Video Card and frame rates

[Darryl]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
No, that should be fine, those are more modern than my video card. The only thing is this: Did you update the drivers? First, go to www.ati.com and download the latest drivers (probably Catalyst 3.9), then uninstall the existing drivers, reboot (it will probably install default VGA drivers), and then install the new drivers.

I'll try that.

1) Run scandisk (in XP, c: drive > properties > tools > check for errors)

Do this a couple times a week. No problems as of earlier tonight.

2) Defragment (same location)

My drives are pretty carved up (drive letters go up to "L") for optimization of the hard drive. The most fragmented any drive is is 1.7%.

3) Go to www.windowsupdate.com, and fully update your computer.

Always been pretty wary of this one since things have spontaneously stopped working after this in the past. Plus I'm using Win 98 due to a pro soundcard that STILL has crappy drivers for XP.

4) Install new motherboard drivers. I assume you have a Via-based motherboard?

WAAAY to lazy right now to go and turn the computer on it's side, although I'm not sure this is the issue. TV works fine (got a separate TV Tuner card) and other 3d games (like NBA live) work just fine.

5) Install new video drivers: First, go to www.ati.com and download the latest drivers (probably Catalyst 3.9)

I'll try this.

6) Install new sound card drivers. If you use onboard sound

I despise onboard sound. Got 2 sound cards, a SoundbLaster Live and a Delta-44 (for pro audio recording). Both work just fine. I also run Dominions with sound turned off, so this couldn't be slowing the game down if sound is off in the demo preferences.

7) Run scandisk again.

Granted, haven't run scandisk in a few hours...

8) Try playing the game.

Haven't tried the new video drivers, but one thing worked...sort of. Pressing "w" in the replay gives the "wireframe" and takes out the background, but the battle speeds up. I'll try the drivers and let you know.

Darryl