Time For a new video card?
By
Myriad,
Posted on: 2010-04-12 13:40 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Quote:
Both, your Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB are not really up to date anymore. So it's not only the video card.
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Originally Posted by SeraphimGuard
I'm running dual monitors on an AMD Athlon 2.4 GHZ 4600 + dual core, Win 7 x64 with 4GB RAM, and a Geforce 8600 GT 512 MB video card, but I can only run with minimum display settings without lag. I can bump the settings all the way up, and the game loads, but if I try to run a mission things just slow way down. Does this sound like a video problem to you techies out there?
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Ah well, it seemed well above the min specs... was hoping it was settings and I wouldn't have to run in min mode on the machine.
Quote:
This sounds as if there were only two settings. Just try to optimize the settings so that you get the best quality at reasonable framerates. For example by lowering anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering.
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Originally Posted by SeraphimGuard
Ah well, it seemed well above the min specs... was hoping it was settings and I wouldn't have to run in min mode on the machine.
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I'm running dual monitors on an AMD Athlon 2.4 GHZ 4600 + dual core, Win 7 x64 with 4GB RAM, and a Geforce 8600 GT 512 MB video card, but I can only run with minimum display settings without lag. I can bump the settings all the way up, and the game loads, but if I try to run a mission things just slow way down. Does this sound like a video problem to you techies out there?
Here's the info from CoH helper:
---System information gathered by
CoH
Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at April 12, 2010 17:07 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
(6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor
4600+ (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB
.Net Memory Report: 2752MB out of 4094MB available
Page File: 6689MB (1497MB currently in use)
C Drive: (SAMSUNG HD501LJ ATA Device) 47139MB out of 102398MB (46%) free
D Drive: (SAMSUNG HD501LJ ATA Device) 86492MB out of 374538MB (23%) free
F Drive: (Maxtor 6L300R0 ATA Device) 63927MB out of 286187MB (22%) free
I Drive: (Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 USB Device) 111200MB out of
953867MB (11%) free
E Drive: (LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1S ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8600 GT
Video Memory: 2286 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9713
Driver Date: 3/16/2010 2:51:59 AM
Driver Language: English
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8600 GT
Video Memory: 2286 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9713
Driver Date: 3/16/2010 2:51:59 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (2- High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 8:07:00 PM
Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (2- High
Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 8:07:00 PM
Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (HDMI) (High Definition
Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 8:07:00 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: M3N72-D
Motherboard Version: 1.XX
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: Nvidia - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20081104000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1600x878
3D Resolution: 1600x878 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: -1679, 83
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Unknown (3)
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.152
Music Sound Volume: 0.000
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20100114.11T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 32 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files