Praetoria unplayable laggy
By
Cade Lawson,
Posted on: 2010-08-18 19:40 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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Ok, is this graphics or system lag like frame rates dipping low but your ping staying low when you have /showfps and /netgraph up?|
Originally Posted by catwhowalksbyhimself
Since nothing other than City of Heroes is affected, I see no reason to replace anything. I can even play Mass Effect 2 and Starcraft 2 with no issues at all, and most of my games have much lower requirements than that. Even if that were the problem, since it doesn't cause me problems with anything else, the best solution for me would be simply to stop playing the relevant game.
That being said, it just doesn't sit right with me. I've had overheating issues with other hardware before and the behavior is quite different. |
I've noticed my ping spiking high at really random strange times with CoH, but no graphics or system lag anymore.
By the way, your system can actually cause your internet to lag and even graphics to lag. If there is ANY bottleneck in your system which the game has to go through it will slow it down a LOT.
I echo the "replace your processor which will mean a new motherboard too" advice.
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Sigh, woe is me, you aren't listening etc etc etc... It doesn't matter if heat doesn't sit right with you. If you don't actually check to see if that's the problem then you don't get an opinion. It's the easiest freaking thing in the world considering Nvidia cards software comes with heat monitoring functions.|
Originally Posted by catwhowalksbyhimself
That being said, it just doesn't sit right with me. I've had overheating issues with other hardware before and the behavior is quite different.
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However I'm guessing you are right and the best way for you to solve this is to just play other games. I'm sorry we couldn't solve your problem Milton. It may sound like sarcasm but it's not. I do love it when the combined knowledge of the people here comes together to fix a problem. And I think we actually did solve your problem in pointing out that your processor couldn't handle Praetoria. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a workaround for it other than staying away from Praetoria or the game.
Don't count your weasels before they pop dink!
The issue has been resolved, thanks to the kind technical support folks.
Turns out there's a conflict between it and Stardock's fences. I hadn't noticed, but Fences runs in the system background, doesn't show up on the process list, and is apparently immune to system restore. Uninstalling it restored fps to a sluggish but workable 12-15 fps, which I can work with.
Thanks for all your patience.
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gee, looks like someone allready mentioned something like this before like a week ago.|
Originally Posted by V-Tron
So I have to ask, what did you install on day 3 after you reinstalled windows?
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you probably would have had your problem solved a while ago if you would have actually asked your self that question. I'm kind of irked that you didn't bother to read what I and other people had sugjested you do to solve this. hell if you would have said you installed that I'd have said uninstall it and through it away
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I honestly did not remember when I installed this and to this day I am pretty sure I installed it earlier.
In any case, I'm so used to the thing now, I forget that I'm even using it. I wasn't that I ignored that piece of advice, I really never thought of it. I did, in fact, respond to that question and did in fact, suggest something else.
In any case, it's not anything anyone would have thought of anyhow, but at least now we know of that particular issue.
Since nothing other than City of Heroes is affected, I see no reason to replace anything. I can even play Mass Effect 2 and Starcraft 2 with no issues at all, and most of my games have much lower requirements than that. Even if that were the problem, since it doesn't cause me problems with anything else, the best solution for me would be simply to stop playing the relevant game.
That being said, it just doesn't sit right with me. I've had overheating issues with other hardware before and the behavior is quite different.