OMG the lag is unbearable!!
Skadi:
For those with questions about video cards: My machine is a good example.
Originally I had a ATI 9550 - 128mb. Ran fine on med/low settings, could play for hours without a single issue. I was given a ATI 9800 series, 512mb. Game looked beautiful, on med/high settings, but then I noticed my system would get unstable and crash. Temp monitors showed my card hitting the high 80'c range, and then the system would reboot. Sometimes it would lock out the video card until it cooled. Thinking that the card had died, I went and bought the earlier mentioned Nvidia GTS250 -1GB. Game was even more pretty. Card would get to 79'c and I could smell a burning smell. The heat sink on this bitch is huge, like 2" thick of fins and copper pipes and a fan plus I have fans pushing air right over it. Set up a fps monitor and realised I was getting 3000+ fps while the game was loading. [That stupid plumbbob screen] I would get ingame fps from 100+ to 1500+. Using 3booter and the fps plugin, I get a happy 30fps, everything is pretty, and my card never gets over 60'c unless it's a hot day. The only time I get abnormal spikes in heat is when using the launcher, as that shows 1500 - 3000+ fps.
Before you blame the card - Crysis runs lovely with vsync on, and keeps it below 60'c. EAxis fucked up.
phnxflyng:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 October 18, 18:54:29
I'm saying there are issues with good graphics cards in TS3 that are not present if you have a mediocre-spec one. TS3 seems to like to drive graphics cards at totally unnecessary speeds, and many graphics card are not designed to unnecessarily worked like that, as they have heat dissipation that is not sufficient to cope with being driven at 100% for hours of simming...and driving them at 100% is totally unnecessary, to boot. A crappier graphics card would be maxed out as well, but older graphics cards are less powerful and therefore have less ability to convert energy to heat.
Thanks, I understand!
So maybe I shouldn't upgrade my card, then. What's the best scenario for upgrading my computer, the processor? Several parts?
Edit: @Skadi, It sounds like the reason my game crashes may be due to my card overheating? That is... sucky.
Is there a good fan control program out there for desktop pcs like the one I dl'ed for my mac laptop (SMC fan control)? I googled and came up with "Speedfan," but I would like a recommendation, as I don't want to dl a POS.
shadow:
Quote from: Skadi on 2009 October 18, 19:09:16
Using 3booter and the fps plugin, I get a happy 30fps, everything is pretty, and my card never gets over 60'c unless it's a hot day. The only time I get abnormal spikes in heat is when using the launcher, as that shows 1500 - 3000+ fps.
I have an Nvidia Geforce 9400 GT 1Gb DDR2. It overheated, I think. It made a whirring motor noise that was incredibly annoying and when I took it out it was very warm so I put the old one back in. The company is replacing this one as it was only 3 months old. Could you explain what you mean by "using 3booter and the fps plugin" for a not so technical player? I'd like to prevent the problem from occuring again. Thanks.
Grimma:
Quote from: shadow on 2009 October 18, 20:50:30
Quote from: Skadi on 2009 October 18, 19:09:16
Using 3booter and the fps plugin, I get a happy 30fps, everything is pretty, and my card never gets over 60'c unless it's a hot day. The only time I get abnormal spikes in heat is when using the launcher, as that shows 1500 - 3000+ fps.
I have an Nvidia Geforce 9400 GT 1Gb DDR2. It overheated, I think. It made a whirring motor noise that was incredibly annoying and when I took it out it was very warm so I put the old one back in. The company is replacing this one as it was only 3 months old. Could you explain what you mean by "using 3booter and the fps plugin" for a not so technical player? I'd like to prevent the problem from occuring again. Thanks.
Check out this thread, first and second posts contain the two downloads, instructions for use and useful informations.
Skadi:
Nvidia card users can also run EVGA to adjust their fan speed. I use it to put the fan at max, and use JM's 3 booter and fps plugin to keep things sweet. There is also a thread floating around of a standalone fps limiter here on MATY, but it wouldn't play nice for me, and the 3booter was easier.
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