Author Topic: HELP!!...lag with video card (Read 9199 times)

CAPO! · « **on:** March 26, 2007, 12:06:01 AM »

okay... so, i bought a new computer if u didnt know and i had an ATI CPI(GIO)

so i downloaded the latest drivers for dpb and the game worked just fine.

but the only problem i'm having now is the lag.

what can i do to fix this problem?

thanks.

Eiii · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2007, 01:07:02 AM »

If you're talking graphic lag, and not network lag, then there are two big things you can do to increase your framerate.

Bring down the console, (~), and type these three things.

r_oldmodels 1
r_reflectivewater 0
vid_restart

That should bring your framerate up quite a bit.

kNoC · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2007, 09:22:03 AM »

yeah, water kills you, you can try
sv_maxfps 60

bitmate · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2007, 09:32:09 AM »

1.) It's cl_maxfps and not sv_maxfps

2.) Cutting down the FPS won't help reducing the choppiness.

kNoC · « **Reply #4 on:** March 26, 2007, 09:34:00 AM »

yes it will....if your set to 0, your getting unlimited, setting it to 60 only gets you 60, wont go higher...

if the case is your video card is a oc....but pci express shouldn't be

cl_maxfps
(sorry for the misspell bitmate)

Description: The maximum number of packets-per-second the server should send to the client to cap the frames-per-second rate.

bitmate · « **Reply #5 on:** March 26, 2007, 09:42:55 AM »

Quote from: kNoC on March 26, 2007, 09:34:00 AM

yes it will....if your set to 0, your getting unlimited, setting it to 60 only gets you 60, wont go higher...

I'm not new

.
Anyways, the FPS are capped at 60 by default, unless you disabled vsync.

Speaking of a choppy game, your frames must be below 40, and I don't think CAPO! set cl_maxfps to any value near to that.

kNoC · « **Reply #6 on:** March 26, 2007, 09:55:55 AM »

i thought paintball was capped at 0, seeing is how u type cl_maxfps and it says 0, with a default .cfg

checking your dxdiag is a good idea too

goto Run, type in DXDIAG, goto Display tab, and enable

-DirectDraw Acceleration
-Direct3D Acceleration
-AGP Texture Acceleration

seeing if them are disabled may help you...

Eiii · « **Reply #7 on:** March 26, 2007, 03:17:41 PM »

None of those will help. I'm pretty sure messing with DirectX stuff doesn't help OpenGL at all.

Zorchenhimer · « **Reply #8 on:** March 26, 2007, 07:33:25 PM »

Go into ATI's "Control Panel": Start | Control Pannel | Display Settings | Video Settings Tab (I think. But it is the last tab) | "Advanced". Once there, click on the largest tab on the top row, it should have the ATI logo on it. Click the big button in the middle (forget what it says, but it is the only button). Once the next window loads, go under "3D settings" and set ALL of them to "Low Quality" or "Performance". If that helps, experiment a bit by turning some stuff up and such.

jitspoe · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2007, 11:41:50 AM »

It might also just be a problem with both ATI and Vista having poor support for OpenGL.

Zorchenhimer · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2007, 11:49:55 AM »

He's running Vista? In that case, what I said before would not help at all, merely confuse him. Oops. In Vista:

1. Right click on desktop.
2. Click "Personalize"
3. Click "Display settings"
4. Click the "Advanced Settings..." Button
5. Click on the largest tab on the top row, it should have the ATI logo on it.
6. Click the big button in the middle
7. Set everything to "Low Quality" or "Performance"

CAPO! · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2007, 02:20:52 PM »

okay but i have windows vista because i just bought this computer...

omg its horrible.

i cant do half the things i could do with my old 4 year computer...

thanks for all the help but...

i think im just gonna retire from it becuz im tired of trying to figure out the settings and framework...

i had a ATI RADEON 2000
the game didnt work
but i upgraded
after i downloaded the ATI RADEON 3000

it worked...was choppy...did everything u told me...its anoyying...and still choppy..it brung the framwork up a little bit...so wutever...when my little bro gits his computer hooked up that was mines..which my files are still on there...then i'll be back... which will be tommarrow hopefully:)

CAPO! · « **Reply #12 on:** March 27, 2007, 02:23:40 PM »

ohh double post.

ya.

i think its the ATI video card
becuz i downloaded a game called WARROCK...and it takes 1 Gb to play...and it worked PERFECT!...

but....that game is merry...so i just set my files back to march 25th...:0

so it could be the card.

jitspoe · « **Reply #13 on:** March 28, 2007, 02:09:47 AM »

It's not the card, it's the drivers. You might have better luck if you just install XP on that computer.

kNoC · « **Reply #14 on:** March 28, 2007, 09:37:57 AM »

Quote from: jitspoe on March 28, 2007, 02:09:47 AM

It's not the card, it's the drivers. You might have better luck if you just install XP on that computer.

haha, ownd
intercourse Vista

Zorchenhimer · « **Reply #15 on:** March 28, 2007, 12:03:33 PM »

Quote from: jitspoe on March 28, 2007, 02:09:47 AM

You might have better luck if you just install XP on that computer.

Haha. He will have better luck.

KiLo · « **Reply #16 on:** March 28, 2007, 12:40:23 PM »

Vista might be nice in a year or two after the bugs are worked out.

But right now XP is the way to go.

CAPO! · « **Reply #17 on:** March 28, 2007, 02:21:58 PM »

Quote from: KiLo on March 28, 2007, 12:40:23 PM

But right now XP is the way to go.

eh yea i know... can some1 give me the official site for windows xp...

i just started lookin and its giving me like 10 diffrent versions... can i have the best ? lol.

thanks for all the help:)

KiLo · « **Reply #18 on:** March 28, 2007, 04:47:58 PM »

Didn't your old computer come with a disk. Becuase if it did you could just use that one.

CAPO! · « **Reply #19 on:** March 28, 2007, 04:54:53 PM »

no...it came with it.