This mainly happens in Call of Duty 4, and it's even worse in World at War, walking through a smoke grenade lowers my fps down to 10-15, from a usual 40-80. The single player mission "Burn em out" is unplayable, since there are many smoke grenades and flamethrowers, a combination of the two gives me about 4fps. I don't think this is a common problem although I've heard of a few people having the same issue.
My card is an XFX 9600gso 768MB GDDR2, and it runs pretty much all my games are maximum settings. Smoke in Left 4 Dead seems to lag me as well, but Fallout 3 and Call of Duty 2 for example, play just fine. I know in Call of Duty 4 disabling "Soften Smoke Edges" seemed to help a bit, but this option doesn't exist in World at War. Is there a workaround I could try, or should I contact XFX and try to get a replacement (which I really don't want to do since it could take months). I've tried changing Operating Systems and using different drivers, but they don't seem to change anything. Full specs listed below:
Windows XP SP3 32 bit
4GB G.Skill DDR2-800
500GB Samsung Spinpoint
XFX 9600GSO 768MB GDDR2
AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.1GHz
Motherboard was made by Acer (Computer used to be prebuilt until I upgraded everything besides the motherboard)
480W Sunbeam Power Supply, 18A on 12V
My card is an XFX 9600gso 768MB GDDR2, and it runs pretty much all my games are maximum settings. Smoke in Left 4 Dead seems to lag me as well, but Fallout 3 and Call of Duty 2 for example, play just fine. I know in Call of Duty 4 disabling "Soften Smoke Edges" seemed to help a bit, but this option doesn't exist in World at War. Is there a workaround I could try, or should I contact XFX and try to get a replacement (which I really don't want to do since it could take months). I've tried changing Operating Systems and using different drivers, but they don't seem to change anything. Full specs listed below:
Windows XP SP3 32 bit
4GB G.Skill DDR2-800
500GB Samsung Spinpoint
XFX 9600GSO 768MB GDDR2
AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.1GHz
Motherboard was made by Acer (Computer used to be prebuilt until I upgraded everything besides the motherboard)
480W Sunbeam Power Supply, 18A on 12V