Smoke lag

[Anders]

Hey, in DOD:S whenever look at smoke, from a grenade, or anything, I lag really bad. Everything else is fine though. It also happens on KotoR2.

Suggstions? ( I updated my drivers)

 

[e MpTy]

Specafications?

 

[metro]

You could try turning down your graphic settings.

 

[Anders]

Well metro, they are, it started after the big DOD update, with killcam and such.

My specs aren't very good. My graphics card is a 6100 nVidia GeForce on board. I'm trying to save my money though, so it's hard for me to find a better card.

 

[metro]

:huh: I'm assuming its just a large drop in FPS, so correct me if I'm wrong. The only thing I can think of is try out a different smoke grenade skin. Although they won't change the smoke, which is probably the issue.

 

[Deimos]

I would lower your smoke detail setting, it really strains your GPU

 

[metro]

I would lower your smoke detail setting, it really strains your GPU

He said he already turned down his graphics settings...

 

[spoolinEvolution]

I know you said you turned down the graphics settings but have you tried turning off antialiasing mode and setting it to bilinnear mode? This usually helps a slow chipset. What are your specs? It might be a different problem.

 

[Officer-Pie]

It's most likely your gfx card. I would suggest an nVidia GeForce 8600 GT

 

[Lance]

Yeah, my old laptop did that with CS:S and, coincidentally, KotOR II also. Sadly, I never managed to fix it; but if you have a desktop, at least you can upgrade if you get the money

 

[PeterGriffin]

its a well known problem in dod, allot of people with lower end rigs get the fps spikes with smoke

 

[e MpTy]

Question, has this always been a problem or did it appear recently?
If recent, did you install or visit a unusal website recently?