very poor bf1942 performance

CounterPart · TweakNOOB Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 51

up until about a month ago i have been able to play battlefield 1942 perfectly fine on highest settings. then uninstalled the game and reinstalled the game because i reinstalled windows and the game runs like crap. I have the latest patches and everything but it still runs lower that 40 fps most of the time. even if i set all the video and sound settings to the lowest they go and lower the resolution as low as it goes it still runs badley. im pretty sure its not a hardware problem since halo pc runs perfectly fine. and when i hit escape wile playing a game, the game gets all weird and i have to quite and go back in. any suggestions on what might be the problem would be greatly helpful.

Note: i have the Cat 3.8 drivers.
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JayDubya · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:09 pm Post subject:

when you reformatted did you do a quick or full reformat? always do a full if you didn't.

you may want to get the latest chipset drivers and the latest CAT drivers too.
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CounterPart · TweakNOOB Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 51

I did a full reformat, is it possible it is a driver realated issue
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Troy · SirTweaksabit Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 497

Cat. has the 4.4 drivers now might wanna try them.

If all else fails try reinstalling the game again.
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JayDubya · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject:

^^^ my next suggestion

are you overclocking? if so, you will want to back down to stock speeds for the install to make sure none of the files get corrupted.
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CounterPart · TweakNOOB Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 51

nope, not overclocking
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Check for spyware.
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CounterPart · TweakNOOB Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 51

I don't think its spyware as i dont have a internet connection on that computer yet. But u turned on hardware acceleration in the sound options and that really helped.

P.S is it possible that the card is being underpowered?
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ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
512 pc3200 hyperx
Sapphire 9800xt
memorex 52-32-52 burner
WD 120gig hard drive
Soundblaster Audigy 2zs

JayDubya · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject:

very possible. . . do you have that 350watt psu that came with the xdreamer2? if so, you'll need at least 400watts (450+ reccomended for intel and 9800xt). it looks like that psu would be strained to the max. try checking your voltage rails for fluctuations too.
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Troy · SirTweaksabit Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 497

^^^ what Jay said.
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