I couldn't fit my whole idea in the topic title.
Basically, the game is, of course, huge. My computer's three years old and can't exactly handle huge all too well. It runs in cities and dungeons at 30 FPS, looking at the ground at about 50, and only about 10 - 20 (20 when I've got almost nothing on screen) while outside. What can I modify (in game or not) to make it atleast stable at 20 fps in the wilderness? I've tried modifying every aspect of it, even putting everything on lowest settings. All that accomplished was an unbearably awful looking game and an increase of 10 frames (crap tradeoff, in my opinion).
After scanning my system it puts my settings to a 1024x768 resolution, full HDR and full draw distance, which lowers my frames down to a high of 5-8 outdoors. Removing HDR (no bloom, either) brings it to the 10 - 20 as stated earlier. I don't really know of anything else I can do besides turning off draw distance entirely. Though it brings my frames up to just about bearable, it brings tears to my eyes to do such a thing to such an awesome game. So, what exactly do you guys think I should do? I''ll take any suggestions.
One last thing: I would upgrade my system to better handle the game, but my motherboard is AGP. I have a top of the line AGP graphics card, essentially, so upgrading that wouldn't be worth my time. In order to make it worth my time I basically have to build a whole new rig, in which case my brother wants me to buy a Dell.
Ugh. I don't want a Dell... But I don't know jack about building a computer, installing an OS, maintaining it properly until it's stable... He had a lot of problems when he did it. Then again I dout he asked anyone, and I know he doesn't have an account here. He probably went to IGN, the poor bastard...
Basically, the game is, of course, huge. My computer's three years old and can't exactly handle huge all too well. It runs in cities and dungeons at 30 FPS, looking at the ground at about 50, and only about 10 - 20 (20 when I've got almost nothing on screen) while outside. What can I modify (in game or not) to make it atleast stable at 20 fps in the wilderness? I've tried modifying every aspect of it, even putting everything on lowest settings. All that accomplished was an unbearably awful looking game and an increase of 10 frames (crap tradeoff, in my opinion).
After scanning my system it puts my settings to a 1024x768 resolution, full HDR and full draw distance, which lowers my frames down to a high of 5-8 outdoors. Removing HDR (no bloom, either) brings it to the 10 - 20 as stated earlier. I don't really know of anything else I can do besides turning off draw distance entirely. Though it brings my frames up to just about bearable, it brings tears to my eyes to do such a thing to such an awesome game. So, what exactly do you guys think I should do? I''ll take any suggestions.
One last thing: I would upgrade my system to better handle the game, but my motherboard is AGP. I have a top of the line AGP graphics card, essentially, so upgrading that wouldn't be worth my time. In order to make it worth my time I basically have to build a whole new rig, in which case my brother wants me to buy a Dell.
Ugh. I don't want a Dell... But I don't know jack about building a computer, installing an OS, maintaining it properly until it's stable... He had a lot of problems when he did it. Then again I dout he asked anyone, and I know he doesn't have an account here. He probably went to IGN, the poor bastard...
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