NFS Most Wanted: what system specs and how does it run.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 11 Dec 2005, 13:01

I have a question for you guys. What kind of systemspecs do you have and how runs NFS Most Wanted on it. As you can see i have a pretty reasonable system but NFSMW runs like total ****. If i run it at 800x600 i can actually run it with aa and af fully on but i still have the framedrops. Therefore i think it's due to my cpu its running bad.

A friend of mine has the exact same systemspecs as i do (and when i say exact i mean exact, he even has the same brands of hardware :shock: ) and on his system Most Wanted runs way better. So i'm really interested in how it runs on other peoples systems.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 11 Dec 2005, 13:33

What a good game !

No problems at 1920x1200 using ArtMoney ... 45 to 60 fps ...
Everything at max apart from AA which is at 2x in the NVIDIA display settings (turned off or right down in-game).

Sorry I don't have any suggestions to help you out ... :(

^el_dub^ · Post by **^el_dub^** » 11 Dec 2005, 15:29

Paddy -any way you could post how you make these changes in ArtMoney for NFSMW? Most noobs, such as myself don't 'get it' - Plz?

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 11 Dec 2005, 16:29

In another topic Awax wrote the following. I don't know if you already saw it but maybe it helps :D.

1 - Start ArtMoney
2 - Start NFSMW
3 - Set res to 800x600
4 - Alt+tab to ArtMoney
5 - Using the left button, search for 800
6 - Alt+Tab to NFSMW
7 - Set res to 1024x768
8 - Alt+tab to ArtMoney
9 - Using the second button, filter for 1024
10 - you should 10 to 20 matchings fields, pass all of them to the right part of the screen using the arrow in the middle
11 - Using the left button again, search for 768.
12 - Alt+Tab to NFSMW
13 - Set res to 800x600
14 - Alt+Tab to ArtMoney
15 - Using the second button, filter for 600. Again, you'll get from 10 to 20 matching fields
17 - Pass them on the right side of the screen.
18 - Replace all 800 by 1680 and 600 by 1050 (or your prefered screen res)
19 - Alt+Tab to NFSMW
20 - Enjoy

Actually, the FOV is 100% correct. The streched UI is the only "prob" but you'll quickly get used to it. Actually, it feels weird at the beginning if you've played with the 4:3 version. I'm at 49% game completion so far and when switching to 16:10, I had trouble finding the info on the screen because it was to wide :) ... or just wider than I was used to.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 11 Dec 2005, 16:35

Paddy -any way you could post how you make these changes in ArtMoney for NFSMW? Most noobs, such as myself don't 'get it' - Plz?

Leave it with me ... I'll post a full "How To" with pictures as soon as I can ... 8)

^el_dub^ · Post by **^el_dub^** » 11 Dec 2005, 17:24

In another topic Awax wrote the following. I don't know if you already saw it but maybe it helps :D.

[quote]
1 - Start ArtMoney
2 - Start NFSMW
3 - Set res to 800x600
4 - Alt+tab to ArtMoney
5 - Using the left button, search for 800
6 - Alt+Tab to NFSMW
7 - Set res to 1024x768
8 - Alt+tab to ArtMoney
9 - Using the second button, filter for 1024
10 - you should 10 to 20 matchings fields, pass all of them to the right part of the screen using the arrow in the middle
11 - Using the left button again, search for 768.
12 - Alt+Tab to NFSMW
13 - Set res to 800x600
14 - Alt+Tab to ArtMoney
15 - Using the second button, filter for 600. Again, you'll get from 10 to 20 matching fields
17 - Pass them on the right side of the screen.
18 - Replace all 800 by 1680 and 600 by 1050 (or your prefered screen res)
19 - Alt+Tab to NFSMW
20 - Enjoy

Actually, the FOV is 100% correct. The streched UI is the only "prob" but you'll quickly get used to it. Actually, it feels weird at the beginning if you've played with the 4:3 version. I'm at 49% game completion so far and when switching to 16:10, I had trouble finding the info on the screen because it was to wide :) ... or just wider than I was used to.

I read that and tried it bro and it didn't work for me OR I just didn't 'get it' but thanks :?

^el_dub^ · Post by **^el_dub^** » 11 Dec 2005, 17:25

[quote]Paddy -any way you could post how you make these changes in ArtMoney for NFSMW? Most noobs, such as myself don't 'get it' - Plz?

Leave it with me ... I'll post a full "How To" with pictures as soon as I can ... 8)

Yay ! Thank you, can't wait ! :D

Awax · Post by **Awax** » 11 Dec 2005, 20:47

With the system below (rather old !), I can run at 1650x1080 smoothly with this kind of details :

http://www.awax.org/images/ws/speed%202005-12-11%2020-44-44-70.jpg

I have road reflection turned on, even you can not notice it on this image.

AWx

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 11 Dec 2005, 23:39

The detailed "How To" ... with pictures is here ...
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/#comment-

Hope you all manage it ... let me know what you think... :D

Thank for showing us the way fuc847 and Awax ..... :D 8) :D

^el_dub^ · Post by **^el_dub^** » 12 Dec 2005, 05:09

Thanks Paddy finally got it to work - Yay! Thanks again! :D

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 12 Dec 2005, 08:47

Again, thumbs up guys for this great sollution. (i allready posted in the other topic on this :D)

Oke, back to the point why I started this topic. Are there more people with equal sysspecs as i have who have also problems running this game?
I can imagine why Paddy is running this game with everything at high and at 1920x1200. That is because your system is like twice as fast as mine :shock: .

fugaz · Post by **fugaz** » 12 Dec 2005, 12:14

Again, thumbs up guys for this great sollution. (i allready posted in the other topic on this :D)

Oke, back to the point why I started this topic. Are there more people with equal sysspecs as i have who have also problems running this game?
I can imagine why Paddy is running this game with everything at high and at 1920x1200. That is because your system is like twice as fast as mine :shock: .

Running 1920 myself without probems. Try the new 5.12 Catalyst drivers, they gave me (and other ATI card users) a nice performance boost in this game.

A friend of mine is running the game just fine (@1600*1200) on similar specs as yours (A64 3500+, ATI X800GTO, 2GB ram). So don't know what exactly is causing the bad perfomance on your system :? Maybe try updating the motherboard drivers and/or install Ati Tray Tools to tweak the GPU settings (after setting "Flip Queu Size" to 0 a lot of weird 'stuttering' problems on my system disappeared ..maybe worth a try)

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 12 Dec 2005, 12:18

Thanks for the tips. The newest catalyst drivers are allready installed on my system but the tray tool thingie is something i never heard of before. I'm going to try it out tonight. Also a motherboard update may be handy to do. I haven't done that in like a year now i think of it :D .

fugaz · Post by **fugaz** » 12 Dec 2005, 12:26

... I haven't done that in like a year now i think of it :D .

Keeping the mobo drivers up-to-date can prevent a lot of frustration .. I also learned that the hard way ;)

ps: you can get the latest version of ATT here: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=733

It's a great app, it can even replace the whole catalast Control Panel/Center thingie (so less use of system resources, especially in comparsion to the CCC)

Good luck :)

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 12 Dec 2005, 12:30

I know. I hate CCC. I think its even less user friendly than the CCpanel.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 14 Dec 2005, 08:41

Well, i have installed traytools now and i deinstalled CCP, and it does run better now. Only thing left to do is upgrading the bios. I think i'm going to do that this evening. Thanks for the help buddy :D .

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 17 Dec 2005, 17:18

With everything maxed out this game is a little jumpy on my PC, which is annoying. The framerate doesent drop below 30 (except when its at 1200x1600) but it just appears to jump every now and then.

I read on tweakguides that it was a bug in the code that meant it didnt run properly on dual core processors. Ive set it to run on only one core and still it jumps!

(specs of my pc are in the sig).

Asoulintime1982 · Post by **Asoulintime1982** » 25 Dec 2005, 19:41

Game runs fine on my AMD Athlon 2400+ 1gb ram and 5700Ultra GPU I play game at 1024x768 with setting maxed no problems.

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