Lagwagon56 Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 This is copied from the hardware issue thread. I have updated all drivers to thier latest drivers.: i am having a problem with video lag in SWG. Im have: p4 1.5 Intel Mother board 512 RDRAM G4 ti 128 meg card. SB Audigy And for some reason my fps drops to 5 or so in town. I have all of the latest drivers both video and sound. And it isn't connection lag because i'm pinging in the low 40's to higher 50's. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagwagon56 Posted July 1, 2003 Author Share Posted July 1, 2003 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakyNipples69 Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 same problem, i even lowered my graphics settings. Its not as bad as it was though before i lowered my settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epa1patine Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I also have the same exact problem and similar system...My system is as follows. P4-2.4 gig Asus Geforce 4 Ti4200 with 128megs of DDR 512 megs PC 333 DDR Soundblaster Live X-Gamer 5.1 Asus P4PE MoBo w/serial ATA Raid (intel chipset) 2- 60 gig 7200 rpm serial Maxtor drives (Raid) All Latest drivers with Windows XP Pro sp1 and DX9 This is an install of windows thats only a month old!! I have never seen a game this system can't handle. Sure there is faster but I have never needed anything else and I am talking any game other than Galaxies I can crank up the grafix all the way and flip on FSAA in some cases along with 1600x1024 res on a 24 inch monitor and it run perfect. But in Galaxies forget even getting a acceptable frame rate. I am talking base line settings in the game like Outside game video options like Bump Mapping (off) and some of the others (off) ingame with all slidder bars in grafix and terrain turned down all the way or off completly as with "shadow rendering". I have played alot of games just like the rest of the nerds out there and with all that turned off I should keep a solid 30fps in the game but I still see the rate drop. I do have the frame rate drop below 10fps when in town or in a cantina. With default video settings in a cantina I drop below 5 fps and have to stop touching the mouse to see where I end up moving to. It appears Sony put a frame lock on the game at 30fps so you need every frame you can get, anything below 20fps is unacceptable when playing. So what the Hell gives ?????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tal-N Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 This has been a common problem throughout the whole of beta as I'm aware, they never did manage to suitibly fix it, the issue is actually that SWG isn't efficient at using RAM so if you have windows XP and 512Mb then you'll find that by the time the game gets around to being giving some RAM resources it's only about 300mb after XP takes a chunk for itself. The fact is that SWG needs at least 512mb FOR ITSELF, so even if you have 512mb in the pc it's not enough unless you're running an older operating system like Win98 that only uses around 32mb. Even then you'll get decreased performance in cities and busy locations. I'd suggest an ideal about of 1Gb (thats 1000mb) of RAM if you're running an XP machine and frankly if you're using an older OS i don't think that the extra amount will matter since they were only designed to operate with a maximum of 512mb anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagwagon56 Posted July 1, 2003 Author Share Posted July 1, 2003 i dont get it, i have tried everything, friend with the exact same system as mine run it perfect with graphics up. Yeah i checked that out tonight, system is at 350ish ram when i load swg. I did a mem wipe and got it to 410, and when the game is going it drops it to about 5 unused ram, my problem is that RDRAM is frickin costly. i am looking at 460 for 2 512 chips (they need to be in pairs)Guess i should just build a new comp with some ddr ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomXSquared Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 A friend of mine was running this game with 512MB of Ram on an XP machine and he couldn't stand the 1FPS hickups all the time in town, so he went out and bought himself another 512MB stick. His game runs as smooth as butta now. Well, not THAT smooth, but real close. He is only using a Radeon 9000 Pro and his game still looks mighty impressive up close. The only problem is the distant hills way out here are extremely ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagwagon56 Posted July 1, 2003 Author Share Posted July 1, 2003 bah, anyone know a cheap place to pick up some RDRAM? Damn thing is so costly and needs to be set up in pairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexxxy_mark Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 anyone surpass 29 fps yet? lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Do you really have to get RDRAM? Can't you just buy 1024mb of DDR SDRAM instead? Provided it's cheaper than buying another 512 RDRAM of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagwagon56 Posted July 1, 2003 Author Share Posted July 1, 2003 Damn board takes pc800 RDRAM only, thats what you get for not checking the specs on the Mother Board. And idiot me has 4 128 RDRAM chips in, so that means i need to buy 2 512's =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Well, look at the bright side: You'll be able to play pertty much any game on it for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Don Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I had: 1.8Gig Prcessor 256Mb DDR Ram 64 MB GF4 video card and I could not play the game at all. Now I have: 1.8 Gig Processor 768Mb DDR Ram 128MB GF4 Video card and it runs like a dream. I don't have all the grafix turned all the way up mind you. But I runs smooth and I don't get any stutters except now and again in the city. Ram is the biggest problem. Anyone with XP need to get 786+ Ram to play with a good frame rate. my .02$ Dirty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epa1patine Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Well I kinda suspected all along that it was the ram issue. So today I added another 512 stick of ram to my system. I am happy to say that for the most part it has solved my problem. I raised my grafix performance level and also was able to increase the grafix detail. I gained a more stable frame rate and about 10 to 15 more fps on any town areas were I was pulling 10 and under before. However the game still could stand to run even better and I dont have all the grafix turned up. In all, was it worth it? ...well if you think Galaxies is a great game and cant get enough then yeah its worth it. As for me I am happy with the added Windows xp speed. But not sure if spending 90 bucks more on Galaxies makes me happy. I am alittle on the bitter side that the game still runs poorly for people. I hope Galaxies will completely amaze me soon so I can think this is a worth while investment. So lets look at the total here. 49.99 for SWG 21.99 for Stategy Guide 14.99 for first month of paid subscription 89.99 for 512 ddr pc2700 from a local computer outlet Grand total 177 bucks...the circle is now complete, I am a nerd The coolness has almost worn off for me so I need something quick to keep me going on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Isaac Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Where am i able to buy these......512 Ram stcks at.......And also i will need full instalment instructions to put these things in.....I am not smart in the art of building stuff........Except for legos.....Actually not even with lgos.......(SOB'S)........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Don't buy them at your local office/computer store. Buy them online from: crucial.com, newegg.com tigerdirect.com, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Isaac Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 I have posted my specs up before but......seeing as most of you have played the game now will this system run swg fine or will i need to upgrade also i need to know about 56k i hope it works good but i need opinions....... 512 MEG DDR PC 2100 RAM, UPGRADEABLE TO 3 GIG RAM 80 GIG 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE USB 2.0 52X CD ROM DRIVE 48X12X48 CD-RW DRIVE FLOPPY, SUPER MIDTOWER CASE 300W P/S 64 MEG GeFORCE 2 MX 440 VIDEO CARD Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Sound card ALTEC LANSING SUBWOOFER +2 SATELLITE SPEAKERS 56K BLASTER MODEM V.92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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