If you have too much trouble with any of the downloadable benchmarks and other types of utilities the best thing is to simply remove it. If you run a few searches you will probably find another similar one that won't be a problem to run on your system. I go through a ton of sharewares and freewares alike to see which ones are even worth the time and effort to save.
is there anyway to play Hitman 4 on my 9200
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ok it's been a long while on this thread but i finally got it to work
well the performance is not very good
but it's not as bad as it was
it's playable
the problem was the sound acceleration
simply disable it or set it to standard rather than full from dxdiag
i just wanted to share this with people who have lower graphics cards
EDIT: i dont know what does sound acceleration has to do with the graphics ,,, so if someone has a better explaination please share it....
well the performance is not very good
but it's not as bad as it was
it's playable
the problem was the sound acceleration
simply disable it or set it to standard rather than full from dxdiag
i just wanted to share this with people who have lower graphics cards
EDIT: i dont know what does sound acceleration has to do with the graphics ,,, so if someone has a better explaination please share it....
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shadyi said:ok it's been a long while on this thread but i finally got it to work
well the performance is not very good
but it's not as bad as it was
it's playable
the problem was the sound acceleration
simply disable it or set it to standard rather than full from dxdiag
i just wanted to share this with people who have lower graphics cards
EDIT: i dont know what does sound acceleration has to do with the graphics ,,, so if someone has a better explaination please share it....
ok so that means i can play hitman 4 on my X300SE am i correct or am i misunderstanding something.
"EDIT: i dont know what does sound acceleration has to do with the graphics ,,, so if someone has a better explaination please share it...."
Often you will have to lower the sound acceleration due to resource conflicts that arise. Creative's Sound Blaster line of audio cards are noted for pounding on system resources when gaming. Often when you think you need a newer faster video card to play a game just a simple lowering of the sound acceleration in the DXDiag tool will see a rapid improvement when freeing up some resources there. Another thing to consider due to XP's resource sharing problem seen commonly is to move a pci sound card down to the second or third slot away from the vdeo card. You can also try the sound acceleration set to none in the DXDiag in order to see if that helps.
Often you will have to lower the sound acceleration due to resource conflicts that arise. Creative's Sound Blaster line of audio cards are noted for pounding on system resources when gaming. Often when you think you need a newer faster video card to play a game just a simple lowering of the sound acceleration in the DXDiag tool will see a rapid improvement when freeing up some resources there. Another thing to consider due to XP's resource sharing problem seen commonly is to move a pci sound card down to the second or third slot away from the vdeo card. You can also try the sound acceleration set to none in the DXDiag in order to see if that helps.
That's alright too. Often you simply slide the graphics acceleration down a notch or two when there are problems with games. At other times you simply run everything all the way up. Sometimes it's all the way down or inbetween. Lately I noticed the newer games run far better on the same system compared the problems of lockups with looping sound seen in many old ones.
Probably a driver glitch or something on that idea. I have some fun with a number of older games that will lock one minute and fine the next. There's one old error message that no one has ever remedied called the "thread stuck in infinite loop". You can play around with sound and video acceleration alike all day long and still see that come up. With Soldier of Fortune II Double Helix you run into "freeze frame" game play often in some maps while others will go through in normal frame rates. The usual problem has to more with game design rather then what video and sound cards you are running. Check the FAQ section at the manufacturer's site for troubleshooting tips. Here's a link for support on all versions of Hitman. http://support.eidosinteractive.com/GI/CustomerSupport/FaqSearch.jsp The downloadable patch to help fix various problems is found at http://support.eidosinteractive.com...roblemType=13&searchText=&game=187&platform=3
If you have integrated sound, then your CPU is being taxed to try and process the sound as well as the game. If you had a dedicated sound card it would be lighter on the CPU side. More than likely that's why it runs worse when you have the sound quality up.
As for the game play, that really can't be helped. It's like trying to run Doom3 on a minimum requirement spec'd rig, it's just NOT going to run at its finest, no matter what you do. Unless of course you can tweak the game engine to be less demanding on your hardware's weak points (which i doubt anybody here could do, including myself.)
As for the game play, that really can't be helped. It's like trying to run Doom3 on a minimum requirement spec'd rig, it's just NOT going to run at its finest, no matter what you do. Unless of course you can tweak the game engine to be less demanding on your hardware's weak points (which i doubt anybody here could do, including myself.)
yes i have integrated sound
and now i'm having stupid problems
i could go through the guys standing in my way
and when i kill some guard he disappears (which is good for me i dont have to hide bodies anymore
)
anyway i'll try this patch and see what happens
and thanks for the link PC eye
and now i'm having stupid problems
i could go through the guys standing in my way
and when i kill some guard he disappears (which is good for me i dont have to hide bodies anymore
)anyway i'll try this patch and see what happens
and thanks for the link PC eye
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Your most certainly welcome there. One thing that should be mentioned here is that some sounds(Sound Blaster noted for it.) actually go after system resources. The idea of a vpu chip seen on the newer lines of video cards is there to take a load off of the cpu. At the same time onboard video and sound can also go after resources or even result in conflicts with IRQ channels.
XP's resource sharing will see that often where a sound card or other pci type device has to be moved from one slot to another. What is curious at times is when updated drivers for video or sound cause annoyances. I'll miss the control panel only substitute for the Catalyst control center now that 6.5 is in use here. That kept it simple to figure out if it was video or sound at fault when lags and system locks are seen in gaming.
XP's resource sharing will see that often where a sound card or other pci type device has to be moved from one slot to another. What is curious at times is when updated drivers for video or sound cause annoyances. I'll miss the control panel only substitute for the Catalyst control center now that 6.5 is in use here. That kept it simple to figure out if it was video or sound at fault when lags and system locks are seen in gaming.
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To understand just what the DXDiag.exe tool is read over the description at http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;q190900
shadyi said:ok now the game works perfectly smoooooooooooooooth with the new update
just like the old days with Hitman 1,2,3
EDIT : i lost my save gamesi'm gonna play from the start again
i cant believe this
Well? Now you will know to backup game saves to a folder outside of the installation directory. Once one set of game saves has been made I generally burn those to disk and then start on a new set especially if they are custom saves with some interesting effects. At least you are seeing the game normally though. It's a plus there.