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nellement   06-03-2008 at 02:24:23 AM

Hi there my problem is next:

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 really runs slow on my machine which is
Nvidia 8600GT 512
Pentium D 3.0
4GB Ram
Windows 64-bit pro

What is the problem what I need to do becaus I run it on srtest and get this result
http://img3.imagebanana.com/img/b02t9ynb/ut.JPG

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San Pedro   06-03-2008 at 02:48:04 AM
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Your CPU and GPU are both a little slow for this poorly optimized title.

8800 and dual core cpu to run smoothly with high settings.

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tomdrum   06-03-2008 at 12:20:04 PM
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yeh, youl probly not manage the higher graphics quality. Would think lower quality should run smoothly.

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llama_man   06-03-2008 at 01:32:28 PM
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Don't forget the basics as well;

Make sure your drivers are up to date - especially graphics card drivers!
Defrag your hardrive.
Shut down unnecessary processes in the background.

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mi1ez   06-03-2008 at 02:02:05 PM
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I'm intriqued as to how SRTest came up with your CPU speed "performance rated at 5.42GHz" Is it doubling your 3GHz then knocking a bit off?

I should imagine your 8600 is the bottleneck moreso than your CPU

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nellement   06-03-2008 at 07:23:32 PM
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But srtest is showing that my computer is better than recommended so what to do is that problem with my xp 64-bit because on 32 bit I runeds all the popular games except crysis which i runed all high with volumetric to low what to do?

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Kraynor   06-03-2008 at 08:21:28 PM
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I wouldn't trust that site for a few reasons...
1) it's clearly misreporting your CPU speed
2) it says you have a 256 mb video card, when you said it's an 8600 gt 512

Possible problems/solutions:
1) CPU: Pentium D chips might look good but really, they aren't. It's a bottleneck in your system
2) GPU: as someone said above, Rainbow 6 is badly written, so that card probably won't push past 30 fps at a resolution higher than 1280x1024 with medium settings.
3) OS: Windows XP-64 is terrible... absolutely terrible... I'd recommend upgrading to vista 64-bit, or changing (not downgrading) to xp 32-bit.

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San Pedro   06-04-2008 at 01:51:58 AM
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I don't have a problem with performance in xp-64, never did.

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nellement   06-04-2008 at 02:49:58 AM
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I have Pentium Dualcore at 3.0 each why are u saying doubling my speed?

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San Pedro   06-04-2008 at 04:59:07 AM
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Pentium D chips aren't that great, and 3ghz is on the slow side for them. The Core 2 Duos or even the Athlon X2s are much faster.

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nellement   06-05-2008 at 04:57:41 PM
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What processor do you recommend except quadcore?

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San Pedro   06-05-2008 at 10:39:17 PM
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E8400 is tops in price/performance right now.

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nellement   06-06-2008 at 07:49:21 PM
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Is it much better than my pentium D?

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SpinachEater   06-09-2008 at 03:34:19 AM
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Yes

Edit: Even at the same clock it will be faster


Message edited by SpinachEater on 06-09-2008 at 03:36:16 AM
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San Pedro   06-09-2008 at 04:31:42 AM
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http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] 298%2C1267

According to the cpu charts the E8400 would get you twice the framerates in Prey at 1280x1024, but don't buy anything until you make sure if your motherboard supports the newer processors. Your video card will still hold you back in that game.

Here are some benchmarks from the first game (couldn't find a performance analysis for the sequel). I believe the 8600GT is comparative in speed to the x1950pro.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] i=2895&p=4
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] 617%2C1563

Overall I think a GPU upgrade will help more than a CPU upgrade for this game.

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nellement   06-11-2008 at 10:34:19 PM
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will it be enough for future games?

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