ezdriver Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Ezdriver, I have it set at the following: Antialiasing- 4X Anisotropic Filtering- 4X Brew Brew: I tried to crank it up that high and experienced FPS that were too low to be playable or enjoyable (in the 20's). I just put it back to 2x on both with all options maxed and playing at 1280 res. I'll just learn to live with the slight stuttering and hope EA gets their act together on a patch for this problem. ez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazedcat Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I think I'm the poster boy for older computer systems here....... Dell Dimension 4100 PIII 1 gig 256 megs of pc 133 ram Ati radeon 9000 card with 4.7 driver set Windows ME AA set to app preference, AF set to 8X.....smartgart off Monitor refresh rate at 85mz The game runs as smooth as silk for me. The only time I get a hint of a stutter is on a long throw from third to first, but even that's really hardly noticeable. I do think EA must program for older systems like others have said. Regards; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewha202002 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Brew: I tried to crank it up that high and experienced FPS that were too low to be playable or enjoyable (in the 20's). I just put it back to 2x on both with all options maxed and playing at 1280 res. I'll just learn to live with the slight stuttering and hope EA gets their act together on a patch for this problem. ez That is really odd, why you may ask? I have a Nividia Geforce FX5900XT. I can crank up the AA and AF and not loose FPS. You have a Geforce 6800 GT. Your card is a better card then mine. Are you sure that your graphics card is not underclocked. Check to see what your core/memory speed is on you VC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhall Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I think I'm the poster boy for older computer systems here....... Dell Dimension 4100 PIII 1 gig 256 megs of pc 133 ram Ati radeon 9000 card with 4.7 driver set Windows ME AA set to app preference, AF set to 8X.....smartgart off Monitor refresh rate at 85mz The game runs as smooth as silk for me. The only time I get a hint of a stutter is on a long throw from third to first, but even that's really hardly noticeable. I do think EA must program for older systems like others have said. Regards; Dazed, What screen resolution are you running the game on? 800x600x32 ???? I have an old system as well AMD 1.7, Radeon 9200 128MB. I've experienced choppyness so I adjusted the AA & AF from app pref to 2X. Smartguard On, Refresh Rate at 60mhz. It's still not near as smooth as MVP 2004 was. I'm going to give your settings a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazedcat Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Abhall; I have it set at 1024x768x32. Anything over that and it gets a bit dicey. I don't care for how smartgart affects my system, so I always leave that set to off. But with AF at x8 it looks good and I've gotten no issues. Good luck. Regards; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezdriver Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 That is really odd, why you may ask? I have a Nividia Geforce FX5900XT. I can crank up the AA and AF and not loose FPS. You have a Geforce 6800 GT. Your card is a better card then mine. Are you sure that your graphics card is not underclocked. Check to see what your core/memory speed is on you VC. Core clock rate is at 351 and memory speed is running at 1002.....right on spec! I have no issues with other games (HL2 4x/anti and 8x/anis @1280 with 80-140fps average), so this is strange. Like I said, everything is set to max in MVP, and I still don't see how the game could be such a hog on my system. BTW, I have nothing overclocked on my rig either. ez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drovebykeptgoing1 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Seems to run as good if not better than 04 I dont notice any probs so far, smooth as silk on my rigs.- P4 2.2ghz 1024 mgs. ddrram 100 gig harddrive, Geforce Fx 5200 ultra, Audigy 2zs soundcard, Xp Pro, Samsung Syncmaster 955 19 inch @1024 x 768 85hz 4x aa 4x af vsync on,Triliner filtering on. 66.93 Forceware Drivers(Latest available on Nvidia website)Direct X 9c. Even though my vidcard isnt all that this setup is almost 3 years old and runs better Imho than any console runs and it looks hella good compared to all those nasty jaggies on ps2. Its day and nite difference to me those jagged edges just kills me on any console,I crank all settings to the max and go from there and I havent turned anything down yet. Now for some stadium Mods! I cant wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schitonk Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Seems to run as good if not better than 04 I dont notice any probs so far, smooth as silk on my rigs.- P4 2.2ghz 1024 mgs. ddrram 100 gig harddrive, Geforce Fx 5200 ultra, Audigy 2zs soundcard, Xp Pro, Samsung Syncmaster 955 19 inch @1024 x 768 85hz 4x aa 4x af vsync on,Triliner filtering on. 66.93 Forceware Drivers(Latest available on Nvidia website)Direct X 9c. Even though my vidcard isnt all that this setup is almost 3 years old and runs better Imho than any console runs and it looks hella good compared to all those nasty jaggies on ps2. Its day and nite difference to me those jagged edges just kills me on any console,I crank all settings to the max and go from there and I havent turned anything down yet. Now for some stadium Mods! I cant wait. i have nearly the same sytem (xp 2400, 1280mb ram) and same monitor and run it at the same res and it's still choppy. this isn't making any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewha202002 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Core clock rate is at 351 and memory speed is running at 1002.....right on spec! I have no issues with other games (HL2 4x/anti and 8x/anis @1280 with 80-140fps average), so this is strange. Like I said, everything is set to max in MVP, and I still don't see how the game could be such a hog on my system. BTW, I have nothing overclocked on my rig either. ez I look at all your specs on your rig and you should not be experiencing low FPS. Choppiness yes, but not the loss in FPS. I am a bit confused now, just for the simple fact that your video card is far superior then mine. You should not be having slowdown problems with the AA and AF cranked. What set of drivers are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewha202002 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 i have nearly the same sytem (xp 2400, 1280mb ram) and same monitor and run it at the same res and it's still choppy. this isn't making any sense. What kind of video card do you have. Is it a FX5200 Ultra like the above poster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDozen Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 My understanding is that FPS problems are due to a framerate cap in the programming of the game, not in any issue with hardware (other than that the hardware may be faster than the game was programmed for). I've never heard of a game trying to cap FPS before, especially at an extra-low rate. I've got a new (as of last summer) gaming rig that's pretty powerful, but is incredibly choppy because of the FPS cap. I've even tried cranking AA to 16 and AF to 8 with VSync on and it's still choppy. I guess I'll have to wait for the patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon11 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 P4 2.4Ghz 800mhz FSB w/HT technology 512 DDR RAM PC 2700 80 GB HD GeForce 4 FX 5900nu 128mb RAM Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Win XP PRO SP 2 Running game at 1280 x 1024, 85 MHZ monitor refresh rate, vsync on. Removed all shadow and reflection effects. = I experience the same choppiness, yay! :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Owl Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 After reading the posts here on this issue, I cranked up both my anti aliasing and antistropic (sp?) on my graphics cards (ATI 9600) and the quality of the grass improved but the choppiness was still somewhat there......after reading some more posts, I put the antil aliasing back to application preference and set the antistropic at 8x. Choppiness is gone now, and the grass looks much better..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitm9891 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I did the exact same thing as you Knight Owl but the choppiness was still there, grass looked extremely better but I would love to know when EA plans on releasing a patch of some sort to help with this. The only thing that has helped with the choppiness was when I changed the camera from zoom to broadcast, but even then the change was rather minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baseballfans Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Somebody tell me that if u turn your AGP speed down to 4x it will make the game run smoothly. It seem this game was meant for poor people with poor video card so downgrade your video actually help haha. Those with 200-300 plus video may I suggest buy a cheap PCI card like 9200SE or 5200 Geforce series that way u can play the game more smoothly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp4life Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 athlon xp 2000 768 DDR RAM PC 2700 300 GB Harddrive ATI RADEON 9600 NP 128 MB Win XP pro the game runs really smooth at all the settings max out 1280x1024 85 Rresh rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paralysis Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 AMD AthlonXP 3200+ 1GB Dual-DDR Crucial XMS3200LL (2-2-2-5) ATi Radeon 9800XT 256MB (425/378) SB Audigy 2 Viewsonic A90f+, 1280x1024, 85Hz SATA Maxtor 120GB Plextor PX-716A Enermax 465W WinXP Home ----------- Game runs flawlessly with 4x/4x and Omega 5.1 Drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrissaia Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Do you guys have the latest drivers for you video card? What version of DirectX are you guys running? Also here is a shot. Try turning down the acceleration in your sound card a notch or two. Wouldn't be surprised if it is something with sound, since I've ready about so many people (in other game forums) that go big on the video cards and skip out on the high quality sound. For me, '04 ran with no problems, and '05 runs great as well, running at 1024x768x32, though the grass does look a little different then last year. 2.2ghz Celeron ATI 9600 256 MB Win2K 768 MB PC2100 AC '97 sound Also, I chose NOT to install DirectX 9.0c when prompted during install, as I've read it's only good for the latest graphics cards. Anyone who upgraded to 9.0c when installing this game may want to consider reinstalling 9.0b. Also, I use the Omega drivers for my ATI card and they work good for me. I started using these after having major problems with EA's Battlefield series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan20FLA Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 This is insane ... mvp 04 had horrible choppyness. I found that changing to 60 mhz (From 85) helped 100%. It was smooth as silk. max AA/AF or none at all .. smooth as silk. 05 is completely different. It must be a different engine. Because refresh changes do nothing. AF/AA does nothing. 3200 amd 64 bit, 9800 pro 128mb , 1024 ddr ram, saitek p880 ..... tell me what to do. O wait no one can cuz theres no solution, thnx EA. Another wad of cash stolen by EA. Face it guys, they don't care about this game. It's the last in the MVP series for them, just milking it and us for the cash .... they could care less, all they care about is madden imo. Anyway I hope a patch will come and fix this ,but I doubt it. Not to be negative, but I called EA TECH and when asking the fella about future patch releases and if they will contain a fix for this choppyness issue. He literally laughed at me .... what a mofo. Anyway my rant is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnE66 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Has anyone tried OLDER drivers? I seem to remember this going on with Shogun Total War and it turned out on Nvidea cards anyway, can't recall, but going to Nvidea's older drivers actually worked better. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpup Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I have tried about 4 different sets of drivers and none of them help. The Omega drivers actually made it worse for me. P4 2.8Ghz ATI Radeon 9600 XT 512 MB Ram MVP 2004 runs a whole lot better than 2005 on my system. I have tried everything that I have seen suggested on 3 web sites. None of it helps. I'll keep trying until a patch is released or I get another game. :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aknbean Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I too was really nervous about all the choppiness reports. I had the game at my door step yesterday. Finally installed it today. One initial problem is the game would not load. I disabled visual themes in compatability mode then set my video cards antialiasing settings to apllication controlled. Default clock frequencies. One of those changes most likely allowed the game to load. Will play around with video card settings later. For me I am happy to say the game ran very smooth. No choppiness what so ever. Video card drivers are Omega. Looking forward to the mods. The hard working moding folks will really make this game excellant. Here are my system specs. It's no killer rig but is no slouch either: Welcome! Welcome to Electronic Arts System Information Utility, Easy Info. This tool can be used by yourself and our technical support representatives to help find a solution to any technical issues you may be experiencing with your game. Please make sure that your system meets the minimum requirements and that you have the most updated drivers for both your video and sound devices. System Overview / Comparison Your System Game Requirements Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) System Memory 2048.5 Processor Speed 2813.7 800 MHz DirectX Version 9.0c Display Device NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra (Omega 1.6177) (Q) Display Memory 128.0 32.0 Display Driver 6.14.10.6177 Sound Device Realtek AC97 Audio Sound Driver 5.10.5780 System Device Information Processor 1/1 Intel Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.80GHz 2813.7 Extended Features Hyper Threading Support True Logical Processors Per Physical 2 Memory System Total 2048.5 Virtual Total 2047.9 Pagefile Total 3943.8 Snapshot System Available 1564.0 Virtual Available 1990.3 Pagefile Available 3651.6 Percent Load 23 Drive C: Type Fixed Letter C: FileSystem NTFS TotalSpace 76.3 GB Monitor Information 1/1 Monitor Name SyncMaster 905DF(X)/955DF(X), SyncMaster Magic CD195A(P) Refresh Rate 60 Hz Media Device Information DirectX Information Version 9.0c Long Version 4.09.0000.0904 Display Device 1/1 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra (Omega 1.6177) (Q) Local Memory: 128.0 Driver Version: 6.14.10.6177 Device Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra (Omega 1.6177) (Q) Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation GUID D7B71E3E-4001-11CF-BF44-4C390EC2CD35 Driver Version 6.14.10.6177 Module nv4_disp.dll Date 7-15-2004 Memory Total 128.0 Available 122.0 Non-Local 126.0 Texture 248.0 Sound Device 1/1 Realtek AC97 Audio Driver: 5.10.5780 Device Description Realtek AC97 Audio Manufacturer Realtek Semiconductor Corp. GUID BD6DD71A-3DEB-11D1-B171-00C04FC20000 Driver Version 5.10.5780 Module ALCXWDM.SYS Date 1-28-2005 Capabilities Max 3D Buffers 26 Supports Mono Output True Supports Stereo Output True EasyInfo 2 © 2004 Electronic Arts Inc. All Rights Reserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBarefootKicker Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 The Half-life 2 and Doom 3 players in this world still love baseball. I've done everything. It still chops. EA help us. PLEASE!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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