Re: Halo - Poor Game Play "lags" help

From: Allan (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:46:52 -0700

I Have 16 GB free, and set my page file to 1GB.
>-----Original Message-----
>No, he has enough memory...but he *may* be low on virtual
memory if his 40gb
>hard drive is quite full.
>
>Lag as in graphics, as in a poor frame rate, and lag over
the internet is
>different. A poor frame rate per second (the action is
jerky because the
>screen's picture isn't been updated quick enough for your
brain not to
>notice that the image flow isn't 'smooth') would be
caused by poor computer
>specs, whereas lag over the internet is either caused by
a slow connection
>to the server, or by a poor connection of the server. But
the two can
>obviously be connected (in a way).
>
>If the connection to your multiplayer server is poor, you
would typically
>see the action jumping around (especially the banshees),
and it might make
>it difficult to actually play the game, like you could be
moving forward and
>then all of a sudden your character slams into a wall. It
doesn't matter how
>fast your internet connection or computer is, if the
server is too slow then
>you'll suffer.
>
>To improve your gameplay over the internet, you should
start Halo and go
>into multiplayer, click the Filter's button and change
Server speed (?): Any
>to something like Server speed: < 300 or lower (300 gives
me a good choice
>of servers). This filters out all the slow servers and
gives you a list of
>the faster ones. Typically, this gives me many Australian
servers as they
>are closer and will therefore usually have a better
connection to me (as I'm
>in Australia).
>
>If you find a server you really like, that is fast, has
good maps and
>options, and has lots of people in it (keep in mind that
the less people
>playing on a server the faster it will usually be) then
you should remember
>it and try to use it whenever you go on to save time in
going from server to
>server (you'll also get to know some of the people well).
>
>To check your frame rate in game, press Ctrl and F12. A
little graph will
>display up the top of your screen and show you your frame
rate and, along
>the right hand side in the middle, how many frames per
second your game is
>currrently running at. Higher frame rates are better, so
having your graph
>line near the top means that your game is running
smoothly. Typically,
>anything lower than about 25fps will start to look like a
slide show. 30fps
>is ideal.
>
>Hope this helps a bit (Halo does rock!)
>
>
>Matthew Shaw
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:279901c4280b$f072e770$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I have A,
>> >P4 1.7GhZ
>> >512 Mb DDR Ram
>> >40GB HDD
>> >ATI 128 MB Video
>> >T3 Internet Connection
>> >The Game barely runs at 800x600 and was wondering why,
I
>> >have followed all of the suggestions on the support
sites
>> >(latest drivers ect, -use14) and nothing improves the
>> game
>> >play. Halo ironicly is the least demanding game I own
and
>> >it runs the worst. So if anyone knows how to fix this
>> >problem would be great.
>> >Thank You,
>> >Allan
>> >.
>> >
>> Allan i think the problem is that you don't have enough
>> virtual memory which can be fixed by buying a memory
card
>> for your computer. I had the same problem but i had a
>> nvidia 4 video card but after i got the memory teh game
>> takes no time at all to load anymore.
>> Glad to be of assistance
>> anonymous
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