New Quad-Core PC, Poor Preformance

[chazz]

Just bought a new PC; quad core processor at 3.4 ghz (4), NVIDIA Gforce GTX 770.

Installed and updated with the patch, and boy was it slow- lag-gy in the extreme, map scrolling bad etc etc.

Anyway, I noticed that it is lightning fast in windowed mode. Looking to meet the game halfway. My monitor is 20".

Any advice?

[wdolson]

This question seems to come up every time someone gets a new computer. Multi-core computers and some video cards have some problems with some of the DirectX calls used by the game. It results in long delays and each computer's problems are a bit different.

Here is the most recent thread:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3647647

I need to make a sticky for this...

Bill

[chazz]

Ah, many thanks Bill. May all your camels bear twins next spring.

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: chazz
May all your camels bear twins next spring.

been a really long time since I heard that one ...

[chemkid]

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[rockmedic109]

I have a quad-core as well. The "-dd_sw" kills the screen. I can hear the opening sounds but screen is dark.