Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare terribly slow

[geezerone]

Hi

I had already tried the demo version about a year ago which played fine on the whole with very occasional stutter (not surprising given my spec of PC) but having installed the full version I find that the intro works fine, and mission objectives start but as soon as the final 'scanning' screen where you are to deploy appears I get 1 fps. If I minimise the game window I hear the action is full speed.

I then tried installing the demo again (as I had reinstalled XP during the year) and this too is slow the same way?

I have close AV/spyware programs to no avail and updated ATI drivers, again to no avail.

Anyone similar problems or solution?

Cheers

[format]

Anyone similar problems or solution?

Cheers

A new graphics card tbh

[Biscuit]

yeah i agree, you where lucky to get the demo going at all, time for a new GPU dude!

[SiM]

Given his graphics is AGP, I would say, time for a new system!

[shadowmaster]

Yep I agree with the two above, its time for a new GPU. But it might a be a good idea to go for a new system if you can afford it, as your other components are relatively outdated now (cpu, motherboard) and may hold back any new gfx card you buy.

[moogle]

Given his graphics is AGP, I would say, time for a new system!

The Asrock board has a PCI-E slot iirc. I remember contemplating on getting one of those when I had 939. I think it's a 4x or 8x electrical x16 slot though.

[geezerone]

Thank chaps

Out of interest I installed Call of Duty (1) GOTY edition and get message saying "could not load OpenGL"

Would love a new system BUT... the problem is that it did work before no problem.

Me getting a new 'system' will probably fix it as I shall have to reinstall XP etc but wanted to find out why it isn't working now as well as COD1?

Then there's the cost

[geezerone]

Oops!

[geezerone]

In the interests of sanity I will be looking to get an ATI HD4830.

As I have the latest Catalyst suite I would presume that just swapping the card over from my current 9800 Pro would suffice?

[shadowmaster]

In the interests of sanity I will be looking to get an ATI HD4830.

As I have the latest Catalyst suite I would presume that just swapping the card over from my current 9800 Pro would suffice?

No, you'll have to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them after you have put the new card in.

[madman045]

I get the same problem with my system, X2 4400, 2GB, X1900XTX, Vista - It's unplayable online and single player is just painful.

[shadowmaster]

I get the same problem with my system, X2 4400, 2GB, X1900XTX, Vista - It's unplayable online and single player is just painful.

Are you sure? My second rig (see sig) runs COD4 quite easily at 1280*1024 with mid settings.

[watforddude]

If you decide not to get a new card, when my older computer was running with a 6200 AGP classic card!!

it played CoD2 no problem then installed some new drivers for the card and for some reason stuck everything at 10FPS, and the same with CoD 1 and then i reinstalled the old ones and everything worked fine again, meaby you should try the same thing? but remember this was for call of duty 2 not exsacly a high end game. but i assume its kind of the same thing!

Tryed to find a few AGP cards that would run CoD4 but couldnt find any

did you install any new drivers since the Demo? are you able to go back to drivers you had when you installed the demo a year ago?

[geezerone]

I did splash the cash and get a Sapphire HD 4830 512MB today

Device manager shows PCI device unknown and windows failed to detect device but installed ATI drivers and the VGA controller is recognised and working.

I see what you mean about drivers and found a driver from 2006 in my Downloads folder which would be worth a try.

I am now running 4830 instead and can afford the luxury of all eye candy turned (x4 AA and Max detail) on in COD4 demo. Will try full game tomorrow and see but the graphics is much better than I recall with my aged but trusty 9800 Pro!

Will see how my single-core 939 copes before embarking on full system upgrade given that prices may well fall in next couple of months.

[Biscuit]

Nice one dude glad your chuffed

[geezerone]

Cheers Biscuit!

Installed COD4 - what can I say but where have I been living for so long? The graphics are absolutely fantastic with great textures, shadows, reflections - the detail is impressive . Even to my other half, who I don't believe thought spending under a hundred for a 'card' was worth it, but was impressed during the start of the 1st mission on the ship as SAS when approaching target by helicopter.

Call of Duty 1 runs at 1280x1024 full detail/AA on and no wonder I didn't do as well as I know I could - it helps if you can see the enemy and quickly (without display laaaag!!!)

The HD4830 to coin a much used cliche runs very cool and quiet. Card temperatures (ambient temp approx. 20C) range from 29/30C (slowly goes up) to 37C at which point the cooling fan on the GPU kicks in and can be heard over the 2x120mm Coolermaster low-noise case fans and 80mm Hiper PSU fans (Arctic Freezer 64 is there too but nearly silent). The noise of the cooling fan isn't noisy but a very smooth quiet spin like you would expect from an extra case fan I would suppose, but isn't obvious by any stretch of the imagination. In 2D mode the card is clocked to roughly 25% of normal max settings for GPU and Memory which keeps heat, cost and a little fan noise down.

Enough of the waffle; I would thoroughly recommend the Sapphire HD4830 512MB at this point in time as a cost effective gaming/Video solution and gives me a few more years (hopefully) before my next 'forced' GFX card upgrade!

Thanks for the all suggestions chaps. Over and out!