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Bottomsup
10-22-08, 01:06 AM
I haven't played a new FPS since Prey and since then I upgraded from a E6300 and X1900XT to Q6600 ~3ghz and 4850. I also have 2GB RAM

So the other day I bought GOW and am really like it except for the stutter. I scoured the intarweb and applied the following from various posts, but it doesn't really help. I'm running all max settings including DX10+AA. I tried DX9, but it didn't help.

When its not stuttering it runs very smooth at 60fps (vsync enabled), but craps out when new content arrives.

I noticed my RAM is consistently ~90% when I play this game so I wonder if more RAM is the answer? I'm tempted to stop playing to see if FC2 or BioShock are better because this stuttering is annoying enough to make me want to post this. I'd buy more RAM, but would hate to do it if it won't help.

TIA

These are the settings I tried in both WarEngineUserSettings.ini & DefaultEngineUserSettings.ini

bUseTextureStreaming=FALSE
bUseBackgroundLevelStreaming=FALSE
bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE
OnlyStreamInTextures=TRUE
OneFrameGPULag=FALSE
nightelph
10-22-08, 05:46 AM
I really doubt its your hardware, crysis barely makes it past 2gb, and GoW is a console port. Are you running Vista? And which of the above rigs are you using for this? Got the latest video driver and game patch?
ghost_recon88
10-22-08, 08:04 AM
Download and install this patch (http://www.gamershell.com/download_22190.shtml).
evoted
10-22-08, 08:09 AM
i modified the ini files to get better graphics and my FPS dropped from 60 to 45 or less and got stuttering so i went back to what i could change from in-game settings...

i got the in-game settings to the max and i get about 60 FPS no stuttering

i run on vista 64 with 4GB.
deathman20
10-22-08, 09:23 AM
I really doubt its your hardware, crysis barely makes it past 2gb, and GoW is a console port. Are you running Vista? And which of the above rigs are you using for this? Got the latest video driver and game patch?

Think GoW is only 32-bit so if it goes past 1.7-1.8Gig it mroe than likely will crash. Sure having more than 2Gig of system memory will help out, but if its only a 32-bit OS you'll be limited to ~ 3.2Gig of usable ram, which still leaves ~2Gig for a game, and 1.2Gig for background Apps/OS.

Get all latest patches, and disable Vsync and see if that helps.
Bottomsup
10-22-08, 11:45 AM
Thanks. I installed that patch above, but its wierd that it didn't say it was complete. The install screen just sort of disappeared. Does anyone know how to check the version of my game? I have the latest drivers. I can try to disable vsync.

If it wasn't clear I'm using the 4850 and 3ghz Q6600 for this game. Vista 32bit with 2GB.

TIA