Commander Outcast Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) The demo runs slow as molasses on my computer. Says my cpu frequency is too low. I guess the only way to fix that is to get a new CPU huh? crap. Edited June 14, 2007 by Commander Outcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutlink Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 What are your system specs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) What are your system specs? Edited June 13, 2007 by Commander Outcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 AMD athlon xp 2600+ 1.91 GHz, 1 GB or ram (plaining on getting more ram soon) Minimum: Processor: Intel or AMD, 2 GHz Operating System: Windows XP/Vista Memory: 1024 MB RAM Disk Space: 2 GB Graphics Card: 128 MB DX9.0c compatible card, GeForce 6200 or higher Radeon 9700 or higher Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible DVD-ROM drive : x2 read speed DirectX Version: 9.0c Network: High-speed modem with 128 Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a client, 512Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a server on a full game. Don't even bother just trying to upgrade your processor, just get an entirely new system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) However I still would like to see them add 2 things at a minimum. Getting knocked down when hit and injury effects like limping. Just pretend your scarface. He never got knocked down. But in all seriousness, I cant give any feedback because my processor is too slow. Is there a way to overclock it to bring it up to at least the minimal 2 GHz? [being as there is so much discussion about your PC, I'll split these posts from feedback and merge it with your Tech support thread] Edited June 13, 2007 by Pave Low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutlink Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 You could overclock it, but if you don't know what you're doing it's a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph_Q Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) But in all seriousness, I cant give any feedback because my processor is too slow. Is there a way to overclock it to bring it up to at least the minimal 2 GHz? Whats Your processor ? I have Athlon 64 3000 ( which has 1.86 GHz) and game runs ok on Med/High settings. Edited June 13, 2007 by Joseph_Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) under my computer properties it says AMD Athlon XP2600+ 1.91 GHz, 1 GB of ram Ive got everything tuned down as low as it'll go and it still run slow as molasses. Ive got an ASUS Geforce 6600 graphics card. Edited June 14, 2007 by Commander Outcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph_Q Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Check Your drivers. Mine rig is not much better then yours and game runs realy good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 What do you mean? check to make sure theyre the lastest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOST_Sup Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) The big difference is you have a 64 and he has an XP. The XP is ancient technology... I think I had one 7 years ago. Seriously Commander, it's time for an upgrade. Edited June 13, 2007 by GHOST_Sup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 Crap. that means more work doesn't it? how much will that cost me? Im like 14 so I dont have much money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph_Q Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 What do you mean? check to make sure theyre the lastest? Latest doesnt always mean best. You have to check several latest drivers, i remember that just after GRAW1 demo release lots of ppl complained about game performance and changing drivers was a solution for most of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 alright. what drivers should I change? Video card, are there CPU drivers? cuz I dont have a clue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOST_Sup Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) Crap. that means more work doesn't it? how much will that cost me? Im like 14 so I dont have much money. I feel for ya... maybe hit the parents up? You basically need to start from scratch because you'll need a new mobo to support current chips. You can go Duel core (AMD) for just over $100 and then add another $80 for a new mobo. Then you'll need new RAM which is fairly cheap at the moment. Problem is, you most likely have an AGP 6600 and it's hard to find boards these days with AGP since everything is going the way of PCI-E. Vid cards aren't cheap. I have a DFI 3200 Lan Party Mobo with a 1900 crossfire edition and a x1900xtx (Crossfire Mode with 2 card's) I'd sell you for $350. You'd still need RAM and a new power supply though. What do you mean? check to make sure theyre the lastest? Latest doesnt always mean best. You have to check several latest drivers, i remember that just after GRAW1 demo release lots of ppl complained about game performance and changing drivers was a solution for most of them. Trust me Joseph, drivers aren't going to do anything for an XP chip. Even if he O/C'd that chip to 2.5 it isn't going to make a significant difference. Take a look at the date of THIS article. 5 years ago. Edited June 13, 2007 by GHOST_Sup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 (edited) Jeez. Every thing on my computers at least minimal except the CPU freq. Last year I had to get a new video card and more RAM to play GRAW 1.My computer was made like 5 years ago. But it's still pretty nice. As far as I can tell. Ubisoft advances too fast for me. Parents make a good income but my dad hates spending money on me. Gotta give him some credit though, hes had to reformat my hard drive like 4 or 5 times. When we put in my video card last year it screw up my computer majorly. Which resulted in a reformatting. Dad says maybe if I change my video card to something newer with better VPU or GPU or whatever its called it'll work. But either way, it's gonna take me a while to make the money. Edited June 14, 2007 by Commander Outcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOST_Sup Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Commander, you can get a 7950 GT in AGP but it's going to be the cpu that will bottleneck you. If you are going to upgrade you might as well upgrade everything so it's future-proof for a few more years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 (edited) Well, the first thing I'm gonna do is clock my CPU to its highest, and get some more ram. If that dont help Ill have to sell my soul to my dad... EDIT: well I changed some drivers and it runs pretty smoothly now. But its still on the lowest settings... My dad can overclock it but hes worried that if we clock up it might fry my processor. How high can you set those without and damage? Edited June 15, 2007 by Commander Outcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C18_Sirus Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 im not up on your cpu so heres a link to help you out keep an eye on your temps tho you can also o/c your card good luck cpu info http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17612922 http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17301623 card info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 Well I don't know if im gonna overclock it. Can't risk any damage. I know somebody whos CPU is so old they'd be willing to buy my Xp2600+ But i'll still need more money. So I'll have to go sell myself as an Asian woman. Or let my dad tell me to do whatever he wants. Thats how I got my card last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 Looks like I'm making a 3 year deal with my dad for $540 Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeLocityChaos Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 (edited) Good Luck! Sounds like you have a really good dad. He's teaching you responsibility. He isn't just spoiling you like a lot of the brats you see on these forums with state of the art systems that mommy bought them. I was raised the same way back in the day and I'm glad I was. Related side note: I don't care what anyone says. This game is not 'optimized'. It does not run better than GRAW 1 as far as performance goes. I've run it on 3 different systems and GRAW 1 performs better on all of them....maybe its just a 'demo-thing'? "shrugs" Edit: I have noticed that in empty servers the game attains a higher frame rate on the demo map than on any empty server map in GRAW 1. However, as soon as there is more than about 20-22 players the frame rate quickly starts dropping were as in GRAW 1 my frame rate barely changes. My setup's are only moderate midrange systems though. Still yet, they should not advertise this game as optimized when it can be clearly proved it isn't under the most intense situations..Again, could be a "demo thing" You just can not play a multi-player game in a competitive nature if you are running your resolution at 800 x 600 or some other insanely low setting. Especially a game where stealth matters. You will be spotted way before you can spot the other players at long ranges due to the way the game engine is designed. Images are just way to choppy on low end graphics cards without AA and high resolution settings. If I was asked to state the minimum specifications needed for this game, I would state the following: AMD64 3000+ 7600GT 256 PCIe 1024mb Ram Soundblaster Audigy 2 Zs This was the minimum pc I played the game on and game play was just barely 'good' on it. I would not recommend anything less than this. This setup will give you all low settings with about a 1280 x 1024 resolution and still be able to compete. Again, anything less than the system above. In my opinion your just asking for immense amounts of dissapointment. Edited June 18, 2007 by VeLocityChaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 (edited) Yeah, my dad keeps telling me I'll thank him for it one day. But its no fun telling him I probably will. Anyway, were changing everything in my computer but the drive. Edited June 18, 2007 by Commander Outcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrester Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I always had to beg for extra money, whilst my brother got it when he wanted, lent money for a sailing boat whilst I was begging for money to be able to rent a room for my practise abroad. In the end after my parents died my brother had lots of friends for a short time untill he ran out of money..... now he's begging me.... And no way i'm gonna support him he has to learn the hard way. I learned to be happy with what I got, and I saved a lot of money by investing it the proper way, and not lending too much. Always keep in mind that 90% of the world population problably has less money than you have..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecmic Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Hi, It's an interesting double edged thread. High end computer gaming versus learning the value of money! It's not cheap to stay at the cutting edge of PC gaming and the industry is led by the drive to make gaming realistic and it's getting pretty close! Like any new technology, you pay through the nose for the latest and greatest. GRAW and now GRAW2 are prime examples. I've not seen GRAW on a top spec. system but the various trailers show what can be achieved. Crysis being a good example. Kids still at school will generally go for console 'run and gun' arcade stuff but if your mature enough to want to play a tactical game, such as GRAW and on a pc, then you're likely to hit the wall of cost! If you have generous parents some might consider you lucky, others might think you're spoilt, I don't think the two necessarily go together. I think you're lucky if your dad is already a GRAW convert and has a high spec system anyway!! Kids where I come from often get temporary jobs to pay for or help pay for what they want. This might even persuade your parents that you are willing to work for it and prompt them to put up the rest of the money. Basically, if you are really serious you will work for what you want and not just sit on the R's waiting for it to drop in your lap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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