Pissed off

[throdgrain]

Ive just bought this game, it's laggy, jerky, and the graphics arnt even very good.
Why's that ? Is anyone else having this problem ? I have a good pc with a adsl connection, yet its aweful. I tried increasing the swap file size as i ve read, but no difference, and ive gone down to 800-600, but still exactly the same.
Can this be sorted or is it like BF1942, where a sudden patch makes it suddenly playable ? Its my only hope atm, as I refuse to play it like this :/

 

[Embattle]

How much RAM throd?

 

[throdgrain]

512 mate .

 

[Embattle]

Some seem to say it runs best on 1GB with 1GB VM, although I fail to see why it would run real bad on your setup. You fiddled with the different grphics settings I take it?

 

[throdgrain]

i guess i will, though tbh i just switched it off in disgust.
The last game I bought was Vietcong. Its actually quite good in MP, but there is no back up at all. The single player sucks tbh.
Now I buy this, it costs me 35 quid, I have to pay to use the server and it doesnt even run properly on a high end pc. I didnt wat to change the settings because frankly it dont look that good anyway. Did some one say no better than q3 ? I would think that was about right. So now Im going to turn it down so it looks like q2 in order to make it work ? Hmm dunno if Ill bother m8.
(an annoyed throd, sorry )

 

[bone_idle]

I have quite a high spec comp but i always turn the setting down. A game with lots of good looking graphics will lag badly in intense battles and base cappings.

 

[Aeternus]

This game really eats up RAM... uses up about 990 of my 1024mb of ram on my computer. Runs pretty smooth though.... just needs loads of ram apparently.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Go into graphics and turn off the textures on the advanced page. They all look very pretty, but you want a decent frame rate over anything else. Also try turning off the skydome (I think that's what it's called)

 

[Deady]

PS isnt the best programmed game around.

Its a resource hog and chugs along even on top end PCs. But, people like the game so they pay.

 

[Uncle Sick(tm)]

Graphics are actually quite good for a MMG - sure BF1942 and UT 2003 have the better graphics but you also don't have virtually hundreds of people playing at the same time.

Defragging helps alot, too.

 

[throdgrain]

Thanks for the advice all. Ive turned down the quality to low, even though it stuck in my throat, and kept the res at 800-600, and it actually runs pretty smoothly now
Perhaps I ought to buy myself that radion 9800pro Ive been looking at ...

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

I've got it running acceptably on a 1.4 gig GF3 at 1024*768, I'll go check what the settings are exactly later.

 

[.Cask]

I only have 512mb RAM and it runs fine (well it doesn't work at all now but unrelated issue). Have paging file set from 1500 - 3000mb but I doubt it really helps that much.

I thought the graphics were really poor till I looked up at the sky. This game has a really pretty sky. And yeah the sanctuary looks really ugly and flat but when you get out into the fields I think it looks great.

I'd keep fiddling about with windows settings and things. You said you had a high end machine so no reason medium gfx settings shouldn't work fine.

 

[Karam_gruul]

turn down teh graphics settings. i've got a brand spanking new p4 2.8ghz gforce 4 ti4800, 512mb ram pc, and i lag to crap on highest spec graphics. have to have everything on medium.

 

[Custy]

Originally posted by .Cask
I only have 512mb RAM and it runs fine

Good god, the computer industry has come a long way...

 

[Old_Bean]

I'm running it on a Duron 900 with a G-force 2mx 64mb with 640mb system memory and a 1.5 gb swapfile on a dsl connection.

I've got the res up at 1024x768 and the quality of the graphics down a bit and it runs fine.

No slow down at all. I did have a lock up once though, but that was during a really intense battle with at least 100-150 people on screen at once.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

I have everything on full on 1600x1200 and i do have a very high end computer, but only 512 of ram.. no problems what soever

 

[throdgrain]

Well, it's a XP2600 / 512 ddr / GF4 4400 /adsl connection, so I'd call that reasonably high spec. Ive got it on 800-600 and low graphics, with textures on medium. Its seems to pretty smoothly now I must say, though its still irritating that I have to do that :/

 

[[PS]Nova]

It is irritating that you need such a high spec PC to run it properly, yes, but hey, you can still have fun with details and stuff turned down! I have a crappy graphics card (compared with most of you) and I manage just fine! Apart from constantly getting killed but I don't think that's got much to do with my graphics card

 

[Old_Bean]

I think I proved with my post, you DON'T need a high spec machine to play PS.

It's just how you configure it.

 

[Gekul]

The graphics card and RAM will make the most difference, both of yours are ok mung. Processors don't have the impact they used to

 

[[PS]Nova]

Originally posted by mung
I think I proved with my post, you DON'T need a high spec machine to play PS.

It's just how you configure it.

I said "properly" ie not having to turn the details and stuff down.

I never said you couldn't play it at all.

My machine is not particularly high spec either and I manage fine most of the time.

 

[[PS]Mung]

Right, challenge Planetside.
Lets see what the lowest possible spec you can have and still be able to play it.
My moneys on a 486 66dx with 1 gig of ram and a 32mb gfx card.

 

[[PS]Nova]

Well I have a 32mb gfx card and that does fine, so maybe drop the gfx a bit? (for lowest spec possible I mean)