. Only need a few more parts to finish it, but with the economy being like it is, spare money for my new computers been a premium. I don't think she will be done till febuary. Oh well...

[Komaro]

dragoaskani wrote...

Komaro its your CPU pentium D's are ****ty processors put in economy model computers 6 years ago.

Not the one I have (I think), it's a Pentium D 810 that is overclockable. Actually overclocked from 2.6 to 3.0 without any problems, on a motherboard that control overclocking. The only difference between a Pentium D and a first generation Core 2 Duo is the power consumption (At equal speed of course). The pentium D eats watt...something like 80 watts minimum.

If a game like Fallout  3 and Borderlands are running well on my PC, I don't think my CPU is that bad. However, watch your fps when there is particles effects in this game...this is where all things are going badly. Simply put: too much of them, and poorly executed. Very little influence the game FPS, the textures and the resolution only play a minimal role...

If we find a way to disable some particle effects the game will be less choppy. I would like the blood splatting to be gone from combat, and some weather effects too...