Bad fps

[ddaL]

HI, i recenly got a new graphics card ( a Radeon 9200 256mb card)

 

and when i go into safes( and in zones like red star) i get terrible fps of around 15-25fps

when im normally out of the safe and playing, i get about 60-80fps (which is fine)

 

any ways i can inprove my fps?

 

current ram size: about 512mb

Normal res size in ss 2048 x 1536 x 32 @ 60 hz in full screen (i tryed lower res, same problem)

i have enabled "show default resolutions", "no framerate limit" and "avoid page flipping"

in advanced options, still very bad fps.

 

now any way i can solve this problem, or have i just got a !@#$%^&*ty graphic card? (even though the mobility radeon 7500 on my laptop gets alot better fps)

 

any tips on how i can inprove this?

[Dav]

i hear that thats a superb graphics card!

 

what are the specs of the rest of your system?

[ddaL]

i hear that thats a superb graphics card!

 

what are the specs of the rest of your system?

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athlon 2000+ processor

512mb of ddr ram

2x 200gb hardrives

some sort of asus motherboard

windows xp

Radeon 9200 256mb

 

i think that is everything

[Dav]

no chance of there being a bottle neck there anywhere, i often find my FPS drops around safe zones, you can fix the problem by running in windowed (i get up to 200 fps on a 64meg card) but windowed sucks.

[ddaL]

i tryed it in windows mode, sadly i still get very bad fps, only way i can get the fps in safe above 30fps is when im in windows useing 512 x 384 x 32.

[Bargeld]

get new drivers

[ddaL]

hmm, just reinstalled the drivers, still the same problem.

[Bargeld]

At the game main menu, go to options, then go to the graphics tab. Set color depth to 8 (bit).

 

If that doesn't work, try these:

 

update directX

 

get older drivers

 

run a 2d benchmark test to see if it is broken or working properly