Slow!

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:00 pm

Yes it is my computer who is slow!
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Well when i open the computer and windows starts is starts normal but the slowness appear when i lay a game like freestyle it is like fifa street anyway my friends computer having the same ram , pentium4, 256mb video drive
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But on my computer the game is too slow and in the options of the game the same properties!!
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well here is my computer's hardware
Pentium 4 2.80ghz
1gb ram
256 graphics card
and the free space in drive c is 21gb and in e is 37gb
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the game requirements:
RECOMMENDED
- 1GHz or faster Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
- 256 MB or more RAM
- 64 MB or greater supported Direct3D capable video card with DirectX 9.0 compatible driver
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do u have guys any idea about that! and why is my computer slow and my friend is the same hardware as mine!
SO IT IS A PROBLEM WITH MY HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE OR WHAT!!
thanks for reading!

3ddev · Post by **3ddev** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:16 am

Do you have a Trojan horse or similar bug on your computer? I was experiencing slowdown problems on my computer, and I found the culprit was a Trojan. I also found that certain programs really slowed my computer down- the most notable was OpenOffice. I don't have a clue why, but it did. I deleted it, and my computer is back to normal.

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:17 pm

Right, in most cases there are running some programs in the background and they're taking many recourses...

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:29 pm

Yeah first thing to do is download Ad-Aware and Spybot search and destroy and Ewido Antispyware. Download them all they are free!

Then press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and close any weird processes that you find before running the game (maybe even close explorer.exe and use the run dialog from task man to start it?

)

Then goto start menu->run-> type "msconfig" and goto startup and disable anything unwanted there and also do this for services. But be careful some startup items and services are crucial to your computer so be careful which ones you disable!

Good Luck

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:36 am

in my experience it's usually easier to reinstall windows than try and remove all the spyware. nowadays these things come with automatic updaters, attack your antivirus and spyware software, and install as disk drivers which start before windows does. even hijackthis couldn't remove the last one I tried to get rid of.
after 10 reboots in and out of safe mode, and waiting hours for all the different anti-malware software to update and scan, you might as well just wipe it and start clean

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:49 am

Correct !!!

I always have a ghost image of my systems (I'm using W98, W2K and WXP) !!!
So I can completely reinstall my systems within 5-10 minutes each !!!

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:04 pm

well i scanned my computer and then defragment it and uninstalled all unnecessary soft wares but the same is the problem with my windows i am using winxp service pack 2
and the weird thing is i am have medal od honour directors edition(the latest medal of honour) and it's requirements is greater than freestyle requirements(see the first post) here is the requirements of medal:
Recommended Configuration

= Windows XP or Windows 2000
= 2.0+ GHz Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon processor
= 512 MB RAM
= 3D video card with 128+ MB video memory which fully supports
DirectX 9.0
= At least 3.0 GB free space on your hard drive for Standard
Edition, and 4.5 GB free space for Director's Edition.
and i think it works fine for me so how freestyle slows and medal not!

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:02 pm

well i have discovered that after making my settings as my friend's
the game is working at him at 35->45 fps but at me is from 5->7fps!!
why is my fps too slow ? plz help.

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:02 pm

You have updated graphics drivers right?

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:48 am

yes i have mvidia ge force 256mb

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:11 am

no not updated card, updated drivers.

From the nvidia web site (wait that's under maintenance)

Try it when it comes back online.