FarCry?

[davemar14]

I recently purchased FarCry, and I have a weird problem. If I play the game at 800*600 and low textures and details, AA and AF off, I get around 85-130 FPS, which is very good. When I turn on the night vison goggles, I get around 30. Is anyone else noticing this large drop in FPS. Also if I am playing and turn on the goggles and die, and then reload from the last save, if I turn on the goggles again, if slows down even more to like 4-10 FPS. Then I have to exit the game and restart, and then I get 30 FPS with the goggles again. I tried the 53.03 drivers and the 56.72 drivers. Any advice to solve this problem.

AMD Athlon XP 2400+
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Corsair 512 MB DDR 400
GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64 MB
Plextor 708A DVD-RW
Plextor 48x24x48

 

[sparky853]

Upgrade to a 9800 Pro...they are dirt cheap right now...

Spec:
Intel P4 2.4B
MSI 645E Max-U Mobo
1GB DDR333
R9600XT 128MB
SB Live 5.1
WD 60GB
Maxtor 120GB
LG DVD+-R/RW
WIN2K PRO SP4

 

[Titanion]

I have not found the night goggles yet... I guess you could take them off...

The 9800 Pro is one solution... so too is finding a used 9700 Pro...

<font color=red><b>NF7-S/Mobile Barton 2600+
211x11.5 1.824v SLK900A
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200
Sapphire 9500np@9700np</font color=red><font color=black>
NF7-S/Barton 2500+
200x11.5 1.76v
512MB XMS PC2700
XFX Ti4200

 

[Esso]

Make sure you have the processing power though...
I have a 9800 pro, and in UT2k4 my fps hasn't changed at all. No matter what settings I use (max or min) the avg fps varies by about 10. And I get anywhere between 30-50 fps in multiplayer games (a bit better in single player).

Anyways, I have an Athlon XP 1900+ and it just doesn't seem to cut it. Hopefully your 2400+ does, I imagine it should.

 

[Titanion]

good point, but I wonder where the true bottleneck is... obviously both, but if a 9800 was added to his system, I am sure he would notice a big gain...

I wish I could just load his save game on my Ti4200 powered by a Barton at 200x11.5... and see my fps with goggles...

<font color=red><b>NF7-S/Mobile Barton 2600+
211x11.5 1.824v SLK900A
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200
Sapphire 9500np@9700np</font color=red><font color=black>
NF7-S/Barton 2500+
200x11.5 1.76v
512MB XMS PC2700
XFX Ti4200

 

[davemar14]

Ok, problem solved. I updated to the latest patch and all is good. With the same settings as above, I am getting around 40 FPS with the goggles on. I have tested it, and my FPS don't change when I die and reload. I am going to get a Thermaltake Silent Boost and Artic Silver and run this XP 2400+ at 166 FSB, that should help the situation. Also, I am going to upgrade to a 6800 when the darn things become available. Thanks guys.

 

[mrmonsoon]

May I suggest upgrading to a full gig of memory. Farcry will suck the life out of any hardware. Also, when playing ( if you don't already) shut down what you don't need-antivirus, firewall.....
I had a Ti4200 and went to 5900- saw huge improvement. For now, try turning doen shadows and lighting-should help.