Simviation Forum - Need for Speed

Jul 5^th, 2006 at 6:23am

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I installed Need for Speed - Most Wanted, and it runs choppy as a Celeron with a TNT16 card in it, and then all of a sudden it kicks in with 100 fps and is perfect, drops back, kicks in..................

It's bloody aweful and I've been 3 days trying to sort it.

I've seen other guys with high end rigs with the same problem but no one has the answer that I've seen so far, just the usual rhetoric about having the latest drivers etc.........

Everything else is running top notch on my powerful rig, 3D mark is stable etc.

When the graphics kick in, Most Wanted runs superbly, then 30 seconds or 8 minutes later it just drops back to 10 fps, I'm stumped. The problem is random and persistent, as if the G card is overheating or failing but this isn't evident in any other apps, such as FS9 IL2, COD, BF2 etc.

I can consistently cause the problem by running off the "smooth" of the road and hitting grass or cobblestones on the side of the road, but then the problem occurs at all kinds of locations on the map, I can turn around and run over the same stretch of road and no problem at all, I can't figure this out...

Anyone heard of this?

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Reply #1 - Jul 5^th, 2006 at 2:33pm

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What patch version are you useing? This same thing happened to me in the demo, but when I got the real game no problem whatsoever.

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Reply #2 - Jul 6^th, 2006 at 11:16am

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It's patch 1.3, the only one so far?

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Reply #3 - Jul 6^th, 2006 at 4:11pm

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Hmmm. Okay, stupid question, but you defragmented after install right?

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Reply #4 - Jul 6^th, 2006 at 9:43pm

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Actually I don't think so, I'll do that now and see if that's the problem, thx. Wink

I rarely ever get a new game, so I completely didn't think about that. By the way, Most Wanted has some stunning graphics effects for those that haven't seen it.

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Reply #5 - Jul 7^th, 2006 at 8:24am

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It turned out to be my MS FFB Sidewinder has a conflict with the game, I hope it can be sorted out, I can't imagine using another controller let alone having to go out and buy one.

The Sidewinder was working perfectly, but when I unplugged it in a last desperate attempt (after formatting and everything else I could try), the game ran flawlesly without the stick attached to the PC.

Cry

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Reply #6 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 7:44pm

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I personally use my keyboard to race, but too bad on that. However if you have an old Play Station controoler lying around than you can sever the end of that and the end of an old USB cable and then sodder the colored cables. The only thing you will find is that the PS controoler has one extra cable and that is for the rumble pack, so dont worry bout that.

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Reply #7 - Jul 8^th, 2006 at 11:20pm

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It turned out to be my MS FFB Sidewinder has a conflict with the game, I hope it can be sorted out, I can't imagine using another controller let alone having to go out and buy one.

The Sidewinder was working perfectly, but when I unplugged it in a last desperate attempt (after formatting and everything else I could try), the game ran flawlesly without the stick attached to the PC.

Cry

Is that stick USB and if so is it connected directly to the PC?

If both are "yes", it is possible a powered hub might fix the problem.

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Reply #8 - Jul 27^th, 2006 at 3:05pm

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Thanks guys.

I dug an old Logitech Rumblepad out of the closet, repaired it and it's fine, but the software doesn't allow me to calibrate it, so I had to uninstall it.

Now I must calibrate the logitech after every boot, the settings don't stick.

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