Need For Speed Underground stutter...

[ErickH2]

Well I got my 9800XT and this was one of the first games I installed... to my surprise... the game doesn't run that hot. Well I seem to have the same problem as I did with my GF3, where it would speed up in certain areas and then slow down and back and forth. This makes it seem like the game is stuttering... its very annoying. I doubt that I do not have the hardware to play this game... my specs are in my sig. Anyone know what's up? Any fixes? I'm using omega latest drivers and everything else is updated, so is the game. Latest patch.

[Joshis1]

dang i don't know what to tell you it works fine for my Mx 440 turn down some settings

[Urbanfox]

prob cus of that

512MB PC3200 Mushkin Special "222"

u need 1gb for most games. i couldnt play farcry without stuttering and i had 164 with x800p. 1gb is a must for high end games.

[ErickH2]

No but the game is not high end... come on now, it's NFS... bleh. I will be getting a stick of 512MBs soon, hope it is that. I think the game has problems... but whatever. Far Cry runs fine BTW...

[Apocolipse]

Its the ram my friend. One of the guys i know has a crappy rig *compared to mine lol* and he only has 512 mb of ram. He tried NFS underground and it studdered like you said. Then i lended him another stick of 512 and it ran PERFECT
get the 512mb stick, you wont regret it

[ErickH2]

ok I'll see when can I get around to getting it. Its a ***** since I expected so much from the card... but guess I forgot to look at the other things. Thanks for the input.

[Apocolipse]

No problem what so ever thats what the fourm is here for. Have fun and reply back and let us know how it went

[xdownsetx]

i dunno about the ram thing, underground runs fine on my pc with 256megs and a radeon9000. but i cant stand the drift races, sooo hard for me!

[Apocolipse]

lol
i kill all them i love the drag races

[dreamwizard]

i had the same problem and found out it was my refresh rate i turned it up and everything works good now im not sure why it was but that is all i changed and it worked (i keep it at 75 and windows likes to put it too 60 for some reason)

[Apocolipse]

Yeah that can also affect it. However, if you install the omega drivers, it automatically fixes that problem with a program. Keeps default at 75 instead of 60.

[Germ]

My former rig was an Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB ram, Radeon 9500pro and i could run full details and high resolution totally smooth, i verymuch doubt it's your rig.

[Urbanfox]

Originally Posted by Germ

My former rig was an Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB ram, Radeon 9500pro and i could run full details and high resolution totally smooth, i verymuch doubt it's your rig.

i was getting a laugh outa ur pc, but then i saw that the video card was volaria and now im laughing @ u

[ErickH2]

Yea my thoughts exactly... it can't be my rig. Far Cry runs better than it... come on now. That's not normal. I'm using the newer omega drives and they don't have the refresh fix... but I am using refresh force as a fix. Does FSAA work with the game? That way maybe I could turn down the resolution to get a higher refresh rate...

[Apocolipse]

I dont get it, im using the same stuff as you and it runs 100% fine

I have no idea what it could be...but maybe I can shed some light on your problem. All I have read on this thread are suggestions about your video card being the cause of the stutter. It could be a problem with the game...bumping your CPU to 100% and massively overloading your system. Could be a sound compatibility problem that induces stutters at certain sound frequencies.

I would do a few things that maybe you haven't tried yet:
Reinstall/upgrade all your drivers. -All- your drivers.
Reinstall the game and update to the latest patch. Backup your saved game.
Read the changelogs and FAQs at ATI's site, the developers site, etc. and look for issues with this game and one of your pieces of hardware.

[GuS]

No one ever mentioned it being a problem with his video card...

[DBGT]

i had the same probelm on N4SU too, i'd put everything on high but without the motion blur and light trails. (and all my background tasks off)
its kind of lag in some area, even though i got 2800xp and 1 gig crucial of ram.
i think its might be my graphic card (xfx geforce 5200 256mb)
but gonna upgrade the radeon atlantic 9800 pro, i hope the game gonna run smooth!!!!

[Apocolipse]

thats the same geforce as the friend i was reffering to as having the problems...
i think you should all buy my rig and have no more problems in need for speed cause youd have the speed my friends

[FerventPiranha]

no problems for me with ½gig of RAM