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#1 User is offline   Highwing 

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Posted 11 May 2004 - 05:25 PM

I have a powerful PC, and Postal 2 and Share the Pain run pretty bad at times. Games like Ut2k4 and Painkiller run great, and I assume Half-Life 2 will also. Now I'm not bashing Postal 2, but the graphics are not that great,yet the game still runs poorly. Like lighting fires or causing mass choas the game slows down alot. I have an ATI card, a 9600xt. What could be the problem?
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 05:29 PM

i've got a 1,4 ghz athlon gf4 ti4200 640MB sdram... and postal works fine! i've got no problems! maybe your cpu is the problem? but i dont think that anybody has got a slower cpu than me...
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#3 User is offline   SKillMaster 

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Posted 11 May 2004 - 08:47 PM

Hi, your graphics card doesn't seem to be the problem.

Like Cartman said - maybe it's your cpu or other hardware.

Please post your sys specs (CPU, MB-RAM, OS)...

Do you use an onboard-soundcard?
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Posted 11 May 2004 - 09:15 PM

onBoard-sound rul0rz!
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#5 User is offline   Highwing 

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Posted 11 May 2004 - 10:38 PM

SKillMaster, on May 11 2004, 08:47 PM, said:

Hi, your graphics card doesn't seem to be the problem.

Like Cartman said - maybe it's your cpu or other hardware.

Please post your sys specs (CPU, MB-RAM, OS)...

Do you use an onboard-soundcard?

I have a 2.5ghz Intel pentium 4. 1 gb of ram. Windows XP, 128mb Ati Radeon 9600XT. The game runs okay most of the time, but really slows down in certain events.
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#6 User is offline   Oagh 

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Posted 12 May 2004 - 01:20 AM

on Board-sound is a bad thing , it will slow most unreal base games . :(
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#7 User is offline   Highwing 

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Posted 12 May 2004 - 02:02 AM

Are you saying that the sound card on my mother board could slow down the game?! Wow, if that is true than I'm speechless. I never knew that. What sound card would you recommend?
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Posted 12 May 2004 - 02:30 AM

Ill i can say is dont get a cpu with on Board-sound ,I dont know what to recommend.
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#9 User is offline   Highwing 

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Posted 12 May 2004 - 08:48 PM

Well I changed the sound mode in the game, and it works GREAT! :D I never knew that software sound to affect performance! I'm getting the fps of 50-70 that I get in the newer games. Thanks for the tip! Now if you excuse me, I have to get Gary Coleman's autograph, and make a stop at ATF R US! :badass:

This post has been edited by Highwing: 12 May 2004 - 08:49 PM

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Posted 12 May 2004 - 08:55 PM

Highwing, on May 12 2004, 02:02 AM, said:

Are you saying that the sound card on my mother board could slow down the game?! Wow, if that is true than I'm speechless. I never knew that. What sound card would you recommend?

get a sound blaster live 5.1 (cheap and good) or if you are really into sound get the latest audigy
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