CutScenen stuttering and overall lack in performance. Help...

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KIDiotequeA

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I just bought a cheap desktop.
Acer M3100
AMD Anthlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ 2.50 GHz
3 gigs of RAM
VisionTek HD2400 Pro PCI 256Mb (Just bought this...only PCI card BestBuy had...)
Windows Vista 32 bit

I didnt expect to be able to play any newer games, but I had planned on enjoying the occasional older game. Ive tried running Beyond Good and Evil, Psychonauts, and Max Payne 2. All games have had stuttering issues during cut scenes (Beyond Good and Evil so much so, that I havnt been able to get past the intro). Max Payne is the only game thats in game play is tolerable.

Its possible that this is to be expected, as it is not a great setup, but if anyone can offer any help, Id really appreciate it.

*I know is is meant to be for the 64 bit Vista, but it seemed like a fairly active forum.
 

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KIDiotequeA said:
I just bought a cheap desktop.
Acer M3100
AMD Anthlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ 2.50 GHz
3 gigs of RAM
VisionTek HD2400 Pro PCI 256Mb (Just bought this...only PCI card BestBuy had...)
Windows Vista 32 bit

I didnt expect to be able to play any newer games, but I had planned on enjoying the occasional older game. Ive tried running Beyond Good and Evil, Psychonauts, and Max Payne 2. All games have had stuttering issues during cut scenes (Beyond Good and Evil so much so, that I havnt been able to get past the intro). Max Payne is the only game thats in game play is tolerable.

Its possible that this is to be expected, as it is not a great setup, but if anyone can offer any help, Id really appreciate it.

*I know is is meant to be for the 64 bit Vista, but it seemed like a fairly active forum.
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Hi KIDiotequeA,

PCI graphics cards are very slow compared with AGP or PCI-E cards, I doubt you will get any good graphics performance using PCI anytime in the future so I would consider an upgrade.

Steven
 

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You get what you paid for. I have seen decent computer for $600 at Best Buy and Circuit City that you could game on.
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
I have this problem with Neverwinter Nights 2, once it's expansion Mask Of The Betrayer is installed and I'm running a $500.00 Radeon 3870X2. However Neverwinter Nights 2 runs just fine, with patch 1.04 installed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Intel 975XBX2
    Memory
    8GB's of DDR2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon 3870X2
    Sound Card
    HT Omega Claro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2030wm Widescreen LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680X1050
    Hard Drives
    120GB 200GB 320GB
    PSU
    ThermalTake Toughpower 700
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    four 120mm fans
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Intellimous Explorer 2.0
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    10MB
    Other Info
    16X LG DVDROM & LG Dual Layer DVD Burner Logitech X-540 speakers
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