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    Batman AA lagging with my new ATI card

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by fluffyuk, Mar 24, 2010.

  1. fluffyuk

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    Hi guys I sent my 8690 in for a upgrade and got the new ATI 5870. My old 285M ran the game perfectly however when I got the laptop back and ran the game again I was prompted to install Nvidia Physx system toold or else the game wouldnt boot. After doing this I ran the game an all seemed fine.....until I got into game play were I got awful lag and such.

    Anyone got any ideas as I would love to finish the game that I started.
     
    fluffyuk, Mar 24, 2010
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  2. ettornio

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    Is PhysX on? You're running an ATi GPU, so you'll need to disable PhysX in the settings.
     
    ettornio, Mar 24, 2010
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  3. fluffyuk

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    Thanks man I ws thinking there was some kind of confilict. Would it be too much to ask for you to tell me how to do it ? I know the settings arent that easy to acess in Batman AA.
     
    fluffyuk, Mar 24, 2010
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  4. Quadzilla

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    Theres 2 launchers in the game directory(Binaries folder) and one is for all the graphic settings before the game starts ... The physx option is at the way bottom... Bmlauncher.exe i believe is the one with all the settings you need... I am not infront of my laptop but i think thats the name of the exe you need...
     
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    I don't have the game installed any more (got to 100% completion, so I had nothing left to do), so I can't find it right now, but there's a .ini file that you can edit, if you can't find the option yourself (some users have had this difficulty). Do a google search for 'Batman disable physx' or something and you should find which file it is you need to edit.
     
    Histidine, Mar 24, 2010
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    Dont play this game.. it is stealing ATI's dignity. Financiered by Nvidia obviously.
     
    fmac, Mar 24, 2010
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    Ironically it runs fantastic on the mobile HD5870!
     
    ziddy123, Mar 24, 2010
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    Ironically the OP is having trouble on the mobile 5870
     
    mew1838, Mar 24, 2010
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  10. Histidine

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    Just like, what, 99% of games released since 2005 or so? Earlier?

    If you buy the game, but don't buy an Nvidia card, then Nvidia's advertisement (which they paid a boatload for) failed. Isn't that a win for an ATI fan?
     
    Histidine, Mar 25, 2010
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    I had no issues with it with my G73 either so it could be a driver issue.
     
    Mandrake, Mar 25, 2010
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    Maybe drake, but did you have to install Physx system to play the batman game ?
     
    fluffyuk, Mar 25, 2010
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    The game won't run without it.
     
    Dead2th3world, Mar 25, 2010
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    Maybe you could try the new ATI Catalyst 10.3?
    And also patch Batman: AA to latest version.

    Good luck. :)
     
    DEagleson, Mar 25, 2010
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    Thanks for all your help guys will try the follwoing tonight:

    Get new ATI 10.3 Drivers.
    Turn Physx off in settings.
    Patch Batman to latest vesrion (although think I have it).
     
    fluffyuk, Mar 25, 2010
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