Crashing, PC Problem?
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andyw823
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Re: Crashing, PC Problem?
Both are upto date. Just feels like something is holding it back.
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Kromaatikse
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Re: Crashing, PC Problem?
Well, don't worry about it for a couple of days then. RW3 will be here soon and will apparently change everything when it comes to performance.
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andyw823
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Re: Crashing, PC Problem?
Ill have to wait a week or so longer as im away on holiday 
Anyway i think the problem is now fixed (fingers crossed) I unistalled/reinstalled physx and i also checked what version of directx i had via directx diag tool, on the page there was an option to "run 64bit dxdiag" i ran this and then ran railworks with all settings maxed out in ATi CCC and used the max power saving mode in EPU 4 engine, the game runs at 14-19fps but its playable. Running in max power mode with anti-aliasing mode set to multi sample (lowest setting) most things seem less juddery and fps are 50-90. If you could only see the diffence! So whch one fixed it im not sure about but im happy
Anyway i think the problem is now fixed (fingers crossed) I unistalled/reinstalled physx and i also checked what version of directx i had via directx diag tool, on the page there was an option to "run 64bit dxdiag" i ran this and then ran railworks with all settings maxed out in ATi CCC and used the max power saving mode in EPU 4 engine, the game runs at 14-19fps but its playable. Running in max power mode with anti-aliasing mode set to multi sample (lowest setting) most things seem less juddery and fps are 50-90. If you could only see the diffence! So whch one fixed it im not sure about but im happy -
slipperman12
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Re: Crashing, PC Problem?
Hi Andy,
When running a game like RW, which needs all the resources it can find, I would think you shouldn't use any power-saving mode 
Cheers,
Ged
Just my two-pen'orthand used the max power saving mode in EPU 4 engine
When running a game like RW, which needs all the resources it can find, I would think you shouldn't use any power-saving mode Cheers,
Ged
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andyw823
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Re: Crashing, PC Problem?
I would like to say a big thank you to the many people who have helped me in this thread, If it wasn`t for gptech, theokus and others i would be buggered! Just to let you guys know my pc is now 100 times better, idle temps are around 26-31c and full load are 40-45c which is a massive difference and NO black outs!!!!!!!!!
I do have another question
RW3 runs better from my standard HD than the SSD....... why?
I do have another question
RW3 runs better from my standard HD than the SSD....... why?
AMD Phenom 2 x4 965 Black Edition 3.4ghz
ASUS M4A78LT-M Motherboard
Kingston 64gb SSD - Samsung 500gb HD
8gb DDR3 RAM
ATI HD5750 1gb GPU
BeQuiet Pure Power 530w PSU
ASUS M4A78LT-M Motherboard
Kingston 64gb SSD - Samsung 500gb HD
8gb DDR3 RAM
ATI HD5750 1gb GPU
BeQuiet Pure Power 530w PSU
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gptech
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Re: Crashing, PC Problem?
Good to hear you're all sorted now.
But heres a little conjecture....
Whilst the access times on an SSD are much, much faster than a conventional spinning disc the data still has to be transferred across into RAM--all an SSD does is move the bottleneck from the drive itself to the data connection. If the SSD is maxing out that data connection you could be 'losing' packets of data in the wait states that need re-sending.
Good question....wish I had a good answer.....andyw823 wrote:RW3 runs better from my standard HD than the SSD....... why?
But heres a little conjecture....
Whilst the access times on an SSD are much, much faster than a conventional spinning disc the data still has to be transferred across into RAM--all an SSD does is move the bottleneck from the drive itself to the data connection. If the SSD is maxing out that data connection you could be 'losing' packets of data in the wait states that need re-sending.