HELP ME :(:(

(system) #1

I have two comps in my house, both are decent computers and should run enemy teritory no problems. On the one I currently use, I get really bad fps, dropping to about 12 on railgun, radar. On the other computer I get great fps but every second or two it jerks, like some kind of strange lag which makes it impossible to play. Makes me sweat when trying to jump over my own teams mines! I love this game and desperately want to play it to full effect with my clan, but these issues are not helping :frowning: does anyone have any suggestions?!?!

(no_shad) #2

Does the lag only occur ingame, and does it happen to be an nforce2 motherboard?

(chr0nicles) #3

“Decent” isn’t very helpful… my 133MHz is decent too :wink:

What are your full system specs, including driver versions.

(CM..Punk) #4

A 133MHz is ‘decent’ ?? On which planet?

(chr0nicles) #5

That’s exactly my point, you don’t know the use of the system.
my 133Mhz is functioning as a router and thus the 133MHz is decent.

So saying “my systems are decent” would be insufficient information :slight_smile: since we need the full system specs to help you out.

(BondyBoy007) #6

looks like he doesn’t want any help, shame tbh cos I think I was the one who directed him here (from a server he was on) to get advice

(pgh) #7

What I get and yup I have an nForce2 mobo. Tried 3 diff driver sets but instead I just adjusted and use it to my advantage. Ive found doing some jumps eg, Radar, Main Gate up the Wall. If I jump up even without correct settings and placement the lag kinda just jerks me up anyway… :slight_smile:

(BoomStick) #8

my guess is he was trying to use it to play et since that was what his post was about. try running adaware or some other adware programs.

(chr0nicles) #9

Look, the reason we ask for systems specs is this:

I have a friend who complained about ET lagging and also thought he had a decent system,
since he just bought a NEW gf4mx… for his PIII 500MHz… with 128MB of memory… and still trying to play on 1024*768… ohwell…you…can…atleast try :wink:

(system) #10

Of course I want help!
The problem is… I don’t know my system specs :> How could I find out? (without asking someone who knows). That strange lag does not only happen while I am actually playing and shooting people up, it happens on the title screen, in options, all the time when I have the game open.
One thing I do know is that they both have geoforce 5, but one is pci and one agp. Forgot which is which. :frowning:

(BondyBoy007) #11

download something called “SiSoft Sandra” which will analyse your hardware and tell u practically everything you need to know

We need to know:-
Operating System
Motherboard
CPU
Memory (size & speed)
Graphics Card
Graphics Driver versions
Sound Card

(pgh) #12

And read up on some basic hardware/techy issues on webbys…

Always good to know what your using… its like driving a car without knowing its limits and capabilities. Or in my case, my bike till I cba getting me full license and drive legally.

(chr0nicles) #13

You probably ment a Geforce FX, and you prolly forgot to install the correct drivers :wink:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_56.72 <-- For windows XP
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_56.64 <-- For windows 98/ME

(mouse) #14

the easyest thing to do is rightclick MY COMPUTER in your start menu or on your desktop, then click properties. Type down the processor and memory information that it displays in the lower part. (only applies if you are using windows XP).

(system) #15

Ok, this is “Computer 1” On which I get reasonable FPS but that weird lag every second.

Processor
Model : AMD Athlon™ XP 2500+
Speed : 1.84GHz
Model Number : 2500 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR2664 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous Write-Back (16-way, 64 byte line size)

Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
MP Support : No
MP APIC : No
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
Mainboard : nVidia-nForce
Total Memory : 1023MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : Nvidia Corp nForce2 AGP Controller
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 167MHz (334MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1024MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 167MHz (334MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : AOC LM720/LM720A
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Imaging Device : 600CU #2

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : IMG VP1
Hard Disk : Maxtor 6 E040L0 SCSI Disk Device
Hard Disk : Maxtor 6 Y120P0 SCSI Disk Device
Hard Disk : Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Hard Disk : Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Hard Disk : Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Hard Disk : Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
CD-ROM/DVD : SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-248F SCSI CdRom Device
CD-ROM/DVD : SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616Q SCSI CdRom Device

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : N/A
System (C:) : 38.3GB (18.8GB, 49% Free) (NTFS)
Data (D:) : 114.5GB (104.4GB, 91% Free) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (E:) : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (F:) : N/A
Removable Drive (G:) : N/A
Removable Drive (H:) : N/A
Removable Drive (I:) : N/A
Removable Drive (J:) : N/A
Removable Drive (K:) : N/A

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 2 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : Generic USB Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Mass Storage Device
USB Controller/Hub : USB Composite Device
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Keyboard : Microsoft PS/2 Keyboard (IntelliType Pro)
Mouse : Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint)

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Device : Standard Game Port
Device : NVIDIA® nForce™ Audio Codec Interface
Device : NVIDIA® nForce™ MCP Audio Processing Unit (Dolby® Digital)

Communication Device(s)
Device : 56K Data Fax Modem PnP

Printers and Faxes
Model : HP DeskJet 880C

Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 1)

Network Services
Adapter : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Adapter : NETGEAR WG311 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter

Does that tell you anything? :>

(system) #16

This is “computer 2” the one with no lag but shit fps.

Processor
Model : AMD Duron™ Processor
Speed : 1.20GHz
Model Number : 1200 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR1740 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 64kB ECC Synchronous Write-Back (16-way, 64 byte line size)

Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : No
MP APIC : No
System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T
System : ECS K7SOM+
Mainboard : ECS K7SOM+
Total Memory : 479MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS740 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 100MHz (200MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Shared Memory : 32MB
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 100MHz (200MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor
Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor
Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor
Adapter : SiS 650_651_M650_M652_740
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Physical Storage Devices
Hard Disk : IBM-DJNA-351520
Hard Disk : IC35L080AVVA07-0
CD-ROM/DVD : MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8588
CD-ROM/DVD : SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252B

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : 1MB (1MB, 41% Free) (FAT)
System (C:) : 14.3GB (4.9GB, 34% Free) (NTFS)
Data (D:) : 76.7GB (66.8GB, 87% Free) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (E:) : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (F:) : N/A
Removable Drive (G:) : N/A

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 1 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
Keyboard : PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
Mouse : Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Device : Standard Game Port
Device : C-Media AC97 Audio Device

Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 1)

Network Services
Adapter : NETGEAR WG311 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter #2

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(system) #17

I just tried installing the latest driver that you linked me to, chronicles. I still get the sucky lag :frowning:

On railgun when I stand on the track switch and look down the tram line away from the depo yard i get about 86 fps on comp 1. If I do the same with comp 2 I get about 12 fps.

(system) #18

? :(:frowning: help me :frowning:

(Sauron|EFG) #19

Computer 2 isn’t very good I’m afraid, so you won’t reach anything close to the FPS of computer 1. What you can do is try a different version of the GFX driver, and look for motherboard/chipset drivers. Other than that you’ll have to resort to tweaking ET for performance.

Reduce your resolution to 640*480 and set Video Quality to “Fastest” and see how much improvement you get.

(no_shad) #20

The fps you get seems about right, i’m pretty sure the lag you get with comp 1 is a characteristic of some nforce2 chipsets and has no quick or definite fix. If it’s any consolation i suffer from it also :frowning:
There’s lots of things that can cause it and the only thing i can recommend is Google and reading up threads like these:

http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46296
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46804
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42458