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Graphics Glitchy

by smack_bob May 21, 2005 4:37AM PDT

Hello. Thanks for your help on my last problem. It really helped Happy

Alas...another problem Sad

First of all, here is my specs for my Motherboard and graphics card.

Graphics card: ATI 9800PRO
Motherboard : Asus P4P800 Deluxe

My motherboard has an onboard overclocking setting. I have my setting on TURBO and overclocking 5%.

Here's my problem: (The problem occurs mostly in the game Warhammer 40K, but it also appears in other games as well.)

I'm building my buildings in warhammer 40K and everything is very nice and smooth. As soon as I build about 4 buildings, my graphics develope a sort of a stutter, I'll try to explain it the best I can. when I move the camera over the buildings, the frame rate is smooth for about half a second, then the frame rate stops for half a second, and runs smooth for half a second. It's not slow frame rate, it's like my graphics card cannot keep up with my CPU (I think it's due to overclocking the CPU??) I think the graphics card is out of sink with my CPU or something like that. This only happens when there are alot of buildings (or when the graphics card has to process alot of information).

Is there any way of fixing this sort of problem or do I just have to try and tweak my motherboard settings and find the best settings for my hardware??

Thank you very much.

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This may help
by AussiePete May 21, 2005 6:22PM PDT

Look for an option to "synchronise frames" either in the game setup or your graphics card setup" This slows down frame rate slightly but at least they appear smooth - also see what adjustments you can make as to "best performance vs best quality".
There's not much sense in over clocking your CPU if systems memory, graphic acceleration and video memory cant handle it - and conversely there is not much point in overclocking your graphics card if your video memory, CPU and systems memory cant keep up as well. When over clocking "strange" things can happen. So obviously back off overclocking if the above doesn't help (or try over clocking your video card).
Peter

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Is this a mmrpg?
by MarkFlax Former Forum moderator May 21, 2005 6:55PM PDT

I've done a Google search for Warhammer 40000 and I'm still not sure what sort of game this is. Some links suggest it is a physical model making and role playing game, whilst others suggest it is an online game.

If it is an online mmrpg, then in addition to what Pete says, you have to think about other factors, eg your connection speed and how much physical spare RAM you have, (any large graphics downloaded need RAM in the first instance before being sent to the video on-board RAM, otherwise it gets stored on the hard disk and that will slow down your graphics).

I'm just talking in the dark here because I don't know the game, so if I am talking a load of rubbish, just ignore me........

Mark

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Not a MMORPG
by smack_bob May 22, 2005 1:10AM PDT

Warhammer 40K is a real time strategy game like command and conquer and starcraft. You can go online and play people just like starcraft as well.

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Why no review?
by Yimboli Jun 1, 2005 3:59PM PDT

I'm looking forward to finding a decent deal on Warhammer 40k... was a big fan of Chaos Gate back in the day. Is it just me or does cnet not have a review of Warhammer 40k yet??

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