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alienzero

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NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« on: January 05, 2004, 04:02:46 pm »
I have the same problem as in this thread :

http://www.gameheaven.nl/forum/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=778

its really weird.

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P4 2.8 HT 800 fsb
P4P800 asus motherboard
1gig drr 400 ram dual channel
80 gig seagate sata ( OS and games instald here )
120 gig maxtor NOT sata
Powercolor ati 9600 pro 256mb
my sound card in the intergrated one from my motherboard its called Soundmax.

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« Last Edit: January 05, 2004, 04:05:48 pm by alienzero »
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2004, 04:47:27 pm »
What have you tried so far ? What happens if you play the game on low settings ?

Try disableing the onboard soundcard. Make sure your motherboard drivers are updated.
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2004, 07:47:41 pm »
ill try to disable my on board sound card for some reason i have a feeling thats the problem.

But so far i try updating my soundcard drivers,videocard drivers,

i dont like the fact that i would have to lower the graphic settings, because my friend as the same video card as mine but less powerfull computer overall ( + i get better perfomance then him in all the benchmark we did ) and doesnt have that problem with the same settings.
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2004, 08:38:28 pm »
Well, it's for test purposes ony. If the game then works okay, we at least know where to look for the problem :)
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2004, 09:50:54 pm »
ok   ::)   ;D
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2004, 10:13:15 pm »
Ok, so i disabled my on board sound card and put the graphics at the lowest with the resolution  at 800*600 and still it happens. it seems to always be at the same spots in the race but not all the time.
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2004, 10:17:03 pm »
When you installed the new Catalyst drivers for your ATI card, did you first un-install the old ones, like it says in the driver instructions ?
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2004, 10:39:04 pm »
yep! i didnt even install the old ones because when i build my computer i knew about the update.

im having the same problem as him i guess.

http://www.gameheaven.nl/forum/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=841
« Last Edit: January 05, 2004, 10:40:22 pm by alienzero »
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2004, 10:52:22 pm »
It's funny to see that these problems only seem to happen with ATi cards... Or am I missing somone ?
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2004, 10:58:10 pm »
umm im not sure, my friend as the same video card as me, and when i ask him if he had any lagging problems he said no, but then again maybe he didnt care about this little lag and didnt mention it to me so i cant be sure.
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2004, 11:03:22 pm »
Humm, I'd say check his pc out and see if you notice the same lag on his pc. If not, maybe it's worth a shot to try and use his card in your machine (or the other way around) and see if it changes anything..
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2004, 11:05:57 pm »
I read on the ATI web site that alot of game problems will be fixed in the next release of their Catalyst drivers.
So No idea when this will happen.
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2004, 11:16:19 pm »
ok, well i won't see him for at least a couple of day, but ill give u guys back some info when i do try it.
« Last Edit: January 05, 2004, 11:51:21 pm by alienzero »
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2004, 11:18:10 pm »
That would be great.
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2004, 07:12:52 pm »
i forgot, i still didnt check with my friend, but i remember he his running his card with the omega drivers, ill give it a shot.
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2004, 07:31:15 pm »
IT WORKS!!!! :D :D :D
I tryed the omega drivers and it fixes everything: the lag in the menu cuz of AA and the lag during the game ( it was lagging even if i was playing low resolution/detail )

but now everything works with those drivers :D no more lag at all :)

Shit, i can't believe the difference that it makes! the general lag was acceptable, but the in game menu lag with AA i thought it was normal cuz of the AA and one drift race was lagging so much that i thought it was my computer but man no more lag at all now even in the menu or in that drift race its amazing :D
« Last Edit: January 06, 2004, 07:47:54 pm by alienzero »
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2004, 09:09:16 pm »
Happy gaming :)
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #17 on: January 08, 2004, 12:59:46 am »
I maybe spoke too soon.

its a lot better, but still experience some of the same kind of lag in other races, and plus i have to add that it's not working better because of the omega drivers, but its because after testing 4 kind of drivers, i discoverd the problem is the new drivers 3.10 from ati and omega, the version before that works a lot better ( ati or omega ) with the game but still as problems, so i guess we just have to wait for other drivers by ati...
« Last Edit: January 08, 2004, 01:00:55 am by alienzero »
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2004, 01:07:55 am »
Have you updated your motherboard chipset drivers ? If not, try doing so...
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2004, 01:18:33 am »
yep i did :(
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2004, 01:27:57 am »
Another thing you could try is to set AGP to 4x in the BIOS (instead of the 8x that it's set to now probably)...
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2004, 03:07:55 am »
ok....but this will probably affect my frame rates in other games no ?? cuz i have a less bandwith...right ?
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2004, 05:22:35 am »
tested with 4x, still same thing, i dont know this is getting  weird :(
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #23 on: January 08, 2004, 11:54:57 am »
What video card is your friend using ?

[edit] nevermind, I already know. It would still be good to give his card a try..[/edit]
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #24 on: January 08, 2004, 03:20:05 pm »
Yeah i will plus i've learn that he is using the 3.10 ati drivers right now and he says its working fine, ill try uninstalling the game and then re-install the newer drivers and then installing the game, i dont know if that will make a difference but im willing to try anything right now.
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #25 on: January 08, 2004, 05:23:00 pm »
Don't forget to remove the old drivers first.
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #26 on: January 09, 2004, 02:07:49 am »
still doesnt work :s
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alienzero

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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #27 on: January 09, 2004, 02:35:39 am »
i just want to know guys, do u think this is a problem with my computer ? like something is broken or something like that or do u think its just a matter of settings/drivers etc... ???
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #28 on: January 09, 2004, 11:41:32 am »
Did you follow ATI's installation instructions for the new catalyst drivers ?
There is a certain way to install drivers on win xp, that always works,and that is not letting windows do it automatically.
There seems to be a problem with windows installer, installing some files into system32, instead of system,
some games reyuire certain dll's in the system folder and or in the system32 folder.

I cured a problem I had with ASPI by copying a file from system32 to system, it worked fine after that,so I think that this could be a cause for alot of game related problems.

Alot of game programmers still use win 98 which only has the one system files folder, not two like win XP does.
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Re:NFS UNDERGROUND LAG
« Reply #29 on: January 09, 2004, 11:57:02 am »
Quote from: alienzero on January 09, 2004, 02:35:39 am
i just want to know guys, do u think this is a problem with my computer ? like something is broken or something like that or do u think its just a matter of settings/drivers etc... ???

To eliminate hardware, we need the option to be able to use your card in your friends PC (or the other way around).

However, it's more likely to be a setting issue, rather then hardware IMO. But I only can be sure after hardware has been excluded with 100% certainty.
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