PC gamers i need your help!!

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by limelight, Aug 12, 2005.

  1. limelight

    limelight Regular member

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    I got Chronicals of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay today. My system surpasses the minimum system requirements:

    my system:

    p4 3ghz prescott cpu
    1.25gb memory
    radeon 9600 pro 128mb
    7200 rpm hd

    the game runs slower than i expected, about 18-25 frames a second, (using fraps to determine fps), sometimes lower than that. Even turning down texture quality and antialising doesnt affect the framerates. Its still pretty choppy and gives me a headache fast.
    What bothers me is that i have a memory manager for my system, the only progs i have running are zonealarm, anydvd, yahoo messanger, msn messanger, avg antivirus, and the memory manager. Currently it has about 750mb of free memory available before i start the game, so i dont know why i get such crappy framerates when i "thought" i had a good setup. (This is also the case with Doom 3.)
    Do i need to check or clean something on my system to get better performance? I just did spybot and adaware, and defragged about 1 week ago. Thanks.
     
  2. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    check game site for updates, patches & faq. also check for latest video driver. what directx are you using??
     
  3. limelight

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    Im using directx 9c
     
  4. jonni3

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    Download Rivatuner RC2.0 15.6 here http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=13 then Open riva tuner, open GL tweaks, compatibility tab and set the ''open GL string override'' to 1.3 or above , i know this works on nvidia cards so it should work on yours .....
     
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