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Nuclear Krusader · 12-21-2002, 10:22 PM

I want to ask all the Soldier of Fortune 2 players, what kind of machines did you play this game on?

I just built a P4 @ 2.4 GHz, 256 MB in RAM DDR, 80 GB 7200 rmp Barracuda HD, GeForce 3 Ti200 with 64 MB in RAM, Audigy 2 (the game came with this sound card, btw) and Windows XP Pro.

And the game lags and jags to the point of unplayableness.

Any suggestions. Even dropping the detail levels didn't help.

TIA for your input.

Floppyman · 12-21-2002, 10:25 PM

What drivers are you using? Have you tried upgrading them? HTH

Nuclear Krusader · 12-21-2002, 10:27 PM

For the VC? 29.42.

Markoman01027 · 12-21-2002, 11:34 PM

I play SOF2 on:
AMD Athlon XP 1800+, MSI Motherboard with the VIA KT333 Chipset, GF4 MX 440, Sound Blaster Live, 80GB IBM ATA 100 Hard Drive, 16X DVD, 256MB of DDR PC2100 RAM(CRUCIAL), and ofcourse Windows 2000 Professional(Although I played SOF2 on WIN98SE. Havent tried it on WIN2K yet)

Game runs fine..But I need a better Video Card.

Nuclear Krusader · 12-21-2002, 11:52 PM

No lags or anything similar?

Blakhart · 12-22-2002, 12:25 AM

Have the demo on a duron1300 with same vid card as yours, 128megs ddr on a via **** oops chipset, and a 7200rpm drive. The demo runs great at 800x600. This on xp pro, 3082 driver.

Nuclear Krusader · 12-22-2002, 12:33 AM

Hmm. Something's not right here then.

Nuclear Krusader · 12-22-2002, 12:46 AM

BTW, my mobo uses the i845PE chipset.

wolfie · 12-22-2002, 12:52 AM

try the 30.xx set of drivers and check and see if the game had any updates.

wolfie

casey · 12-22-2002, 05:08 AM

The game plays brilliantly on the following system.
1400 Celeron
Intel 815 eeau Mobo
512 meg PC133 Sdram
Gigabyte Radeon 9000 Pro

and not so well on this system, go figure !!
P4 1.8a 512 cache
Intel D845ebg2
256 meg DDR266
MSI GFS4 4200 ti 128 meg DDR

casey · 12-22-2002, 05:09 AM

Both on Win ME

Floppyman · 12-22-2002, 01:42 PM

Did you install the drivers off the motherboard cd if there were any? HTH

Nuclear Krusader · 12-22-2002, 03:50 PM

Yes.

FantasySoul · 12-22-2002, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by casey
The game plays brilliantly on the following system.
1400 Celeron
Intel 815 eeau Mobo
512 meg PC133 Sdram
Gigabyte Radeon 9000 Pro

and not so well on this system, go figure !!
P4 1.8a 512 cache
Intel D845ebg2
256 meg DDR266
MSI GFS4 4200 ti 128 meg DDR

My gosh,even P4 specs cannot compete with Celeron??
Now I'm seriously worry about my new built!!

DragonNOA1 · 12-22-2002, 09:48 PM

ya but look at the P4, it has 256 Ram w/ Gforce4

the celeron has radeon 9000 w/ 512 ram

that might make a difference

Markoman01027 · 12-22-2002, 10:00 PM

The Video Card makes a big difference..not the system RAM..because you are only using the required RAM with the game not all 512MB of it.

I can run Kazaalite, AIM, ICQ, and play UT2003..And I still havent used all of my system RAM(256MB).

casey · 12-22-2002, 11:37 PM

and I'm not joking, this is dead serious, same thing with the new NFS2 the 1400 cel with Radeon 9000 plays much smoother (perfect) than the P4 with GFS4 4200ti.

Blakhart · 12-22-2002, 11:42 PM

Then this makes me feel that the 845 chipset or something peculiar to the mobo is the cause.

TimPoet · 12-23-2002, 01:02 AM

Nuke, not sure about Casey's situation, but I thought I heard glc say the Win 2000 isn't so good with games. Could that be it?

Edit:

I just saw that you said XP Pro, nevermind

vernonm_2000 · 12-23-2002, 04:11 AM

have you checked if DMA is on dude?
Tricks me every time I install I forget to switch it on and wonder why my PC is running like ****

Nuclear Krusader · 12-23-2002, 03:37 PM

Er, where are the DMA settings in XP?

Blakhart · 12-23-2002, 06:07 PM

Device manager/ide controller/primary ide/advanced settings, look for dma status, you do not want to see pio.

As I recall you also can/should add the Intel application accelerator software, a ide patch of some type from Intel that may help in this case.

Fuze · 12-27-2002, 09:36 AM

I run it on a 1.4 ghz Tbird, Gainward Ti4200, excellent performance at 1024x768

Nuclear Krusader · 12-28-2002, 11:44 AM

Well, I managed to make it run smoothly by dropping the detail to "medium". It doesn't look too bad but the letters are very hard to make out.

*sniff* I need a better VC.

12-21-2002, 10:22 PM	#1
Nuclear Krusader Mondsreitersmann Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Skingrad Posts: 8,781	SoF 2 (or my new build sux!) I want to ask all the Soldier of Fortune 2 players, what kind of machines did you play this game on? I just built a P4 @ 2.4 GHz, 256 MB in RAM DDR, 80 GB 7200 rmp Barracuda HD, GeForce 3 Ti200 with 64 MB in RAM, Audigy 2 (the game came with this sound card, btw) and Windows XP Pro. And the game lags and jags to the point of unplayableness. Any suggestions. Even dropping the detail levels didn't help. TIA for your input. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Darum still, füg' ich mich, wie Gott es will. Nun, so will ich wacker streiten, und sollt' ich den Tod erleiden, stirbt ein braver Reitersmann. Last edited by Nuclear Krusader; 12-21-2002 at 10:24 PM.

12-21-2002, 10:25 PM	#2
Floppyman Member (13 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Posts: 6,791	What drivers are you using? Have you tried upgrading them? HTH Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-21-2002, 10:27 PM	#3
Nuclear Krusader Mondsreitersmann Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Skingrad Posts: 8,781	For the VC? 29.42. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-21-2002, 11:34 PM	#4
Markoman01027 Member (12 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts Posts: 2,633	I play SOF2 on: AMD Athlon XP 1800+, MSI Motherboard with the VIA KT333 Chipset, GF4 MX 440, Sound Blaster Live, 80GB IBM ATA 100 Hard Drive, 16X DVD, 256MB of DDR PC2100 RAM(CRUCIAL), and ofcourse Windows 2000 Professional(Although I played SOF2 on WIN98SE. Havent tried it on WIN2K yet) Game runs fine..But I need a better Video Card. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-21-2002, 11:52 PM	#5
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12-22-2002, 12:25 AM	#6
Blakhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: in harms way Posts: 2,768	Have the demo on a duron1300 with same vid card as yours, 128megs ddr on a via **** oops chipset, and a 7200rpm drive. The demo runs great at 800x600. This on xp pro, 3082 driver. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-22-2002, 12:33 AM	#7
Nuclear Krusader Mondsreitersmann Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Skingrad Posts: 8,781	Hmm. Something's not right here then. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-22-2002, 12:46 AM	#8
Nuclear Krusader Mondsreitersmann Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Skingrad Posts: 8,781	BTW, my mobo uses the i845PE chipset. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-22-2002, 12:52 AM	#9
wolfie Member (11 bit) Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brooklyn Park,Minn. Posts: 1,864	try the 30.xx set of drivers and check and see if the game had any updates. wolfie Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-22-2002, 05:08 AM	#10
casey Member (10 bit) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 586	The game plays brilliantly on the following system. 1400 Celeron Intel 815 eeau Mobo 512 meg PC133 Sdram Gigabyte Radeon 9000 Pro and not so well on this system, go figure !! P4 1.8a 512 cache Intel D845ebg2 256 meg DDR266 MSI GFS4 4200 ti 128 meg DDR Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-22-2002, 05:09 AM	#11
casey Member (10 bit) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 586	Both on Win ME Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-22-2002, 01:42 PM	#12
Floppyman Member (13 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Posts: 6,791	Did you install the drivers off the motherboard cd if there were any? HTH Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-22-2002, 03:50 PM	#13
Nuclear Krusader Mondsreitersmann Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Skingrad Posts: 8,781	Yes. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-22-2002, 09:48 PM	#15
DragonNOA1 Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Na Pali Haven Posts: 2,812	ya but look at the P4, it has 256 Ram w/ Gforce4 the celeron has radeon 9000 w/ 512 ram that might make a difference Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ The command line, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age

12-22-2002, 10:00 PM	#16
Markoman01027 Member (12 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts Posts: 2,633	The Video Card makes a big difference..not the system RAM..because you are only using the required RAM with the game not all 512MB of it. I can run Kazaalite, AIM, ICQ, and play UT2003..And I still havent used all of my system RAM(256MB). Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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12-22-2002, 11:37 PM	#17
casey Member (10 bit) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 586	and I'm not joking, this is dead serious, same thing with the new NFS2 the 1400 cel with Radeon 9000 plays much smoother (perfect) than the P4 with GFS4 4200ti. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-22-2002, 11:42 PM	#18
Blakhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: in harms way Posts: 2,768	Then this makes me feel that the 845 chipset or something peculiar to the mobo is the cause. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-23-2002, 01:02 AM	#19
TimPoet digitally confused Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,301	Nuke, not sure about Casey's situation, but I thought I heard glc say the Win 2000 isn't so good with games. Could that be it? Edit: I just saw that you said XP Pro, nevermind Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-23-2002, 04:11 AM	#20
vernonm_2000 Member (8 bit) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Mordor: New zealand Posts: 223	have you checked if DMA is on dude? Tricks me every time I install I forget to switch it on and wonder why my PC is running like **** Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-23-2002, 03:37 PM	#21
Nuclear Krusader Mondsreitersmann Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Skingrad Posts: 8,781	Er, where are the DMA settings in XP? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-23-2002, 06:07 PM	#22
Blakhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: in harms way Posts: 2,768	Device manager/ide controller/primary ide/advanced settings, look for dma status, you do not want to see pio. As I recall you also can/should add the Intel application accelerator software, a ide patch of some type from Intel that may help in this case. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-27-2002, 09:36 AM	#23
Fuze Fly Eagles Fly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 981	I run it on a 1.4 ghz Tbird, Gainward Ti4200, excellent performance at 1024x768 Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

12-28-2002, 11:44 AM	#24
Nuclear Krusader Mondsreitersmann Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Skingrad Posts: 8,781	Well, I managed to make it run smoothly by dropping the detail to "medium". It doesn't look too bad but the letters are very hard to make out. sniff I need a better VC. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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