Graphics Card Question

I have been having some problems with my ATI Radeon 8400 (64mb
version). I have noticed that within the last 2 months especially
that playing a bunch of games like Unreal Tournament 2003, I have been
having to turn down the graphics quite a bit to default or lower
settings, were in the past (like when I first got the game) I could
turn it up a fair bit and not have a problem with it. Specifically in
Unreal Tournament 2003, when I play online the game was lagging out so
much that it was unplayable, yet I had a really good ping (usually
around 60 or so) and it seemed to be happening to 90% or better of the
servers, yet if I turn down/dumb down the graphics settings it seems
to work a lot better. Another game I was having problems with (at
least with the demo) was Call of Duty, I had to stick the graphics
settings as low as they possibly could go just to get it to play
smooth, yet a friend of mine who is playing the game is paying it on
his 64 mb gforce card and it is playing fine. I was wondering if it
was a driver issue and if there was a particular driver that seems to
work best for that card?? Or any other ideas on what would be causing
this?? Thanks

DrHibbert

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 01:30:11 GMT, DrHibbert wrote:

I have been having some problems with my ATI Radeon 8400 (64mb
version). I have noticed that within the last 2 months especially
that playing a bunch of games like Unreal Tournament 2003, I have been
having to turn down the graphics quite a bit to default or lower
settings, were in the past (like when I first got the game) I could
turn it up a fair bit and not have a problem with it. Specifically in
Unreal Tournament 2003, when I play online the game was lagging out so
much that it was unplayable, yet I had a really good ping (usually
around 60 or so) and it seemed to be happening to 90% or better of the
servers, yet if I turn down/dumb down the graphics settings it seems
to work a lot better. Another game I was having problems with (at
least with the demo) was Call of Duty, I had to stick the graphics
settings as low as they possibly could go just to get it to play
smooth, yet a friend of mine who is playing the game is paying it on
his 64 mb gforce card and it is playing fine. I was wondering if it
was a driver issue and if there was a particular driver that seems to
work best for that card?? Or any other ideas on what would be causing
this?? Thanks

DrHibbert

It would seem that inbetween the past and present, something has
changed... undo that change. If it's the driver as you mention,
simply use the previous driver again.

There are quite a few variables involved in system performance, it
would be hard to make specific suggestions unless you're doing
something obviously different like trying to run at a higher
resolution or now with FSAA when you weren't previously.


Dave