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Subject: Great system lagging bad in Sof2

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Name: dl187
Date: July 26, 2007 at 23:32:46 Pacific
Subject: Great system lagging bad in Sof2
OS: Win Xp
CPU/Ram: Fx 60 / 3 gigs

Comment:

Hey all,
When I play Soldier of Fortune 2 I get some serious video lag. Its an older game and I have a good system, im not sure what could be causing the lag. Ive tried pretty much everything ranging from lowering all graphics settings to removing all anti aliasing/ anisotrophic, installed new video drivers, re installed direct x, freed up disk space. My power supply is enough for the card that I have. Im not sure whats causing the lag. Any help would be appreciated.
My system specs:
Manufacturer:
System manufacturer
Processor:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-60 Dual Core Processor, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory:
2816MB RAM (3 gigs inside not sure why its 2816)
Hard Drive:
60 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Monitor:
Dell M770
Sound Card:
NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
Speakers/Headphones:
Keyboard:
USB Root Hub
Mouse:
USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System:
Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Motherboard:
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATX AMD Motherboard

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Response Number 1

Name: Sabertooth
Date: July 27, 2007 at 07:20:28 Pacific
Subject: Great system lagging bad in Sof2

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What type of connection are you on?

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Response Number 2

Name: dl187
Date: July 27, 2007 at 12:33:39 Pacific
Subject: Great system lagging bad in Sof2

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I am on an 8mb cable connection.

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Response Number 3

Name: Pariah
Date: July 27, 2007 at 18:09:39 Pacific
Subject: Great system lagging bad in Sof2

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Only one small HDD with O/S, Programs AND games running off of it..............I would say that's the cause. Try getting another HDD for you games to be installed on.
P4 3.20HT @ 3.60ghz
Abit IS7-E2
2x1024mb OCZ Value DDR400 @ DDR450 Dual Channel
80GB Diamondmax9+ SATA 160GB Diamondmax10 SATA Sapphire Radeon X1650 PRO 256mb
Hiper Type R 530W PSU

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Response Number 4

Name: NateC
Date: August 14, 2007 at 09:57:12 Pacific
Subject: Great system lagging bad in Sof2

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This might be a stupid question, or it might not. Is your video card PCI?
This computer is f---ed...

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Response Number 5

Name: dl187
Date: August 24, 2007 at 23:57:00 Pacific
Subject: Great system lagging bad in Sof2

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Ok, got a new hd (150 gigs) and it still lags.
My video card is Pci-Express

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Response Number 6

Name: Pariah
Date: August 25, 2007 at 08:16:27 Pacific
Subject: Great system lagging bad in Sof2

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Ok, so you got a new HDD. What have you put on it? I would suggest installing your games only on one drive and see if that helps.
P4 3.20HT @ 3.60ghz
Abit IS7-E2
2x1024mb OCZ Value DDR400 @ DDR450 Dual Channel
80GB Diamondmax9+ SATA 160GB Diamondmax10 SATA Sapphire Radeon X1650 PRO 256mb
Hiper Type R 530W PSU

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