Ran Demo at 100% VERY HIGH... now high/vhigh combo? wtf

[Noodles]

something fishy going on here...

im not sure what the problem is... i mean, i know my rig can run all sets on very high... I JUST KNOW IT.. i did it with the demo... WINDOWED, at the incorrect resolution making it harder to process lagless....

but when i put all settings to VERY HIGH for some reason the cutscenes have a framerate of like 15 (im exageratng but have no real number) and the game is at what appears to be a LIMITED FRAMERATE.. (VERY LOW)

Is drivers my problem?

I wish I could figure out which setting it is... but the more i mess with the settings the greater i increase the chance of a crash.. which seem to be often enough already.

I run with NO AA, I have a CRT monitor anyhow, at 1260x1024, but i put "postprocess" or whatever that setting was on Very High any how... the only things i didnt put on very high were shadows and another setting or two that seemed unnecessary... the less important stuff... and magically no more lag???


again...something fishy going on here

[agentkay]

Can you check your system memory usage? The retail game has more textures, shaders etc. and can easily max out 2GB systems especially under Vista.

[Noodles]

I have 2 gigs of ddr3 though...

however, my 1333 ddr3 is running at 1066... and bios doesnt give me a higher option, but my MOBO says it utilizes 1333 ddr3

any easy fix for that problem?

[john19055]

I don't know what the deal is with the full retail version of the game ,It played perfect with the Demo ,but I am haveing all kinds of trouble with the retail version.Mouse want goe all the way across the screen ,so I can;t get to my setting ,lockups BSOD.They need to release a patch to fix some of these problems.

[Absolution]

I have 2 gigs of ddr3 though...

however, my 1333 ddr3 is running at 1066... and bios doesnt give me a higher option, but my MOBO says it utilizes 1333 ddr3

any easy fix for that problem?
ram speed is blah

quantity > speed

i'd say try 4gb, but its probably not your problem, but 2gb isn't very much

windowed is a smaller resolution, leading to more fps (normally)