Having a similar problem, according to sys requirements lab my PC goes way over the recommended specs for the game and i still have a few issues...major slow down in towns, textures not loading properly and the biggy is that I keep getting black screen then a graphics driver error that recovers again after 15 seconds... Could it be a memory leak?
What settings are you using? Fastest Frame Rate or Highest Quality? I use a Balanced setting and my computer is similiar to the OP's except I have an 8600 card and only 2 gigs of ram. I've not had any of the problems you guys are listing. I have had one CTD and server lag.
The word "similiar" is very dodgy when it comes to pc builds.
OP,your processor isnt that good tbh and holds you back alittle,your GFX card is quite bad even back in the day when it was new,if you can get yourself a newer card it will help but again you will still be held back,also dont go out and buy something like an 8800gt etc card without checking if your system will get bottlenecked or more importantly if you have the power to run it,the last thing you want is your pc closing down or restarting the game due to lack of power.
I'm not sure quite what bottlenecking is, I'm guessing it's the card isn't running at its full potential due to other hardware? but I'm definitely gonna have an adequate power supply to run the new card, the processor isn't the best but it does well, dual core, 3.4ghz, not the most efficient or powerful but it's far from crap. I'm making sure I get a good power supply when I get the card, the processor I shall have to consider another time when cash once again enters my hands, but for now my top priority is getting a nice card, if bottlenecking is what I think it is, then I don't mind so much, but it's more than likely I'm incorrect, PCs are far more confusing that I first imagined after upgrading from a laptop, that's for sure.
Tell you what mate I see you live in the UK,I live in Holland and have a 7600gt card in the attic doing nothing it is a very solid gamming card and if you want it send me a pm with your address and its all yours.
Wow, really? that would be great! I'll have to get permission of course. If all goes well I'll get a PM to you as soon as possible, does it run on a 350w power supply by any chance?
Originally posted by daylight01 Tell you what mate I see you live in the UK,I live in Holland and have a 7600gt card in the attic doing nothing it is a very solid gamming card and if you want it send me a pm with your address and its all yours.
Wow, really? that would be great! I'll have to get permission of course. If all goes well I'll get a PM to you as soon as possible, does it run on a 350w power supply by any chance?
Yeah mate it will run of a psu of 350w nps.
Also yes please make sure your parents agree before giving me the address and dont worry I dont run some sort of avon company
AQsk your parents 1st and if it is ok I will box it off and send it too you,do remember it has been used but used well and should keep you going for sometime and hey it is free.
If someone had came up to me in 1980 when I was on my Atari 2600 and said we will be playing games with thousands of people at the same time.I guess my response would have been,"but I only have 2 joysticks"
8800 will fix your problems . make sure your mobo has a pci-2 slot though.
also do you know how to overclock?. cos if i was you id overclok the processor to get some more juice out of it.
sgtfrog you really dont help ppl with this,there is no way on earth his psu will run a 8800 card so why even advise it?
then you advise him to oc his system!
honest you aint helping.
If someone had came up to me in 1980 when I was on my Atari 2600 and said we will be playing games with thousands of people at the same time.I guess my response would have been,"but I only have 2 joysticks"
yeah. 7300 is not the best gfx card in the world 8800 will fix your problems . make sure your mobo has a pci-2 slot though.
also do you know how to overclock?. cos if i was you id overclok the processor to get some more juice out of it.
sgtfrog you really dont help ppl with this,there is no way on earth his psu will run a 8800 card so why even advise it?
then you advise him to oc his system!
honest you aint helping.
becuse in his post he said he will upgrade to a 500 watt ps and a 8800
Originally posted by Yinlor
"It's a 3.4GhZ dual core processor, I don't mind the game looking bad but really, lowest resolution, no special settings, view distance ALL the way down, even a pile of rusty bolts should be able to run a game like WAR on those settings adequately
Edit: I shall be upgrading later on, in about a month's time, 8800GTS and a new 500ish watt power supply, then I should be able to keep up with the newer games, 'cause the rest of the stuff in this computer is perfectly fine"
yeah. 7300 is not the best gfx card in the world 8800 will fix your problems . make sure your mobo has a pci-2 slot though.
also do you know how to overclock?. cos if i was you id overclok the processor to get some more juice out of it.
sgtfrog you really dont help ppl with this,there is no way on earth his psu will run a 8800 card so why even advise it?
then you advise him to oc his system!
honest you aint helping.
becuse in his post he said he will upgrade to a 500 watt ps and a 8800
Well tbh I would say if you will upgrade to a 8800 card and psu and tbh the processor also needs to be upgraded then.#
It would be better and more productive to save up and build a new system,there does come a time when we have to throw the old system out and start again.
If someone had came up to me in 1980 when I was on my Atari 2600 and said we will be playing games with thousands of people at the same time.I guess my response would have been,"but I only have 2 joysticks"
yeah. 7300 is not the best gfx card in the world 8800 will fix your problems . make sure your mobo has a pci-2 slot though.
also do you know how to overclock?. cos if i was you id overclok the processor to get some more juice out of it.
sgtfrog you really dont help ppl with this,there is no way on earth his psu will run a 8800 card so why even advise it?
then you advise him to oc his system!
honest you aint helping.
becuse in his post he said he will upgrade to a 500 watt ps and a 8800
Well tbh I would say if you will upgrade to a 8800 card and psu and tbh the processor also needs to be upgraded then.#
It would be better and more productive to save up and build a new system,there does come a time when we have to throw the old system out and start again.
yeah. id do the same. but i think he is short for cash.
20 FPS in WoW? Yeah your computer is pretty bad. My computer was pretty good and for WoW pre-BC I was get 35+ FPS.
And I have since replaced my graphics card with something better and my computer is like middle of the road now.
Maybe you should be able to play on low I dunno, but yeah your computer is not great at all.
I use to have an e-machine that was upgrade that ran wow with 60fps and ran css with 70 fps...pretty sad to be honest that war runs as bad as it does on his cpu =/
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What settings are you using? Fastest Frame Rate or Highest Quality? I use a Balanced setting and my computer is similiar to the OP's except I have an 8600 card and only 2 gigs of ram. I've not had any of the problems you guys are listing. I have had one CTD and server lag.
The word "similiar" is very dodgy when it comes to pc builds.
OP,your processor isnt that good tbh and holds you back alittle,your GFX card is quite bad even back in the day when it was new,if you can get yourself a newer card it will help but again you will still be held back,also dont go out and buy something like an 8800gt etc card without checking if your system will get bottlenecked or more importantly if you have the power to run it,the last thing you want is your pc closing down or restarting the game due to lack of power.
I'm not sure quite what bottlenecking is, I'm guessing it's the card isn't running at its full potential due to other hardware? but I'm definitely gonna have an adequate power supply to run the new card, the processor isn't the best but it does well, dual core, 3.4ghz, not the most efficient or powerful but it's far from crap. I'm making sure I get a good power supply when I get the card, the processor I shall have to consider another time when cash once again enters my hands, but for now my top priority is getting a nice card, if bottlenecking is what I think it is, then I don't mind so much, but it's more than likely I'm incorrect, PCs are far more confusing that I first imagined after upgrading from a laptop, that's for sure.
Tell you what mate I see you live in the UK,I live in Holland and have a 7600gt card in the attic doing nothing it is a very solid gamming card and if you want it send me a pm with your address and its all yours.
Wow, really? that would be great! I'll have to get permission of course. If all goes well I'll get a PM to you as soon as possible, does it run on a 350w power supply by any chance?
20 FPS in WoW? Yeah your computer is pretty bad. My computer was pretty good and for WoW pre-BC I was get 35+ FPS.
And I have since replaced my graphics card with something better and my computer is like middle of the road now.
Maybe you should be able to play on low I dunno, but yeah your computer is not great at all.
Wow, really? that would be great! I'll have to get permission of course. If all goes well I'll get a PM to you as soon as possible, does it run on a 350w power supply by any chance?
Yeah mate it will run of a psu of 350w nps.
Also yes please make sure your parents agree before giving me the address and dont worry I dont run some sort of avon company
AQsk your parents 1st and if it is ok I will box it off and send it too you,do remember it has been used but used well and should keep you going for sometime
and hey it is free.
If someone had came up to me in 1980 when I was on my Atari 2600 and said we will be playing games with thousands of people at the same time.I guess my response would have been,"but I only have 2 joysticks"
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/235780/page/8
yeah. 7300 is not the best gfx card in the world
8800 will fix your problems
. make sure your mobo has a pci-2 slot though.
also do you know how to overclock?. cos if i was you id overclok the processor to get some more juice out of it.
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sgtfrog you really dont help ppl with this,there is no way on earth his psu will run a 8800 card so why even advise it?
then you advise him to oc his system!
honest you aint helping.
If someone had came up to me in 1980 when I was on my Atari 2600 and said we will be playing games with thousands of people at the same time.I guess my response would have been,"but I only have 2 joysticks"
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/235780/page/8
sgtfrog you really dont help ppl with this,there is no way on earth his psu will run a 8800 card so why even advise it?
then you advise him to oc his system!
honest you aint helping.
becuse in his post he said he will upgrade to a 500 watt ps and a 8800
Originally posted by Yinlor
"It's a 3.4GhZ dual core processor, I don't mind the game looking bad but really, lowest resolution, no special settings, view distance ALL the way down, even a pile of rusty bolts should be able to run a game like WAR on those settings adequately
Edit: I shall be upgrading later on, in about a month's time, 8800GTS and a new 500ish watt power supply, then I should be able to keep up with the newer games, 'cause the rest of the stuff in this computer is perfectly fine"
March on! - Lets Invade Pekopon
sgtfrog you really dont help ppl with this,there is no way on earth his psu will run a 8800 card so why even advise it?
then you advise him to oc his system!
honest you aint helping.
becuse in his post he said he will upgrade to a 500 watt ps and a 8800
Well tbh I would say if you will upgrade to a 8800 card and psu and tbh the processor also needs to be upgraded then.#
It would be better and more productive to save up and build a new system,there does come a time when we have to throw the old system out and start again.
If someone had came up to me in 1980 when I was on my Atari 2600 and said we will be playing games with thousands of people at the same time.I guess my response would have been,"but I only have 2 joysticks"
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/235780/page/8
sgtfrog you really dont help ppl with this,there is no way on earth his psu will run a 8800 card so why even advise it?
then you advise him to oc his system!
honest you aint helping.
becuse in his post he said he will upgrade to a 500 watt ps and a 8800
Well tbh I would say if you will upgrade to a 8800 card and psu and tbh the processor also needs to be upgraded then.#
It would be better and more productive to save up and build a new system,there does come a time when we have to throw the old system out and start again.
yeah. id do the same. but i think he is short for cash.
March on! - Lets Invade Pekopon
"without the full screen glow effect at around 20 fps in all areas, and around 40-50 indoors, it's not great, but it's playable."
WoW? Without bloom?.... and 20FPS?! Upgrade...
Hell at this point you can barely play tribes 1.
I use to have an e-machine that was upgrade that ran wow with 60fps and ran css with 70 fps...pretty sad to be honest that war runs as bad as it does on his cpu =/