Graphics & timedemo probs...

[Steg]

i run a 1Ghz Athlon, 256 Mg Ram, Geforce 3 Ti 200 (Detonator 28.32), Chaintech M/B with latest VIA chipset drivers

everytime i try and run a timedemo(or any demo for that matter)in JKII it loads fine then just as it is about to start running it locks up and dump loads of odd textues over the loading screen

does any1 else have this problem (or even better a fix!)

if they do please post here!!

 

And another prob (VERY MAJOR!!!)

this is from MoH - AA

i have just bin out a brought this amazing game

i install it....run it...configure the controls, vid settings etc and click on 'Training Mission' and...... LOCK UP....complete total lock up...it have tried in MoH safe mode, and the same.....help me please....i really want 2 play this game

Q3, RtCW, JKII, SoFII all run fine but MoH refuses point blank

any ideaz

i really need a solution

 

Steg

[Cobalt60]

is it possible that you're maxing out the memory bandwidth limitations of your videocard/system?

what resolution are you playing on?

(try to play the game at 'low res' settings ; don't go higher than 800x600)

 

 

is it possible that your card/system is overheating?

(try playing the game with the side-panels removed from your computer)

(maybe even point a gentle oscillating fan at the motherboard,

and play the game with the case open)

 

 

what type of soundcard do you have? cheap soundcard can be a 'bottleneck' on your overall memory bandwidth. if you have bult-in sound on your motherboard then you might want to disable it and buy a proper soundcard (yes, it makes a difference)

(try a soundblaster "Live!" or "Audigy" card)

(also try to play the game at 'low-res' sound settings ; don't go higher than 22khz)

[Cobalt60]

I did a few searches, on a few different tech-forums,

looking for issues of "lockups" in Quake3-based games.

 

 

this is the best info I could find :

 

 

(this is a QUOTE from 'Flying Penguin' a moderator of the hardware-forum at "VOODOO EXTREME",

in response to a post concerning lockups with "StarTrek Voyager:Elite Force")

link http://www.voodooextreme.com

 

"Some general suggestions:

 

- Do NOT use beta drivers for the video card - use only the latest official reference drivers.

 

- If you're overclocking (either the vid card or the cpu), don't

and see if that helps.

 

- In the mobo's BIOS menu, make sure that "Assign IRQ to VGA" is enabled and that both "Video BIOS Caching" and "Video Ram Shadow" are disabled.

 

- If you have AGP 4x enabled (assuming your mobo supports it), disable it - many mobos don't properly support AGP 4x.

 

- Go to the mobo manufacturer's web site and see if there's an updated Flash BIOS for your mobo. Since you likely have an older mobo, it could be your AGP bus support isn't up to spec.

 

- It's possible that some other device is causing the problem. Best way to isolate it is to pull ALL your cards except the vid card (IMPORTANT: note what slot each card was installed in). Play the misbehaving game and see if it runs stable (yes, the game should run just fine without a sound card installed). If it behaves, install each card ONE BY ONE starting with the sound card until you isolate the bad boy. It's important to put the cards back in their original slots to avoid PCI IRQ Sharing problems (see next paragraph).

 

- You may have a card that has a PCI IRQ channel sharing problem (NOT the same as an IRQ conflict). The SBLive, NICs and SCSI controllers are very prone to this. Fix is essentially the same as mentioned in the previous paragraph except when you find the misbehaving card, you need to move it to another slot. More details on this problem here: http://soldcentralfl.com/quakecoop/glfaq5.htm#5_9

 

- You may have a device with unstable drivers - could be ANYTHING. Make sure you have the latest drivers for ALL your peripherals. Even a misbehaved scanner driver can lockup a system.

 

- You may have background app running causing problems. I like to run a very clean system when play - I want NOTHING running in the background. This is especially important for you since you're going to be very CPU limited. Don't run anything in the background: Virus Scanners, disk utils, reminder programs, taskbar shortcuts for Real Player, AOL Instant Messenger, etc). If you have Win98 run MSCONFIG.EXE click on the Startup tab. Uncheck anything you don't need running - Windows ONLY requires System Tray, Task Monitor and Power Profile to run properly (and you can lose Power Profile if your computer doesn't use sleep mode). Uncheck everything else unless it's required by something.

 

 

Hope this helps..."

 

 

 

 

good luck dude

[Steg]

thanks Cobalt60

lets c wot i can do with wot u have given me

#1 i play in 1024x768 and everything exepct demos work fine but i will try a lower reso

#2 my pc is NOT overheating its about 40oC in my pc after 2 hours playing games....i cool my machine VERY well

#3 I have a SBLive 1024 so the bottle neck shudnt b a prob

#4 i use latest official realease Nvidia drivers so thats not a prob

#5 i dont overclock as a rule

#6 mobo bios menu....i will have a look later

#7 i use a chaintech mobo with a VIA KT133 chipset which supports AGP 4 well but i will try disabling it

#8 updated flash BIOS i have found and im d/ling it

#9 & #10 im not so sure about but i dont think that is the prob cus EVERYother game works so i dont think its that

#11 i use the latest drivers 4 everything execpt my network card cus i cant find them

#12 whne playing games i only have Explorer Systray and gtu (geforce tweak util) running

thanks again and i will go try a few of them and get bac 2 u

Steg

[The Truthful Liar]

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[Steg]

i dont like capitalisation and pun ctuation (or spelling) they r not my friends! they r very nasty and evil.....

anyway

thanks go 2 Cobolt60 for solving all my probs (well all but 1 but no1 can solve that) i flash updated the mboro bios and probs solved! THANK U!!

 

Steg