STALKER - unplayable, why?

[cb62fcni]

Well well, I went out and got myself STALKER today, and guess what? I absolutely can't play it. My system isn't the hottest anymore, but it's certainly not completely derelict:

Pentium D @ 3.66Ghz
Asus P5N32 SLI Deluxe
1 GB DDR2-667
1 WD74GB Raptor
2 WDAAJS in RAID 0
7950GX2 @ stock
OCZ 700W

No matter which settings I select, the game runs at less than 5fps. I've tried disabling all dynamic lighting, setting everything to minimum quality, and dropping the resolution down to nothing. I disabled EAX. I installed the patch. All my drivers are the latest available. Anyone got any input for me??

 

[cb62fcni]

Nope, nothing being forced through the drivers.

Defragged it immediately after installation as always.

No anti-virus or firewall running when I play.

It's got me pretty much stumped. I guess I'll try a re-install, but I can't imagine why this would be required considering I just installed it hours ago.

 

[oO-Kuo]

my friend with 512 ram can play this game at 15 ish FPS at low setting with way less specs then you, i cant see why you cant run it its not your systm

 

[emp]

Try reinstalling XP completely, it SHOULD run pretty good on a GX2

 

[cb62fcni]

Hahaha, I knew someone was going to say that.... Geez, what a royal pain this has become.

 

[cb62fcni]

Well, I was able to find something to fix it. Now I'm running it at 1280X1024 at high settings around 40-50 fps. Not too shabby. Here's the link for anyone else having problems, thanks for the help those who've posted.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/stalker/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-34287187&pid=540331&page=0