XFX 8800gtx and call of duty 1 problem

[dockerthedog]

Hi all.

I have an xfx 8800gtx. it runs all games i throw at it great, except cod 1, which is my game of choice. i get a horrible stutter while playing. it happens about every 10 seconds. the fr will drop about 30% when it stutter. i upgraded from 2 7800 gtx's in sli. before the 8800, everything was great. i'm not a noob, and ran driver cleaner in safe mode etc.. the rest of my specs are;

x2 4800
2 gig ocz pc3200 @210
asus a6n32 mobo
xfx 8800 gtx
sony dru800 dvd
x-fi platinum
ocz powersteam 600

it is very irritating. i have also installed the hotfix, amd driver, etc. nothing helps.

any ideas what could be causing it?

[Usacomp2k3]

Have you tried returning everything to stock speeds?
Also, what about looking at the task manager while playing..any unusual activity there?
What about setting the affinity?

[king_kilr]

Did you accidently try to enable both AA in game and within the nVidia panel for the new AA?

[lordT]

Did you accidently try to enable both AA in game and within the nVidia panel for the new AA?

That still shouldn't cause a problem

[king_kilr]

Did you accidently try to enable both AA in game and within the nVidia panel for the new AA?

That still shouldn't cause a problem

Shouldn't, but might.

Where'd that XFX support guy go!

[dockerthedog]

After I upgraded the video card and had the problem, I did a clean install. It still did it. I have tried everything I can think of. It does it at stock speeds, oc'd, every driver I have tried. I don't know if it is a hardware or spftware problem. I am getting ready to do another upgrade. I am moving to an intel c2c e6600, evga 680i, and ddr2 1000 crucial ballistix. Hopefully that will cure it. if not, then i don' know.

[alphalpha]

shot in the dark but it could be to do with punkbuster, i recently had the same problem in cod2 where whenever i played in PB server i would get a constant lag, but not on servers without PB. The solution was to do a reformat.

try playing on non pb servers, see if the problem is still there.

[dockerthedog]

reformat entire pc? if so i have done that. and gettig ready to tomorrow (upgrade)

think updating pb will help?

[Gungir]

Updating PunkBuster might take care of it. Beyond that, odd quirks like this tend to go away with a format and reinstall of your OS and programs. I've also seen occasional performance hits when running Folding at Home in the background, despite the fact that it's only supposed to use idle clock cycles. That might be your issue, assuming you're folding.

When you do your upgrade, be sure you start with a clean slate, especially with regard to hard drives.

[41.60l23]

Make sure you set your processor affinity to just one core. I had tons of glitches (people weren't dying when they should, audio artifacts) when it was trying to use both. That might be the source of your problem.

[dockerthedog]

I have tried that as well. tomorrow i am building my new rig, so we will see how it runs.

[XFX Support]

Is this the only game your having problems with? Also what are your FPS before the stuttering? If you are getting a lot of FPS then try enabling Vsync in the Nvidia control panel. This could be an issue with the video card pushing too fast for the monitor. Also have you started a support ticket at http://www.xfxforce.com? If so let me know the ticket number.

XFX Support

[sunplayer]

Hi dockerthedog,

I`ve got the same issue with COD 1 (incl. UO expansion pack).
Seems to be a driver issue reg. allocating Unified Shader units within this game in heavy lighting affected areas(?). Try running cod1 with disabling any dynamic light affects (in the options menu) - this worked for me... I also get this stuttering especially in heavy lighting affected areas, when dynamic lighting is turned on...

I`ve got this game running on my old 7900GT with araound 90 - 110 FPS (flawlessly)...


Running on a

X2 4800+
2 Gig pc3200
MSI K8n SLI
Palit/Xpertvision 8800 GTS (stock)
SB Live !

....

[dockerthedog]

Yes, Cod 1 is the only game I am having trouble with. I have tried all of the tips listed, still doing it. It ran fine before I upgraded to the 8800.

Here is a little video of what I am talking about.
http://www.dockerthedog.com/screenshots/1.avi

That is after I set it to sync every frame, turned off the lighting, etc.

If you notice, it drops from 60fps to 50fps on a regular interval. It does it on that interval no matter what fps its running. The higher I set the fps, i.e at 333 or 125, it does it. Very frustrating! Any help or ideas are appreciated.

Oh, I don't have an active ticket with XFX

[Downsey]

yeah have the same exact problem with my new 8800gtx, its deff a driver issue, hopefully new ones will be out soon....someone fixed it using "Got it to work by setting general compatibility to AA with nhancer. Strange that it needed that with the profile to work" personally im not to good when it comes to this sort of thing, if any of you manage to use nhancer and fix the cod issue, please post a detailed response of How you did this

Thanks

[AliceCooper]

Although I've got a Radeon X1950XTX I too am experiencing probs with COD1 and a mod, Operation Market Garden. I have absolutely no probs with COD2 which runs flawlessly.

With COD1 I set 6xAA and 16xAF thru the ATI CCC and maxed everything in game. Disaster!! In Market Garden all the ground was like black shards and horrible. To fix this I reset all values in CCC and default in the game. Restarted and reset best options in game. Voila, black shards now totally gone.

In COD1 itself I started experiencing BSOD's with a "script error at...." on numerous occassions. Very frustrating. I've patched to ver 1.4 because 1.5 is not compatible with my saved games. I finished COD1 ages ago and now just play certain parts such as Berlin rather than the whole game.

I therefore don't think it is a driver issue but more of a game issue. Let's face it COD1 was not made with our new gfx cards in mind and therefore with no more patches we may have to put up with this. It might be worth patching to 1.5 which brought a new level of graphics to the game and this might fix it. By all accounts though, you lose all saved games!!!

Worth a try if you're bothered.

[Downsey]

im still hopeful that is a driver issue, considering current 8800gtx drivers blow....the current ones out dont even run with source, dropped textures and all, i had to dl one from a support site just to get source to even run properly. its a damn good card, toasts most games, but the drivers...ehhhhhh

[AliceCooper]

Sorry Downsey but neither Nvidia or ATI are bothered about driver compatibility on their high end cards with COD1. With COD2 absolutely.

The game was never designed to run on our systems unlike newer games and I'm sure Valve will eventually get around to sorting out the G80 issue. Although TBH they might wait for Vista and DX10.

This is one of the probs with being on the "bleeding" edge!!!

[dockerthedog]

Well, as I am a cod multiplayer junkie, I have to have my fix. So here is what I did. I recently upgraded my rig to a c2d e6600. So, I have an a8n32, 2 gig pc3200, an x24800 and 2 7800 gtx's lying around. I bought a cheapo case built a a pc with some of the many old hdd's i have, plugged the dvi-vga adapter into 1 7800, plugged the other end into the vga port on my dell 2007 fpw, and viola, I now have a pc solely for cod1. Man, I spend way to much money on pc's.

On a side note, I would like to set this spare pc up as a media server as well. Anyone have any good guides to do it, cause I am a networking noob!

[AncientOne]

docker - I had exactly your problem too - I tried the AA setting in nHancer mentioned in earlier posts, but no joy. However someone else mentioned processor affinity so I used nHancer to force single core only for COD OU MP in the nVidia driver and the stutter has gone!!
Hope it helps.

[Euromancer]

So I spent ALOT of money on a new rig only for it to not play my online game of choice as well. CoD and CoD:UO

MSI 680i
E6600 Duo
XFX 8800GTX
2G Dominator
Raptor drive

I read the posts and tried each suggestion and one by one they didn't resolve my problem, bit by bit i had that sinking feeling that I had bought this lovely machine and it will not play the game I love, plus I am a clan leader so not playing CoD wasn't an option.

BUT

The post about nHancer was inspired, well I thought so I DLed it fooled about with it and still nothing .

I then happened across the compatability tab and right at the bottom I could switch off one core which made the game run smooooooooooth.
Everything on FULL 91fps stable (91fps the default max for UO I think).

Give AncientOne a gold star i am guessing the game isn't threaded correctly for two cpu's (why would it be I guess) and the dual CPU's are causing the problem.

I thought I had to sign up and post my 2 cents worth much relief here anyway.

[QuitSmokin]

Still learning about systems but I know a lot about CoD(UO)

If your frames per second max out at 90(91) you have probably set the max. FPS yourself.

The default is 60FPS but when you put the option"Sync every Frame" to "off" your framerate will rise to whatever your system can do max.
In this case your FPS fluctuate a lot which is not preferable for good gaming, for example:
If your FPS varies between about 100 and 200 you will possibly get the best performance if you lock the max FPS at 125.
You can do that ingame by bringing up the console(~ key) and typing:
/seta maxfps 125(or any number you like)
Now your FPS won't go higher than 125 which is good because anything higher than 125 you will not notice ever.
Now your system does not have to render any more frames than 125 and thus has a slightly easier job, this often results in higher minimum FPS.
In the end you can very well end up with a game running always at 125 FPS which is the best in my opinion.
(If at 125 the FPS still fluctuate you can go lower like the 90 you have now but with your current videocard I'd go for 125 that's the ulitmate FPS if stable)

Shooting the enemy with a little connection-lag is difficult enough so anything you can do to get less video-lag(or fluctuating FPS) is a good thing.

Come play at the GITS servers someday:
http://www.gitsclan.co.uk/

[RuneRunel]

Just want to chip in that i have the samme issue.

C2D E6600 @ 3400 Mhz, Club 3d 8800 GTX @ stock

Horrible framedrop on SOME maps. Not all.

My 7800 gtx did a better job, average FPS vas lower but it copes better with FPS fluktuation.

Im thinking driver, but ill try to set a core affinity.

Please hold this thread alive, as i more or less spend most my online time playing COD 1 ( I even host a ded server 24/7 )

/Rune

[RuneRunel]

Dear Rune Løkke,
Thank you for contacting Club 3D, please re-verify the message and submit it to our office.


Productname : 8800GTX
Memory size : 512MB
Driver : 97.92
Mainboard : Intel Badaxe 2
CPU and speed : E6600
System memory : 2048MB
Power supply : Fourtron source 680 W
Operating system : Windows XP

Message:
Call of Duty 1

Horrible framedrop on SOME maps. Not all.

My 7800 gtx did a better job, average FPS vas lower but it copes better with FPS fluktuation.

Thi computer was built specific for COD 1 and id hate to RMA a otherwise perfect GFX card for this.
Please advice!




I will post their answer when i recive one - I suggest all COD gamers bug their vendor; if its a driver issue it will never be resolved unless they recive enough complaints.

[RuneRunel]

I can confirm that all tough i still experience frame drop , i don't get the extreme effect = Unplayable after setting CODmp.exe to affinity on one core.

Case closed thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

I can now enjoy my COD again!

/Rune

[savarino]

hey i got a question

I just got a new comp in Feb. I run vista and dx10, big mistake. I've played AA, COD2, Wolfsteins, Silkroad, Battlefield 2, CS 1.6, CS:S, all have worked pretty well.

So I go out and buy Cod1 thinking I shouldn't have a problem. I install the cds and everything looks good. I try to play multiplayer and the menu screen won't even load. It just stays black. I have to go to the task menu and end the game and the screen gets all light so I had to eventually restart. Now this happened when I played cod2, so I go to the games properties and set it to run under Windows XP Service Pack 2 and run with admin settings. This is what I had to do to get cod2 to work. Still I try again, and nothing happened. Now I don't know if it's dx10 or vista. Anyone have any idea? Here are my specs.

Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
Pentium D 925 3.00 GHz
PC4200 533MHz DDR2-SDRAM 512 mb (x3)
DirectX10
nVidia GeForce 7500 LE

[savarino]

nvm

[pl4st!c]

Hi!
dockerthedog
try this:

global driver settings
advanced settings
threaded optimization ff

[pl4st!c]

in nvidia control panel,,,

[gitsmirakel]

YES! Last thing worked for me! Thankyouuuu!!!