Help me please! Game is not running smoothly!

[aff4tehwin]

Couldnt find this problem solved anywhere, so here it is. As the title says my game is not running smoothly, even my computer matches or is better than all of recommended requirements but sound processor (I think it has no effect tho, since putting sound and music totally off has no effect). Changing resolution or any other video options in game have no effect. I read somewhere that the problem might be the video card or the drivers? Im not a genious with computers (and my english is'nt so good as you can read) so should I try downloading (specific instructions 4 this please :S http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif ) latest video drivers? My video card is ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 SERIES (0x5A61) 256 MB.

Feel free to give any advice you have in mind. And thanks in forehand (Sorry for bad english)

[aff4tehwin]

Couldnt find this problem solved anywhere, so here it is. As the title says my game is not running smoothly, even my computer matches or is better than all of recommended requirements but sound processor (I think it has no effect tho, since putting sound and music totally off has no effect). Changing resolution or any other video options in game have no effect. I read somewhere that the problem might be the video card or the drivers? Im not a genious with computers (and my english is'nt so good as you can read) so should I try downloading (specific instructions 4 this please :S http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif ) latest video drivers? My video card is ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 SERIES (0x5A61) 256 MB.

Feel free to give any advice you have in mind. And thanks in forehand (Sorry for bad english)

[Ramnor]

Are you using a laptop? Your English seems pretty good to me btw

[aff4tehwin]

I forgot to say that I dont use laptop, and to add more now I also have the 1.2 patch of the game http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif thx for encouraging http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

still waiting for help... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Ramnor]

Try this. Go to www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php (http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php) download the pc wizard program, run it and then tell me what it says for your video card

[aff4tehwin]

General information

Manufacturer : ATI Technologies Inc (Hewlett-Packard Company)
Model : RADEON XPRESS 200 SERIES
Bus Type : AGP
Total Memory : 256 MB
Texture Memory : 309 MB
Processor : ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series (0x5A61)
Converter : Internal DAC(400MHz)
Refresh Rate (min/max) : 56/85 Hz

Video Bios Information :
Date : 05/09/08
ID : BK-ATI VER008.046I.003.000

General Features :
Width : 410 mm
Height : 310 mm
Pixel per inch : 96x96 dpi
bits per pixel : 32
Colour Bits/Planes : 1
Brushes : 4294967295
Pens : 4294967295
Markers : 0
Device Fonts : 0
Device Colours : 4294967295
Clip Output to Rectangle : Yes
Hardware Acceleration : Yes

Blend and Shade Capabilities :
GradientFill Rectangle : No
GradientFill Traingle : No
Per Pixel AlphaBlend : Yes
Premultiplied Alpha : No

Raster Capabilities :
Banding : No
Transfer Bitmaps : Yes
Bitmap >64 KB : Yes
Fonts larger than 64 K : Yes
DIBs : Yes
DIBTODEV : Yes
Flood Fills : Yes
Scaling : No
StretchBlt : Yes
StretchDIB : Yes

Curves Capabilities :
Chord Arcs : Yes
Circles : Yes
Elipses : Yes
Interiors : Yes
Pie Wedges : Yes
Rounded Rectangles : Yes
Styled Borders : Yes
Wide Borders : Yes
Wide, Styled Borders : Yes

Lines Capabilities :
Interiors : Yes
Markers : Yes
Polylines : Yes
Polymarkers : Yes
Styled : Yes
Wide : Yes
Wide, Styled : Yes

Polygonal Capabilities :
Interiors : Yes
Alternate Fill Polygons : Yes
Winding Fill Polygons : Yes
Rectangles : Yes
Scan Lines : Yes
Styled Borders : Yes
Wide Borders : Yes
Wide, Styled Borders : Yes

Text Capabilities :
Stroke Precision : Yes
Stroke Clip Precision : Yes
90â? Character Rotation : No
Any Angle Character Rotation : No
Independant X-Y Scaling : No
Double Weighted Characters : No
Italic : No
Underline : Yes
Strikeout : Yes
Raster Fonts : Yes
Vector Fonts : Yes

Color Management Capabilities :
CMYK : No
Gamma Ramp : Yes
ICM Device : No



I hope you ment this and have time to take a look http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif thx anyway. I appreciate this.

[Ramnor]

Ok I have done a little checking and the bottom line if I am right, is, it would appear your computer does not have an AGP video card in it. That 256mb of Ram you keep seeing based on the information I can find is integrated onto the Mother Board. On board video is not sufficient to run this game or most for that matter. Now the good news is this. AGP cards can be pick up pretty cheaply now a days. The Minimum spec for this game as per the official site is An AGP card with at least 128mb of ram. If your uncertain as to what I have been able to find out, remove the case siding and there will likely be a (brown coloured?) main board slot for an AGP video card which I'm guessing will be empty or even better you can confirm this through the dealer that sold you your computer. I am no expert when it comes to computers so please follow this up on your own and let me know if you can whether I was right or not. GL

[aff4tehwin]

Thanks for information!
Im not sure If I want to spend money on this new card (since I got HoMM V as a present) I'll just wait for new updates since anyone else with XPRESS 200 series cant get it run smoothly either, maybe it will be repaired in the next update http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Thx for your help again!

[Ramnor]

np..however I would if I was you check out my findings because if I'm right on board video will probably always cause you gaming problems besides it seems a shame to have a game you can't run properly. It is unlikely to be fixed as they would need to, as I understand it, make the game run for weaker video systems. The problem with on board video is that it has to share resources with all other computer processes