having issues with COD2

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im having issues with playing COD2. i purchased eVGA GeForce FX5500 128ddr, recieved it todayed, installed it...when i first started playing it was fine. now when i load a level it is very very slow...like a pause in between every movement while playing the game...like some kind of a delay or something. im not sure if its the actual video card(maybe a 256ddr version should be purchased) or the power supply because its the stock power supply. any input would be appreciated, thanks in advance.       DIMM3100 P4 W/HT @2.8ghz 80gb SATA HD eVGA GeForce FX5500 128mbDDR 1GB DDR2 STOCK power supply :smileymad:       Message Edited by BrandonNJax on 01-09-2006 11:16 PM

Dale Nihiser · Answer

Brandon,

FX5500 isn't a lot of fire power for COD2. It chugged on my 9800pro and 2.53GHz cpu, but is as smooth as butter with my Nvidia 6800gs and amd 64 3700+ athlon combo.

COD2 for the pc is flawed in my opinion and needs to be patched. Only a beefy pc can run the game in dx9 with all the eye candy turned on. A lot of mid level pc owners have more than the minimum specs to run the game, yet it chugs. That's not right.

Try setting the game to dx7. Sure you'll lose some of the dx9 shaders but your fps will increase.

Good Luck,

Dale

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moon317 · Answer

I've given up on COD2 and have decided to use the game's CD's to dice vegetables. It doesn't seem right that I have to buy $500 of ugrades to play a $50 game.

speedstep · Answer

The problem is that the EVGA CARD IS A BAD CARD. Also you need to set it to run in DIRECTX 8.1 mode. It will slip down to 4FPS if you try running it in Directx9 eye candy mode.

Here's why. 64 BIT VS 128 BIT memory interface on the GPU. You would need over 540MHZ core clock to overcome this hardware problem.

BAD CARD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130255#DetailSpecs

Brand eVGA
Model 128-P1-N320-LX
Chipset
GPU Geforce FX5500
Core clock 270MHz
PixelPipelines 4
Memory
Memory Clock 400MHz
Memory Size 128MB
Memory Interface 64-bit
Memory Type DDR

GOOD CARD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133134#DetailSpecs

Brand PNY
Model VCGFX55PPB
Chipset
GPU Geforce FX5500
Core clock 270MHz
Memory
Memory Clock 400MHz
Memory Size 128MB
Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Type DDR
3D API
DirectX DirectX 9
OpenGL OpenGL 1.4
Interface
Interface PCI

Message Edited by SpeedStep on 01-10-2006 11:03 PM

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