Video card performing a bit too well?

HighClassHiFi · 05-22-2005, 12:53 AM

First off, my system is an emachines laptop, AMD Athlon 64 3000, with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600.

I recently installed Splinter Cell and immediately noticed that while the game was visually perfect, it was running at about double speed, except in places where there was enough detail to bog it down. By double speed, I mean that everything was moving much too fast, the playable character, the environment, everything, as though it had been recorded and sped up.

After uninstalling and reinstalling that game, and doing the same with my video card drivers, I decided that maybe it just wasn't compatible and tried out XIII.

Same thing happened. I tried activating V-sync, and it did nothing. Reinstalled direct x also. I even tried the Omega drivers and that didn't change the situation.

I tried posting on another forum and the only person who could think of anything suggested decreasing my AGP speed or lowering the aperature, but not only did neither of these suggestions work, I would rather find the cause and fix it than cripple my system to try to force it to work the way I want.
At this point, I think I am out of ideas. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

dai · 05-22-2005, 01:02 AM

welcome to the forum
someone else just had a similar problem and they fixed it by uninstalling the drive in the device manager rebooting and letting windows reinstall

HighClassHiFi · 05-22-2005, 01:05 AM

Thank you, and that's an interesting idea. What do you mean by "the drive", exactly?

dai · 05-22-2005, 01:28 AM

your cd or dvd drive in the device manager

HighClassHiFi · 05-22-2005, 02:48 AM

Well, thanks for the suggestion, but it's the same as before. Oh, interesting side-note: older games, like Star Wars: Battlefront and Halo still work perfectly normally.

Volt-Schwibe · 05-22-2005, 03:10 AM

you should be able to set a frame rate cap...

50-70 is pretty good.

they say anything above 60 you can't tell anyhow....

HighClassHiFi · 05-22-2005, 05:57 PM

How would I go about doing this? I know for a fact that neither game has that as a regular option in the options screen.

05-22-2005, 12:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
HighClassHiFi Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Video card performing a bit too well? First off, my system is an emachines laptop, AMD Athlon 64 3000, with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600. I recently installed Splinter Cell and immediately noticed that while the game was visually perfect, it was running at about double speed, except in places where there was enough detail to bog it down. By double speed, I mean that everything was moving much too fast, the playable character, the environment, everything, as though it had been recorded and sped up. After uninstalling and reinstalling that game, and doing the same with my video card drivers, I decided that maybe it just wasn't compatible and tried out XIII. Same thing happened. I tried activating V-sync, and it did nothing. Reinstalled direct x also. I even tried the Omega drivers and that didn't change the situation. I tried posting on another forum and the only person who could think of anything suggested decreasing my AGP speed or lowering the aperature, but not only did neither of these suggestions work, I would rather find the cause and fix it than cripple my system to try to force it to work the way I want. At this point, I think I am out of ideas. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Last edited by HighClassHiFi; 05-22-2005 at 12:56 AM.

05-22-2005, 01:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,746 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	welcome to the forum someone else just had a similar problem and they fixed it by uninstalling the drive in the device manager rebooting and letting windows reinstall __________________

05-22-2005, 01:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,746 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	your cd or dvd drive in the device manager __________________

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05-22-2005, 01:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
HighClassHiFi Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Thank you, and that's an interesting idea. What do you mean by "the drive", exactly?

05-22-2005, 02:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
HighClassHiFi Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Well, thanks for the suggestion, but it's the same as before. Oh, interesting side-note: older games, like Star Wars: Battlefront and Halo still work perfectly normally.

05-22-2005, 05:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
HighClassHiFi Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	How would I go about doing this? I know for a fact that neither game has that as a regular option in the options screen.