should games struggle so much with my setup?

[Beyond]

Epox 8KHA+
Athlon XP 2200+ @ 1.8ghz
1gb ram
ati x800xt PE
audigy 2 zs

even bf1942 @ 640x480 at lowest settings isn't smoooth...

 

[bluto2]

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Epox 8KHA+
Athlon XP 2200+ @ 1.8ghz
1gb ram
ati x800xt PE
audigy 2 zs

even bf1942 @ 640x480 at lowest settings isn't smoooth...

I would really like to explain this.See PM.

 

[Apathetic]

well it might be the 2200 Im guessing you meant 3200? either than that I really couldnt think of why it might be struggling. I mean, thats quite a nice setup there.

 

[DCIScouts]

well, BF 1942 ran fine on my 1.6 GHz chip with a GeForce2 card... Try taking off some of the graphics enhancements (i.e. anti-aliasing, reflections, etc...)

 

[Beyond]

well, BF 1942 ran fine on my 1.6 GHz chip with a GeForce2 card... Try taking off some of the graphics enhancements (i.e. anti-aliasing, reflections, etc...)

EVERYTHING is off and it still runs terribly.

 

[j0hn00]

I don't know about BF 1492, but my friend plays UT2004 off my old XP 2100+ / 768MB / Radeon 9200 easily on default settings. Have you checked your system for adware/spyware?

 

[Beyond]

I don't know about BF 1492, but my friend plays UT2004 off my old XP 2100+ / 768MB / Radeon 9200 easily on default settings. Have you checked your system for adware/spyware?

yes... and a virus scan.

 

[dragon2309]

Are you running directX 9.0c and have you checked ALL drivers, not just video card ones, everything, mobo chipset hard drive (if its SATA).... EVERYTHING.

 

[elmarcorulz]

EVERYTHING is off and it still runs terribly.

tried taking the graphics and res. up? i cant play games on low settings, but i can play them on high

 

[dragon2309]

thats random, it really shud be the other way round. Wot card r u running

 

[elmarcorulz]

*looks at sig* 6600GT

i thought it was weird too, ill use halo as an example, but it does it with others too. i can play at 1280x1024 everything on high, but if i take the res down too 1024x768 and take the graphics down, it goes really really jerky

 

[Beyond]

Are you running directX 9.0c and have you checked ALL drivers, not just video card ones, everything, mobo chipset hard drive (if its SATA).... EVERYTHING.

9.0c .. yes
all drivers .. yes

 

[Camper]

I would download new drivers from ATI also have you tryed to defrag?

 

[Beyond]

I would download new drivers from ATI also have you tryed to defrag?

i have the new drivers..
yes i have defragged..

 

[Praetor]

Drive fragmentation doesnt play a significant issue once the game (or any game really) has loaded. Are you doing software rendering (i.e., D3D Acceleration disabled)?