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cRPG => cRPG Technical problems => Topic started by: woody on August 17, 2012, 12:01:53 am

Title: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: woody on August 17, 2012, 12:01:53 am
Have installed windows 7 and means crpg now lags unplayably, constant disk access etc.

Have checked virtual memory etc then disabled indexing, auto update, auto checks and its a bit better but still much worse than with xp (drops to 5-30 fps about a third of the time). Checking resource usage on idle goes from 5% to 99% and back constantly.

Any suggestions please or is it just a case of reinstall xp?

Thanks
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: Tore on August 17, 2012, 12:03:38 am
maybye your pc is too slow for windows 7 :?: :lol:
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: woody on August 17, 2012, 12:49:28 am
2.13ghz dual core overclocked to 2.83, 3.25gb ram so should be ok?
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: SeQuel on August 17, 2012, 01:11:26 am
2.13ghz dual core overclocked to 2.83, 3.25gb ram so should be ok?

Yah that's fine for Windows 7.

I'm assuming you've tried the lowest possible settings? Also download fraps and see what you're getting in terms of FPS on highest settings then turn to low and see if there is large improvement.
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: woody on August 17, 2012, 01:56:37 am
Thanks will try but on lowest settings looks like playing a game from the 90s.

Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: dodnet on August 17, 2012, 12:58:34 pm
I'm assuming you've tried the lowest possible settings? Also download fraps and see what you're getting in terms of FPS on highest settings then turn to low and see if there is large improvement.

You can show FPS ingame without any external program, no need to use fraps.
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: matt2507 on August 17, 2012, 08:02:08 pm
try to run the launcher in administrator mode  :idea:
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: CaveSquirrel on August 17, 2012, 08:10:26 pm
You can show FPS ingame without any external program, no need to use fraps.

I woudln't rely on that, the FPS ingame begin to lag at 80 to 60 already.

Somebody also once said that there are not the real FPS are shown, but the overall performance.
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: dodnet on August 17, 2012, 11:55:37 pm
I woudln't rely on that, the FPS ingame begin to lag at 80 to 60 already.

Somebody also once said that there are not the real FPS are shown, but the overall performance.

Ah ok, didn't know that.
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: Patoson on August 18, 2012, 06:54:49 pm
I woudln't rely on that, the FPS ingame begin to lag at 80 to 60 already.

Somebody also once said that there are not the real FPS are shown, but the overall performance.

That's completely wrong, at least in my computer. The game framerate displayed works like a charm, and it's smaller than FRAPS'. Everyone to his own taste.
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: Digglez on August 19, 2012, 01:31:37 am
That's completely wrong, at least in my computer. The game framerate displayed works like a charm, and it's smaller than FRAPS'. Everyone to his own taste.

in-game framerate meter is AVERAGE, not actual..therefore about useless
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: cmp on August 19, 2012, 03:36:48 am
in-game framerate meter is AVERAGE, not actual..therefore about useless

In-game frame rate meter is actual.
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: Dalfador on August 19, 2012, 07:09:05 pm
at the startup menu switch to directx 7.
Title: Re: Windows 7 Lagging
Post by: woody on August 27, 2012, 02:44:17 pm
Thanks to any who replied - issue was with a dreadful virus called McAfee which constantly accesses hard drive and scans constantly realtime taking up to 90% of resources turning a fairly powerful PC into something with the capability of something from the 1990s.

Be careful if BT user since somehow this virus has become endemic on their broadband service.