Valley A06 unplayable

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Valley A06 unplayable

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Hi,

I'm going through the nadeo tracks one by one. I'm currently on A06 and it is like stop motion video and the sound stutters like mad. The frame rate is unreal. Now I understand that the handling on the dirt is insane as well so for me this track is unplayable. This does not bode well for the rest of the tracks. My pc is well above the recommended specs for the game and I'm running the game on low definition and lowest possible settings and still I'm stuggling to get a decent frame rate. I'm at a loss as to what is causing it. Anybody any constructive suggestions. :thumbsup:
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Re: Valley A06 unplayable

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It would be a start to tell us your exact specs and settings (including display resolution).
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Re: Valley A06 unplayable

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64bit
Amd Athlon 2.7ghz
4GB Ram
NVidia Geforce 9200
Resolution 1366x768

36 processes running, power saver = high performance

All drivers up to date

My problem is I can't achieve gold on A06 because the frame rate is beyond bad. The track seems fine but as soon as I am about to turn left it all goes nuts. Then if I do manage to make it to just before the finish and the bit of road the frame rate and sound returns to normal
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Re: Valley A06 unplayable

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Well I installed Valley on my laptop. Windows 8, 8 GB ram, shitty 1.7 ghz Athlon Radeon yolk but it's grand for what I use it for. Only have it a couple of weeks, don't use it for gaming but Valley runs like a dream on it. Got gold 1st run on A06. No slow down, nothing. Terrible track btw absolutely shockin' handling on the dirt. It's nowhere near as powerful as my pc yet Valley is great on it. So again I ask can anyone suggest anything to fix this issue other than buying a new PC. My lap top is not really a viable solution for playing TM as the screen is not the biggest. There must be a setting that I'm overlooking or something. How do I redo the benchmark test thing?
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Re: Valley A06 unplayable

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If you haven't a tool the show the precise framerate (don't know if it's possible ingame somehow :oops:) install Fraps to see how fast your game runs.

Anyway, lower your resolution down to 640*480 just to see if TM2 runs better. If it does, your graphic card is at fault. If the framerate doesn't improve, it is most likely your CPU that is to slow. Even if you don't want to replace the hardware, it is important to know what component is the weakest to determine what settings should improve the framerate. Changing the resolution impacts only the graphic card at most games.

Even though you might be above what the developer claims to be the minimal needed specs, your PC is really weak for 2013 gaming. Although it would be advisable to replace it (or most parts of it), if you are on a budget (and who isn't), you might just need to swap in a new graphic card for a couple of bucks to play Valley fine.

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BTW, is your Athlon a single core CPU? If so, it is really old and per GHZ not really compareable to modern CPUs. Every core in a modern AMD chip or for example a i5/i7 should be two to four times faster than your ship. So your notebook could be easily allot faster then your PC if it uses newer parts (and therefor a more efficient architecture). The Geforce 9200 is definitely a rather slow card (was slow when it was new too).
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Re: Valley A06 unplayable

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Thx for the info gents. I was reading a thread with the same issue reported by someone and apparently turning on v synch and triple buffering or something helps. So I'll give that a try I guess. Thx again :thumbsup:
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