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Posted by Spartan on Sun Dec 26th at 5:06pm 2004

I bought an Nvidia 5200FX card today for my comp and installed it. I go to play WoW on low settings and I'm still getting lag. I'm running on cable internet so whats wrong and how can I get my game to run smooth? [addsig]



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Posted by G.Ballblue on Sun Dec 26th at 5:09pm 2004

Hmm. Are you getting any visual problems? (weird s**t I mean). The lag may simply be due to bad servers/ bad net code...? And what's WoW anyway ? (Sorry to sound clueless). [addsig]



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Posted by Spartan on Sun Dec 26th at 5:10pm 2004

No weird errors. WoW= World of Warcraft. [addsig]



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Posted by G.Ballblue on Sun Dec 26th at 5:13pm 2004

? quoting Spartan 34
No weird errors. WoW= World of Warcraft.

Oh. Since it's internet, are you leaving your fire wall on? If so, then consider turning it off -- In a couple of games, I lag misserbly with it on.

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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Dec 26th at 5:15pm 2004

nvidia cards are fickle critters, you absolutely must uninstall any other drivers.. plus its always a plus to run one of those driver seeker programs to remove any residual crap left over.

if you have issues, its not the card (unless its defective) or your machine.. its most likely something YOU failed to do.

go to the nvidia site, follow the links to those seeker programs i mentioned.

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Posted by Myrk- on Sun Dec 26th at 5:30pm 2004

Well its a new game, prolly crap net code or just plain crap connection. Might be better of with even faster net [addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Sun Dec 26th at 5:45pm 2004

Do you mean lag as in internet lag, or low frame rates and "visual lag"?



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Posted by Spartan on Sun Dec 26th at 5:46pm 2004

Well I noticed that some areas are a bit more laggier than others so its kinda hard to tell. [addsig]



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Posted by Myrk- on Sun Dec 26th at 6:00pm 2004

Find out an FPS command then come back [addsig]



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Posted by OtZman on Sun Dec 26th at 7:31pm 2004

You could always use fraps to determine the FPS rate.

http://www.fraps.com/
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Posted by Jezpuh on Sun Dec 26th at 8:36pm 2004

Fraps is used for recording and it drops your FPS while running it, fool.
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Posted by Junkyard God on Sun Dec 26th at 8:40pm 2004

my m8 had this problem but that was becouse his other hardware didn't realy work with that gfx card well, it might be that your other hardware is screwing it up, try de-installing all gfx drivers and installing the newest drivers for your card, i suggest www.nvidia.com .

if that doesn't work i think you might want to get a other ge force card. my m8 got another one , slightly newer model for the same price and that did work.

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Posted by Spartan on Sun Dec 26th at 8:47pm 2004

My PC specs are 1ghz PIII, 256mb ram, and Geforce 5200FX. Those specs should run the game fine. [addsig]



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Posted by Gorbachev on Sun Dec 26th at 9:00pm 2004

No, those specs wouldn't run the game at a desireable framerate if you want any detail whatsoever...
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Posted by Spartan on Sun Dec 26th at 10:35pm 2004

? quoting Gorbachev
No, those specs wouldn't run the game at a desireable framerate if you want any detail whatsoever...

You think I'll get any improvent upgrading to 512mb ram? I really want to get as much joy outa this game as possibe. This is one of the few games I have bought in the last few years and I think its awesome. I'll be playing long from now.

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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Dec 26th at 10:40pm 2004

personally, i think your bottleneck is the "PIII" part.. WoW is awfully new, and power hungry.

increasing to 512 wont help much cause its most likely either P100 or P133 ram, both are slow as hell.

the card is prolly drawing as much power from your processor as the game is, cause its so new.. i bet it even has to slow down cause the AGP slot is so old.

/methinks, you are fighting a lost cause my friend.

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Posted by pepper on Sun Dec 26th at 10:51pm 2004

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Fraps is used for recording and it drops your FPS while running it, fool.


it only drops frames when recording, when not recording it doesnt drop the frames.
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Posted by Nickelplate on Sun Dec 26th at 10:53pm 2004

Spartan-

for any new games you really need the following: at least 2Ghz, 1GB of RAM and a newer bus speed like anything that includes DDR, and your vid card is good!

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Posted by Spartan on Sun Dec 26th at 11:20pm 2004

Some of the lag is cause by latency on the servers parts. That's the part that kills me the most. Also when I get into areas where there is a large amound of people and enemies. Other than that the game runs fine. You think Blizzard will improve the servers over time so that there is better latency? Also would upgrading to 512mb ram make any major or noticable improvement in the game? [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Sun Dec 26th at 11:50pm 2004

? quote:
personally, i think your bottleneck is the "PIII" part.. WoW is awfully new, and power hungry.

increasing to 512 wont help much cause its most likely either P100 or P133 ram, both are slow as hell.

the card is prolly drawing as much power from your processor as the game is, cause its so new.. i bet it even has to slow down cause the AGP slot is so old.

/methinks, you are fighting a lost cause my friend.



Ram will help more then you're implying. Anything to prevent HDD access will help beyond words.

Although I doubt WoW will run smoothly. The processor ISN'T the bottleneck.
Most likely the bandwidth of the bus, ram, and graphics card slot are what is holding it back.
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