NFS:HS problems with g400

[Mikko Jakonen]

Hi. I've been very happy with my new vanilla G400 32MB DH compared to the 8MB G200 I had installed earlier. Games run a lot smoother. Except Needforspeed:highstakes; for some reason, it seems choppier than with the G200? Any recommendations on G400 / NFS options to get it run properly?

thanks

mikko

[Wyrmdog @ Work]

Are you using an AMD, perchance? On two machines, so far, we've found it worked fine on a P2 system and had problems on a k6-2 system. I haven't had a chance to try it on my own system (a k6-2) so I can't be more specific about the problem just yet.

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Wyrmdog
Grand Argus
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[evilNTT]

I have experienced this too, and posted to this forum about it.

I have a Celeron, so it doesn't look like an AMD problem.

The only things I've found that improve frame rate are to turn off special effects and fog. Even with this it is far from impressive.

[evilNTT]

I have experienced this too, and posted to this forum about it.

I have a Celeron, so it doesn't look like an AMD problem.

The only things I've found that improve frame rate are to turn off special effects and fog. Even with this it is far from impressive.

[Jorden]

What you might try is the following:

Uninstall NFS:HS completely (it will leave your saved data if all's well)
Install PD5.13
Install DX6.1
Install NFS:HS
check in the d3dsetup if it's chosen the right videocard (being the G400)
If it didn't, check in the registry that on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ELECTRONIC ARTS\3D DATA\CARD6 it shows Group "D3D" and Name "Matrox G400"
If anything else shows there, change it to Matrox G400.
Run NFS:HS... still problems?
Re-install DX6.1 (better even, install DX5.0 first, then DX6.0 then DX6.1... I know that that's a hassle...)

Jorden.

[Mikko Jakonen]

Yes, the problem seemed to be that NFS registry key had G200 set up as the renderer, which seemed to cause poor performance. After re-installing, it selected "an unknown Direct3D device" for the G400, and the frame rates went way up. Now 1024*768(32z)@32bpp is smooth as silk.

Thank you for your help,

mikko.