Help , Strugling With Low Fps On A Decent Computer
Steel_Troll
Join Date: 2004-02-12 Member: 26455Members
Join Date: 2004-02-12 Member: 26455Members
<div class="IPBDescription">PLease HELP!</div> Hey people, i need help... my FPS lately has been getting very low...
i have noticed this only recently(since b5).I start off on the main screen with a FPS of 60, ingame it averages 20, fluctuating greatly in fights going down to 12 fps in fights, even getting unplayable
im running NS at 1240x768 at 16bit colors, i think these FPS are atrocious for a computer with the following specs:
Geforce fx 5600 128mb creative
256MB Ram
intel celeron 2.20ghz
direct x 9.0c
Latest NVidia drivers from the net 61.77 i think
Windows XP service pack 2
i have enterd in the console : developer 1 , max_fps 100
iand ive got a 512/256 broadband connection
I really dont know what else i can do!!! Please help me get back to playing NS at a better FPS!! <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
i have noticed this only recently(since b5).I start off on the main screen with a FPS of 60, ingame it averages 20, fluctuating greatly in fights going down to 12 fps in fights, even getting unplayable
im running NS at 1240x768 at 16bit colors, i think these FPS are atrocious for a computer with the following specs:
Geforce fx 5600 128mb creative
256MB Ram
intel celeron 2.20ghz
direct x 9.0c
Latest NVidia drivers from the net 61.77 i think
Windows XP service pack 2
i have enterd in the console : developer 1 , max_fps 100
iand ive got a 512/256 broadband connection
I really dont know what else i can do!!! Please help me get back to playing NS at a better FPS!! <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Comments
maybe this helps, the rest of your machine looks fine to me.
gl, Cedric
256MB System RAM on Windows XP as Cedric says is pretty low. Consider adding another 256MB or 512MB (or even 768MB if you can) to your system. Your CPU may be 2.2ghz however its a Celeron. Very small L1 cache & low FSB generally (I haven't kept up on Celeron tech since they're pointless so I may be wrong) which isn't going to help your gaming.
You don't post what type of motherboard you have or which drivers its using. People need to realise that the motherboard is the foundations of a PC system in effect. If you have a mediocre one then no matter how much RAM, how fast a CPU or how 31337 a graphics card you put in it, your system will always be limited by the motherboard. Also what type of RAM do you have in your system & whats its clock speed? 512MB of PC133 is not even 1/2 as good for your machine as 512MB of DDR400.
Can't really help with the GFX card settings as I've not owned an Nvidia since the original GeForce cards came out way back when but I would say try the custom drivers from <a href='http://www.omegadrivers.net/' target='_blank'>http://www.omegadrivers.net/</a>