diablo 2 laggy after patches

[cavingjan]

I've searched but I haven't found a thing about it anywhere. I have a system that ran beautifully with patch 1.03 but as soon as I installed 1.04, the fps dropped from running in the 25-45 range to running in the 15-30 range. Now with patch 1.05, it drops as low as 4 and never gets above 15 unless I'm standing still. My frames go back up when I uninstall and reinstall the 1.03 patch but since I'm playing on B.net, I can't run that. I currently have a full install and have tried all of the video and sound settings. The only thing I haven't tried yet is to turn off the music. Did they switch to DX8 in that one patch? I'm still running DX7a since I haven't had a problem until those two patches and I was hoping it was sometihng they goofed upon and was going to fix. Oh well. Any suggestions?
My system:
Abit KT7-raid
duron 650 (running at the stock speed)
Radeon 32 DDR (3056 drivers)
Sound Blaster PCI64
Shuttle DVD
7200 rpm WD 20 gig drive

Nothing has changed in the hardware since I originally installed the game with the exception of adding a Saitek Action Pad (really nice for Diablo)

 

[cavingjan]

I guess I'll try updating all of the drivers and DX but it was working fine and still works fine with patch 1.03. Just not 1.04 or 1.05.

 

[SonOfZeuz]

its probably worth it to update to DX8a

 

[cavingjan]

I just didn't want to update so many things at once since this system is running so nice and stable (until they patched us) in everything. Oh well, I'll give it a shot when I get back in town on Tuesday.

 

[cavingjan]

Just a quick update:
I installed DX8.0a.
Installed the 3072 drivers for the Radeon (couldn't find the 7078).
Installed the 4.28 VIA drivers.
I have turned off the music.
Still the FPS won't go above 25. Won't go much above 15 with the map on. :|
I logged onto Bnet and my fps were higher. Couldn't believe it. So on that note, I played a regular TCP network game (non Bnet) by myself and I was getting about 40 fps and it was very playable. I guess the problem boils down to the fact that they screwed up the single player code somehow and its working against me.
Now I only wish they'd be consistant on losing money when you die. What's up with losing 30,ooo gold per death on Bnet (stash is not full) multiple times in a row but in single player, I only lose whatever I am carrying? :|
Oh well.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

i have the same problem. i run in d3d, cause opengl is unplayable.

 

[cavingjan]

Where do you have the option to run in OpenGL? I have a choice of DirectDraw (2D) which nukes my sound and Direct3D and Glide (which I can't use with this card).

 

[bigbootydaddy]

i might have meant glide, open gl, balh! its that program that runs the first time you install it.

edit: my point was other than directX was my only choice cause the other one would make the graphics all funky...

 

[Grant]

I've also seen the lag problems since version 1.03 on two different computers. Both computers up to date with all drivers etc. So I've came to the conclusion that the updates patches aren't worth the hassle. We usually just play between ourselves and not on battlenet, so we decide just to run the 1.02 patch and enjoy the game from there. My computers lag is real bad, but the girlfriends, is horrible in that it is not even playable or it will freeze and drop out with the computer having to be rebooted.