How is your computer handling ps? - Page 2

Condrah · 2003-04-27, 06:21 PM

u guuys should post your sound card....the sound card is what makes the lag sometimes....maybe its a REALLY bad sound card and when u disable it, it runs wonderful...so sound cards! heh

firecrackerNC · 2003-04-27, 06:46 PM

P4,384 ram,1.5ghz,Radeon9700 pro,Win ME,80 gb hard drive ,DSL connection and PS SUCKS!! sorry but since mine wont fucking work no matter what i do i think it sucks,it crashes b 4 i can even get in the damn game,ARG Damn DELL,Damn SOE! DAMN LIFE!

Angelos · 2003-04-27, 07:11 PM

I will now blast away any blame that was falsely placed during this thread.

I have no heavy lag, except when I enter a big fight, it goes away after a moment. And only problems I have had have been directly related to bugs in the game, not my system.

I have a Dell. Pre-built Dell goodness. I think pre-built is wrong word. I prefer mass produced customized system. Because after all, I did choose what I wanted in it. Isn't it the same with Falcon Northwest, Voodoo, and Alienware?

I have integrated sound. No problems as far as I can tell. I also can't see how sound can cause lag, never heard of that one before.

gonnagetyou · 2003-04-27, 07:14 PM

Condrah is right. Sound cards can make or break your gaming experience. You can have the bitchinest system, but if you got a cheap sound card your going to have problems. I think if I update mine it will remove some of the lag I get around intense firefights.

I was really worried that PS wouldn't play on my machine but I have had no trouble playing for hours with no problems.

Wohoo, just got BR6. Right now dedicated Vanu engineer, assault, AMS driver.

1.0ghz Pent3
40G hard drive
32mb Nividia
256 ram
Windows ME

Angelos · 2003-04-27, 07:16 PM

Again, I've never ever had problems with game due to sound. I use integrated sound, have on every machine I've had.

FliggenMan · 2003-04-27, 08:48 PM

Hey peacemaker, you just missed the release date for the new ATI with 256 megs for same price.

Condrah · 2003-04-27, 09:37 PM

okay...im not a computer expert or anything like that....but i know sound cause lags...depends what u using...in my case
When I bought Battlefield 1942 I tried playing it...wow it was horrible I though my computer sucked SOO bad, then I went to the forums and they said "your computer sucks! get a new one dumbass" and then something came to my head...In EVERQUEST I was having problems when many characters on screen with all everything high and big resolution (best way to play) so I e-mailed the tech support thing and they told me after many e-mails to disable sound card...so I did....wow it worked wonderfull! so with Battlefield I disable my sound card which is really bad AC 98 I think... and dam I can play the game with all high! and big resolution! no LAG! with sound I couldn�t fly an airplane because of lag...or go to battle... just be a sniper... >.<....hmm not even that lol...so evil was the sound card that I don�t play game now with sound. Im getting a new one duh....but thats when Planetside is released...
oo by the way my computer is P4 1.6ghz 256 ram Geforce 4 t4200 128mb...like you can see...nothing biggy

Gilgamesh · 2003-04-27, 11:51 PM

The sound does slow the frame rate down in this PS. I guess if you have a real fast machine it will compensate, but iam using a P4 2Ghz. 384 Mb. DSL , GF MX440 64 meg.

And my PC stutters all the time whenever there is a lot of fighting.

I noticed right away though that it had a lot to do with audio, when there is actual firing, it has gotten better with the latest patches.

On a few occasions the game booted without audio, and when it does that, it runs a lot smoother.

Does OS really effect speed in the game? iam using ME.

Angelos · 2003-04-27, 11:56 PM

Dude, when it comes to Window's ME, it affects everything. You'll lose friends over it. Yeah, it's that bad. If you went down to 98 you'd be sittin pretty compared to that junk.

Dude, if your sound card is killin your games, you need a new sound card. Man I must be lucky with my integrated shiznit, cuz everything rolls fine. And I WON'T sacrafice sound. Sounds are about as important as video.... well not quite.
*rubes his Radeon 9700*

Condrah · 2003-04-28, 12:25 AM

yeah sound is really important....I hope everyone start to post sound card too >.< People that didn�t know this should disable sound card and see how it works....such a difference...

Condrah · 2003-04-28, 12:26 AM

oo also its not only ME though....98 too because I got the problem with sound in everquest when I had 98...now I have XP same problem...every Windows I guess.

Angelos · 2003-04-28, 12:28 AM

It's not Window's. It's your card.

I have had no problems in XP, I like it.

Condrah · 2003-04-28, 12:40 AM

k....I think I didn�t understand what u said heh....hmm what I though you said is that the sound card problem thing (i know mine is bad) only affects Win ME...
when every Windows can have bad fps thing with a bad sound card....

Angelos · 2003-04-28, 12:43 AM

You said you have sound problem, and it follows you from windows to windows, so you said "every Windows I guess", and I was pointing out the problem wasn't windows, it was your card. That's why it follows you from windows to windows.

Reikon · 2003-04-28, 01:15 AM

Athlon XP 2100+ @ 2.24 GHz
1024 PC3200 RAM
Radeon 9700 Pro
RAID 0 WD 1200JB
Onboard nforce 2 sound.

Game runs smoothly with 4x AA and 8x Anis filtering with max details @ 1024x768 and the game loads in less than 5 seconds.