Curse

quest3d · Apr 07, 2008, 11:58 PM // 23:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by xhan

- I always monitor my traffic, cpu usage etc

Do you monitor your RAM usage to? That can always become a bottle neck.

As I mentioned before sound can be a cause to if its not using the CPU properly. Especially if the game's using DirectSound under Vista.

If you're using a Creative sound card they have a program called ALchemy which intercepts calls to DirectSound and translates them into OpenAL

xhan · Apr 08, 2008, 06:07 PM // 18:07

@last two replies:

game runs the same with -mute, my Vista is cleanly installed with all updates and SP1, and my RAM is not even half full.

I dunno if I mentioned it before, but I have this problem for all games that do not support DX10 (like Quake Wars, World of Warcraft, etc..)

Admael · Apr 08, 2008, 07:59 PM // 19:59

If you're troubleshooting the sound, try -nosound instead of -mute.

xhan · Apr 08, 2008, 08:28 PM // 20:28

As I said it is not a sound problem. And of course I tried GW with every possible command line setting by now, I work on this problem for a week now ...

EternalTempest · Apr 08, 2008, 08:33 PM // 20:33

Try install most current DirectX from Microsoft, it does update several DX9 stuff in Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Also VSynch will cap your fps to be the max refresh rate of your lcd/monitor.

Advanced trick

Download and install - http://www.asio4all.com/
This will give you an ASIO compatible sound driver on any sound card.

Then use switch off the exe -sndasio this will run GW using ASIO sound.

Admael · Apr 09, 2008, 02:21 AM // 02:21

Well, if its lagging only for Guild Wars, it has to be Guild Wars!

I propose a re-installation! It's obvious that the drive is having a hard time decompressing whatever's packed into gw.dat resulting in poor frames.

So, if all fails, delete gw.dat, create a new shortcut and give it the command line -image and let it run!

Bront · Apr 09, 2008, 02:50 AM // 02:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by xhan

@last two replies:

game runs the same with -mute, my Vista is cleanly installed with all updates and SP1, and my RAM is not even half full.

I dunno if I mentioned it before, but I have this problem for all games that do not support DX10 (like Quake Wars, World of Warcraft, etc..)

Sounds like you should look into reinstalling DX10 or looking for an update.

Admael · Apr 09, 2008, 11:35 AM // 11:35

Oh... it lags for more than just Guild Wars...

Lawl maybe I should read before I comment

It sounds like you need DX9 files (common problem for Vista users thinking by installing DX10 they not need DX9 files).

Here is the web installer, I've mirrored it just incase you "don't" want to go through that whole verification of genuine blah blah blah.
Official: link
Mirror: link

xhan · Apr 09, 2008, 08:24 PM // 20:24

I have both the newest DX10 and DX9.0c installed.

Shitty thing is, I don't even know which part of hardware to replace if I want to try that approach. No idea if another graphics card or a different OS would behave differently, and I just don't have the time do try out every single possibility. Sometimes I love my little PS2 for not being concerned with all that crap ...

Quick_Prodigy · Apr 09, 2008, 10:09 PM // 22:09

might be something to do with the vista sp1 updates that we just got, I used to get 70+ fps but now I'm at a nice low 25fps

doesn't matter to me because it's still smooth as ever just wanted to share my 2 cents.

my pc specs:
Mainboard : Asus M2N32-SLI DELUXE
Chipset : nVidia nForce 590 SLI
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3000 MHz
Physical Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce 8800 GTX
Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium Home Edition 6.00.6001 Service Pack 1
DirectX : Version 10.00

xhan · Apr 09, 2008, 11:07 PM // 23:07

no this problem existed way before that - guess my next step will be a full reinstall. Tried to avoid it, but only then I can start replacing hardware to try and find the error.

Ec]-[oMaN · Apr 10, 2008, 02:20 AM // 02:20

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/