Farcry slow on X1800XT

geeza · 12 Mar 2006 at 01:00

HangTime said:
Only patches you need to install are 1.3, 1.31 and 1.33 (1.1 and 1.32 can be binned)

Far Cry really needs to be patched up as older versions have bugs (dodgy textures amongst other things) and also lack features such as SM3.0 rendering (r_sm30path 1).

now fully patched up to 1.33 and it still drops to single frames sometimes! this is just gonads, an x1800 and FX57 2gb ram and its still crap.
is there something im missing like openGL?

Raikiri · 12 Mar 2006 at 03:06

This is maxed on my 7800GT so somethings is certainly wrong :/

as said update it completely

Yewen · 12 Mar 2006 at 03:38

Raikiri said:
This is maxed on my 7800GT so somethings is certainly wrong :/

as said update it completely

What mine ran it at and I have a 2.6/2.6 x2 and 7800gt at stock currently.

If you are getting single frames something seriously has to be up.

Logsi · 12 Mar 2006 at 10:42

Even i dont go that low?? Thats a tad strange to say the least.

JonnyGLC · 12 Mar 2006 at 12:08

Have you got adaptive antialiasing on Quality settings with 6xaa? That will probably be the problem with the sheer amount of foliage in the game

geeza · 12 Mar 2006 at 12:38

A random name said:
Have you got adaptive antialiasing on Quality settings with 6xaa? That will probably be the problem with the sheer amount of foliage in the game

nope, just on application preference. I dont understand, all my 3d marks are on target, FEAR runs fine in everything maxed in 1260x900 or whatever weird resolution is uses. BF2 works fine in 1280x1024 6xaa everything high as does COD2. :confused:

JonnyGLC · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:07

geeza said:
nope, just on application preference. I dont understand, all my 3d marks are on target, FEAR runs fine in everything maxed in 1260x900 or whatever weird resolution is uses. BF2 works fine in 1280x1024 6xaa everything high as does COD2.

There is no application preference with adaptive antialiasing

Just double check if it's on or off mate

speeduk · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:39

Reinstall Direct X and/or try different driver versions for the x1800.

geeza · 12 Mar 2006 at 14:01

A random name said:
There is no application preference with adaptive antialiasing

Just double check if it's on or off mate

i dont see it anywhere

JonnyGLC · 12 Mar 2006 at 14:07

geeza said:
i dont see it anywhere

geeza · 12 Mar 2006 at 14:16

Still dont see it, give me some hints

JonnyGLC · 12 Mar 2006 at 14:48

Ah, omega drivers :\

Can't give you any help, have you tried the proper Catalyst 6.3 drivers?

geeza · 12 Mar 2006 at 15:03

A random name said:
Ah, omega drivers :\

Can't give you any help, have you tried the proper Catalyst 6.3 drivers?

i can try them but its strange how everything else works fine. ive got a solution, i just wont play farcry! bf2 and fear it is instead

Eliot · 12 Mar 2006 at 16:53

thing is, my x850pe kicks that game about at 1280x1024..... i would be worried tbh.

warren_1979 · 12 Mar 2006 at 18:31

Man I'd forgotten how nice that game looks. Might install it again and have a bash. Do many peeps still play it online?

geeza · 12 Mar 2006 at 18:57

warren_1979 said:
Man I'd forgotten how nice that game looks. Might install it again and have a bash. Do many peeps still play it online?

i think about 3 people ever played it online. why do i need to be woried when everything else including all benchmarks are spot on for my system? either something wrong with farcry or it just doesnt like omega driver

i dont need service pack 2 do i for XP?

LoadsaMoney · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:16

Actually it was on my old 9800pro i remember now.

geeza · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:22

i finally put the 6.3 cat drivers on and tested. Going back on them screenshots, i went though and took some more in the same places and get the following-

screen 1 44
screen 2 47
screen 3 55
screen 4 28
screen 5 53

so, it shows that farcry doesnt like the omega drivers on X1800 or vise versa