qwertybot
15th Oct 05, 7:16 PM
Hi,
I'v got a problem running DOW:Winter Assault. The original plays just fine on my computer (Dell Inspiron 8600 / 1.6ghz P-M / 1Gb RAM / 128mb ATI 9600 Pro Turbo), but the expansion pack runs so choppy I've had to quit playing it. I have lowered my resolution to 1024X768, and turned every video setting to Low/Off. The original runs smooth as silk at higher resolutions with all the eye-candy turned on High/Max.
Whats going on? I know the expansion introduced new things like weather and landscape scarring, but even with those things off this is aweful.
I just can't run the expansion at all. Even with everything at low resolutions and things turned off, it runs slow and eventually just about comes to a stand still--with things down to about 1 frame every other second.
Is there a patch in the works or something? I really liked the original and was looking for more of the same, but as it is I can't play it. And I can't exactly return opened software to the store.
I have the latest ATI video drivers (and I've even tried older ones just to be sure). I figure a rig that runs Half-Life 2 fine should be capable of a RTS (esp when the original runs fine and this is just an expansion pack)
I'v got a problem running DOW:Winter Assault. The original plays just fine on my computer (Dell Inspiron 8600 / 1.6ghz P-M / 1Gb RAM / 128mb ATI 9600 Pro Turbo), but the expansion pack runs so choppy I've had to quit playing it. I have lowered my resolution to 1024X768, and turned every video setting to Low/Off. The original runs smooth as silk at higher resolutions with all the eye-candy turned on High/Max.
Whats going on? I know the expansion introduced new things like weather and landscape scarring, but even with those things off this is aweful.
I just can't run the expansion at all. Even with everything at low resolutions and things turned off, it runs slow and eventually just about comes to a stand still--with things down to about 1 frame every other second.
Is there a patch in the works or something? I really liked the original and was looking for more of the same, but as it is I can't play it. And I can't exactly return opened software to the store.
I have the latest ATI video drivers (and I've even tried older ones just to be sure). I figure a rig that runs Half-Life 2 fine should be capable of a RTS (esp when the original runs fine and this is just an expansion pack)