fireage Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I'm helping out a friend who's got problems with Kotor 2. His system: AMD XP 1800+ Sapphire Radeon 9800 pro 512 MB 333MHz Ram 7200 RPM HDD He runs the game on 800x600 with every option OFF, no AA, no AF, low detail. And he still only gets about 20 fps in the most simple of surroundings. I want to help him tweak this by cleaning up his system and drivers, but I would like to have an idea of the amount of FPS attainable by his system. This will give me something to work toward. Does anybody have any idea of the general order of FPS this should give? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 The 9800 Pro isn't that bad of a video card. Is he having problems with other games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireage Posted July 31, 2005 Author Share Posted July 31, 2005 Yes, kotor 1 But like I said, I'm looking for an estimate. Is there a list of people's systems and their average framerate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w666tvr Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 My system is only broadly comparible (AMD XP 2600, Nvidia FX5900XT, 1GB PC2700), but I would anticipate somewhere in the vicinity of 30-35 FPS with reasonable settings, dipping to low 20s in the busier areas (Dantooine Khoonda plains) or places with lots of smoke (Peragus Fuel Storage, Malachor). Smoke would certainly be a problem with your friends' system, as it involves the CPU heavily. Have you seen this thread? That mod is good for an additional 10 FPS. Hmmm... I think the links in that post are dead now. OK, I'll add it as an attachment to this post. texpacks.zip "We were hoping we could bring the Xbox platform into December but didn't want to make the formal announcement until we knew an earlier ship date would not compromise the quality of The Sith Lords," says Producer Mike Gallo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireage Posted July 31, 2005 Author Share Posted July 31, 2005 Thanx for the reply, I'll try to get him to 30 frames. And I'll give the mod a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 do you put that in the override folder or in the swkotor2 main folder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Name Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 that 1800+ is killing him, his cpu wont be able to carry enough instructions out to keep up with his video card. w/o a doubt, that cpu is bottlenecking his system. i have a 9800 pro 128mb r350 flashed to an XT, and I get like 24fps avg. (using fraps) with everything maxed out (1280x1024 res). N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 can somebody answer my question. I'd really like this fps boost. I get great frames already but... more!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattleCookiee Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 In the link it says the override folder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 using fraps' benchmark feature and I ran around citadel station since my fps usually dips there due to close quarters and lots of things rendered in background. I averaged at around 28fps. intel p4 512mb ram ati radeon 9800 128mb 1280x960 resolution textures high 2xAA 4xAF soft shadows on frame buffer effects on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haitoku Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 using fraps' benchmark feature and I ran around citadel station since my fps usually dips there due to close quarters and lots of things rendered in background. I averaged at around 28fps. intel p4 512mb ram ati radeon 9800 128mb 1280x960 resolution textures high 2xAA 4xAF soft shadows on frame buffer effects on <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Soft Shadow ON!? You realize that is murdering your performance. O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 I would like to agree to the above post! very much! I tested it out, and i only got 5fps difference, so i left shadows on, THEN i found out just how incredibly varied the difference is with soft shadows. On nar shadarr, it cut my performance in half, IN HALF! I mean, thats a smegging big difference! It helped me very much when searching for the all elisive frame-gain. I also found alot of the time i preferred the look with soft shadows off... but thats down to personal preferance. either way, its just not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 I just keep it on cause I can without going below 30 fps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 having soft shadows on is no big deal for me. I have no major slow downs anywhere else. I don't usually run fraps when I play, but my framerate looks and feels to be above or around 30 on average. plus it looks better to me than hard edged blocky shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 another thing we have over xbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delenda est Carthago Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 My System: P4 3.00 GHz 1GB 533 MHz dual channel RAM 256MB Geforce 6800 video card Mine still lags with soft sdhadows on, even with them off i get a bit of lag. But i am running with these settings: High textures 1280 X 1024 EAX 3 8 X AA 16 X AF Frame buffer effects grass = ON shadows = ON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STDSkillz Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 My friend has a: P4 3.73 GHz 4GB 533 MHz Dual-Channeled RAM 2x BFG 256MB GeForce 7800GT in sLi mode. He doesn't seem to ever get lagging problems with KOTOR, for some reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dufflover Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 (edited) My friend has a:P4 3.73 GHz 4GB 533 MHz Dual-Channeled RAM 2x BFG 256MB GeForce 7800GT in sLi mode. He doesn't seem to ever get lagging problems with KOTOR, for some reason... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> lol...I wonder why.... I want it, I want it! Back to the original thing - a Radeon 9800 should still be fine. I agree that the AMD 1800 is killing your performance. Edited November 29, 2005 by dufflover Pure Pazaak - The Stand-alone Multiplayer Pazaak Game (link to Obsidian board thread) Pure Pazaak website (big thank you to fingolfin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan2 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 My friend has a:P4 3.73 GHz 4GB 533 MHz Dual-Channeled RAM 2x BFG 256MB GeForce 7800GT in sLi mode. He doesn't seem to ever get lagging problems with KOTOR, for some reason... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He'd better not with that speed machine! (w00t) I'd be getting some company CEO's on the phone if I was. (Dual-Boot)Windows XP Pro (32 - Bit) SP3 & Windows Vista Ultimate (SP 1) 64 Bit | Intel Dual Core 2 Quad 6600 @ 2.4 Ghz | 8 GB Corsair DDR 3 Ram 1600 mhz | GeForce 9600 GT 512 MB PCI Express X 3 SLI enabled | NVidia Forceware Drivers 181.22| EVGA nForce 790I-SLI Ultra MOBO | Thermalake 850 Watt PWR | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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