carbon demo performance

???? · Post by **????** » 27 Oct 2006, 18:14

hi I got the demo, but it's unplayable because of all the lag.
my graphic setting are 1024 x 768, med and low only car detail high.

spec: p4 3.2
gefroce 6800le(unlocked)
1gb ram

Do my comp suck or is the demo just bad. I got to know cause I'm about to cancel my pre-order.

PS. sorry for my english

Post by **Bojan** » 27 Oct 2006, 19:56

Same here (ahtlon64 2800, 6800le (locked) and 1gb ram).
Set it to 1280x960, some low, some high settings and I get 5fps.

???? · Post by **????** » 27 Oct 2006, 20:40

why do ea never learn. why must they release sh*t every year instead of something good every second year. I can play games like company of heroes on medium and the graphic is much better.

EVO_VIII · Post by **EVO_VIII** » 27 Oct 2006, 21:48

Bojan wrote:Same here (ahtlon64 2800, 6800le (locked) and 1gb ram).
Set it to 1280x960, some low, some high settings and I get 5fps.

What.....still lag with a 6800LE.....
Then I don't need to buy the game then....(mine is Geforce Go 6200):(

???? · Post by **????** » 27 Oct 2006, 21:59

try to turn off motion blur and set shader detail to low

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 27 Oct 2006, 23:14

The MW demo was terrible, aswell. I couldn't run it for crap on my computer when I first got it, but the final release played 'fine.'

chapree · Post by **chapree** » 28 Oct 2006, 06:35

My game doesn't lag but it would crash when loading into 2nd race.

Any solution?

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 28 Oct 2006, 08:55

Hmm..its weird cuz ..i remember every one telling me that if MW works fine so should carbon...but this proves..this is not the case

Cargozer · Post by **Cargozer** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:05

Well for me, Carbon works better, and with better graphics than Most Wanted. The game runs nice on 1024x768, 2x AA, medium stuff and car & world detail high. Havent checked FPS yet but it has no lag at all. Specs: AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 1024MB Ram and ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128mb).

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 28 Oct 2006, 20:03

Well it seems that all nVIDIA cards have problems and ATi cards work better.
I have:
P4 3.0Ghz
512 Mb RAM
Sapphire ATi Raddeon X700 (128mb)
and it works fine on med settings

EVO_VIII · Post by **EVO_VIII** » 29 Oct 2006, 04:42

BrontoX wrote:Well it seems that all nVIDIA cards have problems and ATi cards work better.
I have:
P4 3.0Ghz
512 Mb RAM
Sapphire ATi Raddeon X700 (128mb)
and it works fine on med settings

my laptop chipset works too :p
The demo works fine on med and some high, except the "shader detail"(I have to set this to low)

yaya · Post by **yaya** » 29 Oct 2006, 06:06

Well it seems that all nVIDIA cards have problems and ATi cards work better.
I have:
P4 3.0Ghz
512 Mb RAM
Sapphire ATi Raddeon X700 (128mb)
and it works fine on med settings

idk about that, im running my demo on a geforce 7900 gto, 1gb ram athlon 64 +3400
and the demo runs smooth with everything maxed out

WonkaVW · Post by **WonkaVW** » 29 Oct 2006, 10:03

Works fine on my computer, everything high, 1280x1024, 2Xaa and 8xAF.

Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.93Ghz
ASUS P5WDH Deluxe
2GB DDR800
7900GT KO
X-Fi Xtrememusic

Also works fine on my old computer (p4 3.0, 1gb pc3200, fx 5200 ultra). Don't know whats up with you guys.

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 29 Oct 2006, 11:07

I just tried to set everything on max and it still works on my configuration.
only that i set Anti-Aliasing to 2x and V-Sync off.

dln · Post by **dln** » 29 Oct 2006, 23:34

btw, for those who don't know (from the tweak guide for mw)

VSync: Vertical Synchronization (VSync) is the synchronization of your monitor and graphics card's abilities to draw a certain number of frames per second (or FPS) on the screen. This is referred to as the Refresh Rate, and is measured in frequency per second (Hz). If this option is enabled (i.e. set to Yes), your maximum FPS cannot exceed your current refresh rate at your chosen resolution, and more importantly your overall FPS will be reduced. For this reason it is strongly recommended that you set this option to No. The only down side is that if VSync is disabled, you may notice some image 'tearing' - that is the bottom and top halves of the screen may appear to tear apart slightly at times. This causes no damage to your monitor, but if it really annoys you enable VSync. Once again, I want you to understand that with VSync enabled, not only is your maximum FPS capped, but your average FPS will also fall. For example, with VSync disabled, if you get 37FPS in a particular section, with VSync enabled you will get 30, as VSync rounds down the FPS. Verify this for yourself using FRAPS and you'll see what I mean.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 30 Oct 2006, 02:22

heres a little tip for those that have a decent card but want more performance. this is mostly for nvidia cards but there are plenty of other progs. out there for ATI cards. if you search around nvidia or google " nvtweak " get that little file and run it your card will be able to be safely overclocked. i have had my 6800 overclocked for quite some time now and the idle temp stays right around 47 celcius and the load temps are somewhere in the mid to upper 50 range. it is just a little thing to give your card a little boost in speed and performance