Far Cry - Slow - Need To Buy Something

[bilko]

i have an amd 2600 with a geforce 5600 with 256 mb ram

when i play far cry it places me on medium settings, the game runns smooth for ht emost part but inside sometime the frame rate goes real slow

i have 512 ddr ram,

question is, if i get some more ram will it improve the game play?

[Spicker]

no not really its really the video card....

i have fx5600 128mb and i can play on medium settings i think the problem with urz might be because fx5600 256mb is worse than the 128mb version...

[Keikan]

if i get some more ram will it improve the game play?

no.

[bilko]

oh great

[Peerzy]

Radeon 9800 pro's, quick BIOS flash and there XT's £150 on ebuyer, my pc see below plays this medium with no frame rate drop, clear as much shit off ur hd as poss i ahve a brand new hard drive with ahrdly anything on it:

1.6 Duron
512mb ram
GForce 4 MMX
160gb hd

[blitz]

They key to gaming is having 1. A good video card 2. RAM - and lots of it. I'd say 768mb at minimum.

[Twist3r]

Originally posted by blitz81388@13 June 2004 - 02:16
2. RAM - and lots of it. I'd say 768mb at minimum.
im not so sure. 512 should be enough unless u want to play 3 games at a time :D

[cpt_azad]

Originally posted by Twister+12 June 2004 - 18:03--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Twister @ 12 June 2004 - 18:03)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-blitz81388@13 June 2004 - 02:16
2.&nbsp; RAM - and lots of it.&nbsp; I&#39;d say 768mb at minimum.
im not so sure. 512 should be enough unless u want to play 3 games at a time :D [/b][/quote]
lol :lol: ,get urself a radeon 9800, and it should do the trick. or atleast a card that&#39;s better than that crappy one u already got (Fx series kinda sucks)

[tesco]

Try following the msconfig and services.msc, and defragment part of my guide (link to it in sig).

hope that helps you, you shouldn&#39;t need to buy a new graphics card, the one you have is just fine, all your specs are fine.

[RGX]

I have 768Mb and its useful for quick loading times and no stuttering at the beginning of a map/game, but I reckon its mainly your video card holding it back. 9800&#39;s are still good cards and are quite cheap these days, go for a pro if you can. :)

[Mad Cat]

Originally posted by jaigandhi5@12 June 2004 - 00:37
no not really its really the video card....

i have fx5600 128mb and i can play on medium settings i think the problem with urz might be because fx5600 256mb is worse than the 128mb version...
Not all 256mbs are worse than 128mbs&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

Get it into your heads people. It happens, but not all the time.

[blitz]

I say get alot of ram because I have 512 and the latest FPS games (Battlefield Vietnam, UT2k4) (I don&#39;t have Far Cry :P) eat the shite out of my ram and my computer is all slow when i exit the games. It takes a few seconds for all of the desktop icons to show up.

[peat moss]

@ bilko Look here I hav&#39;nt try this tweak but I&#39;m curious to see if it works . :)


http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak114.aspx

[KazaaLeecher]

Dont run anything in the back ground, it might help.

I have a 5600xt which is shittier then a 5600 and i run it at above 800x600,i get 25 fps.

Get a better video card and more ram, 512 and above.

[bilko]

some recommeded using the standard res (800 x 600) - did turn my up a notch for the game - will it make a diff?

the game wont look as nice though?

thanks for the help guys but recommeding another grahics cards really isnt

i can play the game ok, it just does slow from time to time in dorrs its not like its not playable, i have hope&#33;

[bilko]

KazaaLeecher when u play,
on medium settings at a higher res that 800 x 600,
do u honestly experiance any frame rate issues what so ever?


i know my card is mid range but its a pain in the ass considering Half life 2 and doom 3 may do the same on similar settings

[Mad Cat]

I don&#39;t really see the problem, tweak the settings till you get an acceptable frame rate - problem solved.

[Titus808]

i have this rig down here, and I run farcry all maxed with the exception of anisotropic and antialiasing :angry: POS processor :angry: and it never lags (except on MP, which I mentioned elsewhere sucks ass :lol:) Alot of people have problems with far cry and nVidia cards :lol:, are you sure your drivers are updated? I remember nVidia releasing something that was going to make pixel shader 2 support on par with the 9800 :hah&#33;:, which would make farcry more stable. Other than that I would say buy a 9800 or an x800xt, eventually you will have to. <--that&#39;s assuming you want to play far cry "the way it&#39;s meant to be played" :lol:

1.3 athlon xp
radeon 9800 all in wonder pro
creative audigy 2 zs
512 mb corsair xtreme bla bla :lol:
200 gig seagate B)