Balorawn Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 PC Specs:500 GB HDDXFX GTX 260/216 Core Edition4 GB of DDR2 RAMASUS P5KPL-CM MicroATX MotherboardIntel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.6 GHz Windows XP x86 SP3 My machine is a pretty good machine. I know people who could have nearly the same system specs but not have the problems I'm having. It just seems that I'm getting good FPS, it's just the game acts like the FPS is lower than what it really is. I hate having to play on a low resolution and lower all my settings down because the game thinks that anything below 70 FPS is horrifying and it much give the game a downer to slow it down. When looking in some areas, my character runs fast, really comfortable. When looking somewhere else, it feels like I'm moving like a turtle. I'm guessing this is because of gamebryo. One problem might be gamebryo's ability to efficiently use sounds. I have a crappy on board sound card. 1024x768 resolution should run so fast, this is just pathetic. I just want to enjoy the game and it still look good. I should be able to run the game on ultra no problem. I can max games like Crysis and Farcry 2 and they run really smooth when compared to this game. It's just completely annoying that this is happening. If anyone knows of anything I can do, please let me know. I've tried ini tweaking, lowering my settings, hardly anything helps. --- Bal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilneko Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Couple things I notice-- 32 bit Windows XP, and 4 GB RAM. Now, normally, this is not a problem, but if you have the /3GB switch set in your boot.ini file, it may cause problems for you. I used to run the same set up, 32 bit XP and 4GB. One day I got the bright idea to open up more RAM for apps by adding /3GB to my boot.ini. The counter-intuitive result was a massive performance hit in Fallout 3. It seriously reminded me of what happened when I accidentally hit the hotkey to switch from 25 to 8 MHz on my grampa's 486 while playing DOOM back in the day. (Ah, those were the days--funnily enough, DOOM didn't seem to mind, just switch the speed back and everything's hunky dory, no crash or nothin!) Anyway, try removing the /3GB switch if it is present, and then reboot and run Fallout 3. The boot.ini can be found in the root of your system partition, usually c:\. Alternatively, there is the Large Address Aware Enabler. I have never tried it so I can't speak to if or how well it works. Based on what it claims to do, it may solve the problem without you having to edit your boot.ini. Of course, the final alternative is to install a 64 bit Windows, preferably XP. That's what I run now, XP 64 with 4GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcurios Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 you are experiencing the microstutter bug...I had excactly the same problem, almost the same rig..Solved it by putting iFPSClamp=55 and then running Fallout 3 trough FPS Limiter 2 at 55 FPS..Now i have a very smooth performance.. Because the gamespeed drops a littlle bit when you're playing at 55 FPS i haveset the running speed slightly higher by opening the console and typing setgs fMoveRunMult 5 Solved my problem completely... try it, can't hurt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balorawn Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 you are experiencing the microstutter bug...I had excactly the same problem, almost the same rig..Solved it by putting iFPSClamp=55 and then running Fallout 3 trough FPS Limiter 2 at 55 FPS..Now i have a very smooth performance.. Because the gamespeed drops a littlle bit when you're playing at 55 FPS i haveset the running speed slightly higher by opening the console and typing setgs fMoveRunMult 5 Solved my problem completely... try it, can't hurt... Can you direct me to this FPS limiter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balorawn Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Well I did what that person said. It seems when I limit my speed, if I look up and down really fast, the FPS shoots down to 40 something. Does this engine seriously have trouble moving your view up and down? Geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balorawn Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 That 3 GB thing you all mentioned is not in my boot ini. I have XP Pro SP3. Actually, I have 4 GB of RAM, but it only displays 3.5 GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balorawn Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Well, I guess everyone on this forum is unable to help me. All I wanted to do is enjoy the game. My hardware is more than adequate. So I guess I'm getting ignored because you all don't have any idea what's going on, or you are ignorant and believe I have to upgrade. I have these problems on the lowest resolution possible. That little ram thing isn't the problem. Also, what the other person suggested, it doesn't help. Actually, it makes the game more annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minutegold Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Well, I guess everyone on this forum is unable to help me. Everyone but Bethesda is unable to help you. They know of this bug since Oblivion, but refuse or are unable to do anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balorawn Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 So, what causes the bug? Does anyone know what I can do to prevent myself from getting it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 You have the latest mobo driver (for your sound)? Which nvidia driver are you using? I'm personally using the 186 driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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