Re: pacific assault too slow

From: Paul M (1_at_2.com.au)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:29:45 +1100

9200 ?>>>>???

Iam suprised windows even works :p

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:22:02 -0500, "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote:

>Hi Sameh,
>
>"Sameh Ahmed" <essoplus@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OccfDLuFFHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Hello there
>> Running Medal of honor Pacific assault on a P4 3.0 HT processor, 1024 MB RAM, and a 128 MB Radeon 9200 VGA card.
>> Installed the 64 MB patch by EA games, and still the game is extremely slow.
>> Any ideas?
>> Regards
>> Sameh
>>
>
>Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues. Here's some
>simple abc's to always keep in mind. a. Shut off download accelerators,
>firewalls and antivirus programs when downloading or installing updates;
>b. Check for game patches: www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
>c. Make sure you meet the game's minimum video and system requirements;
>d. Check for known issues with your video card at the game's web site. :-)
>
>1. Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you install DirectX 9.0c:
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9226a611-62fe-4f61-aba1-914185249413&displaylang=en
>
>Please look over the ATI articles about their latest driver on the download page.
>They list Installation Tips, Fixes, and Release Notes with important information.
>
>2. Download the latest Catalyst driver for ATI Radeon or All in Wonder Card:
>
>Win XP/2000: http://ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html
>Win 98/Me: http://ati.com/support/drivers/winme/radeonwdm-me.html
>
>3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\ATI
>
>4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
> about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
>
>5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
> Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
> the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.
>
>6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
> previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.
>
>7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
> about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
>
>8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".
>
>9. Double click the ATI driver we saved to My Documents\ My
> Drivers\ATI folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains about
> Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.
>
>10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
> choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher Resolution.
>
>TROUBLESHOOTING:
>
>Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
>Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
>If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
>your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per
>my website: http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
>
>Your program might not support dual monitors, or "dual head" video cards
>You can disable the extra video output in your display properties control
>panel. Click Start>Settings>Control Panel>Display>Settings>Advanced.
>
>Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
>and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
>motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
>your Video card. These steps are listed at: http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
>
>Perhaps the old ATI drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
>case, use these utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
>http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/ (works for all cards including nvidia)
>
>The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
>(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game folder/CD)
>If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
>experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:
>
> BETA Drivers: http://download.guru3d.com/
> OMEGA Drivers: http://www.omegacorner.com/
>
>There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them! :-)