running slow and freezing then.....

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running slow and freezing then.....

Postby maverickr6 » Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:32 am

suddenly coming back in play....... PC has 128mg RAM video card is a tnt2 (old) with 32mb total memory (??). is this the cause??? if so.... what can i do to improve gameplay.

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Re: running slow and freezing then.....

Postby maverickr6 » Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:41 am

found this graphics card.... anygood?

Geforce FX 5200

AGP 8X

Allows 2 display outputs at once

Stunning, cinematic effects

128Mb DDR Memory Interface

TV Output

Games bundle

4 Pixel pipes

250 mhz Clock speed

Anti-aliasing
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Re: running slow and freezing then.....

Postby Mathias » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:41 am

I have pretty much the same card and CFS3 is running decend while not excellent.
An extra RAM stick does help either, the more the better.
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Re: running slow and freezing then.....

Postby Iroquois » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:24 am

Have an FX5200. CFS3 runs good but it will do better with a fast CPU.
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Re: running slow and freezing then.....

Postby 4_Series_Scania » Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:11 pm

suddenly coming back in play....... PC has 128mg RAM video card is a tnt2 (old) with 32mb total memory (??). is this the cause??? if so.... what can i do to improve gameplay.

thanx


128mb RAM? - Get 512 or ideally 1024mb  ;)

The FX 5200 is certainly a quantum leap compared to a tnt2!

You don't say what CPU your running, a reasonable graphics card will still perform poorly (in CFS3) with a slow CPU.
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Re: running slow and freezing then.....

Postby maverickr6 » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:11 pm

thanx for the replies.... cpu is a pentium 3
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Re: running slow and freezing then.....

Postby flyboy 28 » Mon Jul 12, 2004 7:40 pm

Eeeehh... Pentium 3... :-/ I'd go for a newer 4 or Celeron...
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Re: running slow and freezing then.....

Postby Ambassador » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:41 am

Careful...

First, the video card.
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