Soulstorm running terribly.

[kingeryck]

So, I got Soulstorm and it runs horribly. It takes me like literally five minutes to load a level sometimes. DOW, WA, DC all ran pretty well. But, this is really bad. The game lags like crazy all the time, all the menus take a long time.. it's ridiculous. I've got all the video details on low, I resized my desktop to 800x600 16bit.

My PC is a little below recommended, but the prequels all ran fine.

Ideas?

[Kapp'n]

Soulstorm does require a slightly better machine to run. There have been problems (especially in the campain) where the game takes extreme amounts of time to load. Relic may adress this in a future patch but there has been no word about this yet.

[TBS]

Changing your desktop resolution isnt going to have any effect on the performance of your game.

Post a dxdiag so we can see your system specs.

[kingeryck]

Sometimes the game minimizes and it tells me it is increasing my Virtual Memory. Virtual Memory is set to 'system managed'.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 6/13/2008, 20:41:42
Machine name: ARI
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 510MB used, 736MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: SAPPHIRE RADEON X300SE
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x5B60)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B60&SUBSYS_0500174B&REV_00
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (16 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200

[Kapp'n]

When it says increasing your Virtual Memory, I thik it normally means your low on ram essentially. Another 512 (atleast) would be ideal for your machine.

[TBS]

A RAM upgrade would definately help your performance, in the short term you could set your virtual memory to a fixed size (say 3 or 4 Gb) rather than letting windows manage it. That might help things along.