Help with FPS

[LoungeAct404]

Alright, I'm attempting to run PainKiller on my

AMD 2800+ Athlon XP Barton
FIC Radeon 9600 Pro 128mb
1GB Corsair Value RAM downclocked to PC2700

I have everything on the lowest possible settings, and when I say lowest possible, I mean 640x480 and every sort of image enhancer disable/on lowest. It usually runs quite smoothly, but whenever I attempt to enter a new area of a map (this is on multiplayer, not single player, if it were single player I'd understand, but this is just pretty ridiculous) it lags for a second, and sometimes even when it's in the same area.

I was told my a friend that it might be my RAM, which I refused to believe because I just purchased that Cosair 1GB If it is, though, let me know, or let me know if a defrag or something might be able to help all this run faster.

 

[addinator]

i assume that your connection speed is high enough to handle the game. otherwise, i'd think the problem may lie in the video card... and why is your ram downclocked??

 

[LoungeAct404]

eh, not playing it online, just practicing jumping around on my LAN server. As for the video card, I'm thinking that's it, and I got in on the X800XTPE deal, so if it is, it won't be a problem soon. My RAM's downclocked my stuff only supports PC2700 atm.

 

[BFG10K]

Sounds like a system problem - patch the game and make sure you've installed the latest chipset and GPU drivers for your system.

 

[gsellis]

Also, update audio drivers. Audio can take up a serious amount of CPU cycles. A quick check would be to back off any audio enhancements in the game.

 

[mwmorph]

it shouldnt be a video card problem at all. It's a hdd(not likely unless youre running a slow ass hdd) or a cpu problem. do you jhave onboard audion and 3d sound on? 3d sound takes 30% cpu on a realtek audio board.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: gsellis
Also, update audio drivers. Audio can take up a serious amount of CPU cycles. A quick check would be to back off any audio enhancements in the game.

I second this. Many times I've had games get jumpy for no real reason and updating my audio drivers did the trick. Recommended even more if you have built in audio.