Bad framerates...

I downloaded the Unreal Tournament 3 demo a few days ago... The gameplay is awesome, but I'm getting framerates of 20 and 30 fps... This really sucks, because I was hoping that my computer would max games like this just fine, which is not the case. I don't know if it's just my computer... Gamespot got 80fps on a resolution just a little bit lower than mine, so why are my framerates so bad?

As far as my rig, I have a 640mb 8800gts, 2gb Dual Channel RAM, an AMD X2 5400 CPU, and Windows Vista (big mistake)... Could my CPU be holding me back...? I have 163.69 forceware drivers for my graphics card.

I really feel like giving up on all of this... If anyone could help, I'd appreciate it.

it could very well be your CPU, but Im not positive.cobrax25

Naaa its not the CPU. I have an AMD 6000 and its cruzin along fine.

A 5400 is a top of the line CPU

What resolution are you running.what do you have running in the background. Do you have AA and AF on. Do you have V-Sync onacsguitar

I'm running it at 1680x1050, nothing but xfire, fraps, and all of vista's "system processes" crap in the background. I maxed out everything that was available in the game menu.

y do you say vista was a mistake im getting it later is there something i should be worried about:|sabbath2gamer

Well... For one thing, Vista is a complete memory hog. I think it generally lowers framerates anywhere from 5 to 10fps, and there are a lot of performance issues.

I have a similar problem I run:

AMD 4000+

8800 gts 640mb

2 gigs of ram

Vista Ultimate

I get good framerates from time to time but it chugs up once and a while. I should try playing single-player (offline) and see if it does that.

But I think my CPU is a little weak but it may be my connection as well. Vista seems to have high pings once a while during gameplay.

I have a similar problem I run:

AMD 4000+

8800 gts 640mb

2 gigs of ram

Vista Ultimate

I get good framerates from time to time but it chugs up once and a while. I should try playing single-player (offline) and see if it does that.

But I think my CPU is a little weak but it may be my connection as well. Vista seems to have high pings once a while during gameplay.

kinglou75

Try playing offline, most of the online servers are very laggy, none that I know of are actual dedicated servers...

I would guess Vista is the problem have you defragmented your hard drive ?

FRAPS is your main problem. Cause if youre trying to record and its recording in 20-30fps, then you will play at that. IF not, the only other reason is Vista or because its a beta demo. The game ran fine on my Intel E6420, 2x1gb and 8800gts 320mb....around 50fps

Come on every one know that until vista's service pack is released it is going to cause bad performancealkevinethan

Do you use Vista?

Try playing offline, most of the online servers are very laggy, none that I know of are actual dedicated servers...scottahuch

Not true. At the launch of the demo there were no dedictad servers, but now there's many of them up, most of which run very well.

It's not Vista...This game ran great for me with no lag.

My system specs:
OS: Vista 64-bit
Memory: 3GB DDR2 PC2 4300
Card: Nvidia 8800 320MB GTS
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz

You can upgrade your Card Driver to 163.71

I have a similar problem I run:

AMD 4000+

8800 gts 640mb

2 gigs of ram

Vista Ultimate

I get good framerates from time to time but it chugs up once and a while. I should try playing single-player (offline) and see if it does that.

But I think my CPU is a little weak but it may be my connection as well. Vista seems to have high pings once a while during gameplay.

kinglou75

Ok I think you're getting bad frames because of your CPU.......... but as for ThereIsNoEscape it seems you should be doing a lot better, maybe if you didn't already plug in the extra power to the GPU?