Game is laggy...but why??
I've recently bought the pc game Far Cry and I am having problems with game being extremely laggy. I don't mean laggy like it's a little jumpy, (though it is) but the main problem is that it seems to almost freeze up for 30 seconds or so at a time. This seems to happen when other characters are on the screen such as "bad guys". The only other game that I play is Call of Duty: United Offensive and I put the video settings on high and it runs just fine. If you ask me the graphics are better with CoD:UO than with Far Cry. I also have all of the video settings turned down to the lowest settings. So the question is, why does the game behave this way? Here are my specs.
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COD:UO is based on a 5 year old engine. Far Cry isn't even a year old.
A Radeon 8500, I don't think, has full DirectX 9 capabilities. If it does, the card is still pretty damn old, and 2 generations behind now.
You need a new videocard, really.
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holy crap... your way behind!! you got a radeon in the 8000's.. dear god... get a at least 9200 or something!!! i reccomend a 9800PRO!
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FarCry works fine with my 9200se
just dont get too brave with the texture settings
also playing with 256 RAM is a nightmare
but 30 second lag is evil
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Seriously dude , get a new Video Card , thats why the game lags ....
I played Far Cry on lowest settings with a radeon 9000se card on lowest settings and it seemed to work good...
Radeon 9600 is a good video card , and its only around 100$-150$ if you go to websites like newegg.com ....
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Originally Posted by Fiber
FarCry works fine with my 9200se
just dont get too brave with the texture settings
also playing with 256 RAM is a nightmare
but 30 second lag is evil
Ok, I didn't think I was that far behind but, I guess so. Only problem is, my pc is in a Shuttle enclosure and I'm not sure it can handle the heat of a 9800 pro. :( . Also the Radeon 8500 does come with DirectX 9C. :)
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also playing with 256 RAM is a nightmare
You or me? :blink:
I have 512
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Ok, I didn't think I was that far behind but, I guess so. Only problem is, my pc is in a Shuttle enclosure and I'm not sure it can handle the heat of a 9800 pro. :( . Also the Radeon 8500 does come with DirectX 9C. :)
It should work with a 9800 pro, tho' I don't think you'll have much room for a pci card.
The ideal thing, heatwise, might be a 9600xt or a nvidia 6600gt, though.
EDit: what kind of processor is that you are using btw?
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You or me? :blink:
I have 512
i used to play it with 256
then i got extra ram
i was just mentioning from experience
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Also the Radeon 8500 does come with DirectX 9C. :)
he means hardware directx9 support.
Only the radeon 9500-x800(or whatever the newest card is). the 9200 doesn't do it.
and for nvidia all of the fx cards (5200-6800) have directx9 support.
i think the only card that does directx9.0c is the geforce fx 6800.(maybe the 6600).
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what kind of processor is that you are using btw?
AMD Athlon xp 2100+ 1.7 ghz
