tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903840946181335621.post7142140293292254597..comments2023-10-19T10:43:02.960-04:00Comments on 40K Neophyte: Dawn of War II - More Thoughts and WoesSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05048826391763449574noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903840946181335621.post-6022839085046818902009-06-10T22:18:35.155-04:002009-06-10T22:18:35.155-04:00Whoops! Sorry, I was beating a dead horse there fo...Whoops! Sorry, I was beating a dead horse there for a moment. I don't know what came over me! =DPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238499044610760109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903840946181335621.post-54943769956487983122009-06-10T22:16:52.553-04:002009-06-10T22:16:52.553-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238499044610760109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903840946181335621.post-24595246172819737152009-04-09T12:02:00.000-04:002009-04-09T12:02:00.000-04:00Thanks for the ideas. I'm going to test some of t...Thanks for the ideas. I'm going to test some of those out so I can try to boost some settings back up to where I want them. I did get things to <A HREF="http://40kneophyte.blogspot.com/2009/04/dawn-of-war-ii-tempers-receding-war.html" REL="nofollow">work</A> so I'm pleased to be back into the game. It's so much fun it almost hurt to know I wasn't able to play it even though it was installed.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048826391763449574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903840946181335621.post-20711229672128466792009-04-09T11:37:00.000-04:002009-04-09T11:37:00.000-04:00You shouldn't be having those kind of problems wit...You shouldn't be having those kind of problems with that system. I'm running the same video gen card (1G version, but via IGP) and same memory, but on a P4 3.2 hyper-thread system and not experiencing many difficulties. But I'm also a sysadmin and have tweaked the heck out of that box...<BR/><BR/>Are there any disk (or other) errors popping up in your system error log? (Right click My Computer, select Manage, open Event Viewer, open System, look for big red Xs.)<BR/><BR/>If that and a physical check (chkdsk) are running clean, as well as the drives being defragged... unless it is a cabling issue it likely isn't a problem with the HDD. I'd be more inclined to start looking at the memory and motherboard for usage and settings.<BR/><BR/>You said the CPUs are maxing out... increasing the page file's unlikely to help. However, what's your commit charge looking like? DoW2's a huge memory hog; it could be that there's so much other stuff running that it's trying to dump too much over to your pagefile and clogging the CPUs. All too often I find performance issues crop up because of tons of useless services being loaded into the background. (iTunes, AppleUpdate, SophosAutoUpdate, etc.) I have a batch file on my desktop that shuts down all of those when I'm looking to do gaming. (My boot commit charge is 380M, my gaming is 112 before the game loads.)<BR/><BR/>Also, it's worth going into your BIOS at boot and checking out the settings there. Check to see if your memory is actually set to the correct timing and other things like that. It'll require a bit of reading and research but the results are typically worth it.<BR/><BR/>Check out http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html . It has a bunch of good tips on optimization and tools. <BR/><BR/>Cheers and hope that helps...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com