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    Unreal 3 engine stuttering

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mrsamsa, Feb 27, 2009.

  1. mrsamsa

    mrsamsa Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an Asus G50VT-X1, P8400 with 9800M GS.

    Both Mass Effect and UT 3 are subject to constant stuttering. The game will run smooth, but about once every 2 seconds it pauses for a split second.

    I'm running DOX's 182.05 driver.

    Any ideas?
     
    mrsamsa, Feb 27, 2009
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    Updating to the DOX 185.20 drivers fixed it.
     
    mrsamsa, Feb 27, 2009
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    yup.

    I was going to say drivers too.

    I had stuttering issues with specific drivers.
     
    Gophn, Feb 27, 2009
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    actually changing drivers didn't fix it, I've used about 5 different drivers, resetting driver setting will fix it, sometimes restarting fixes it, but it always comes back.
     
    mrsamsa, Apr 18, 2009
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    Vertsinc can cause stuttering cant it?

    Make sure your not forcing any crazy Anti Aliasing via the cards control pannel.
     
    catacylsm, Apr 19, 2009
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    For Mass Effect, try disabling some features that may cause stuttering: VSync, hardware mouse, even the hardware music.

    Also, can you try and use some non-DOX drivers? I am not sure if they may cause some problems, I'm just trying to discard possibilities.

    I hope this helps.
     
    lozanogo, Apr 19, 2009
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    I have tried non-dox drivers, so that can be ruled out. The other stuff I've not tried.

    Would the other stuff be related to how powerful my system is, or just glitchy? cos my gateway P-6831FX never had stuttering problems with the Unreal 3 Engine.
     
    mrsamsa, Apr 19, 2009
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    Gophn, Apr 19, 2009
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    I reinstalled the game through Steam, as I'd deleted it, and no problems so far, but I did disable Vsync and smoothing. Will report my further findings later, since it's an intermittent issue.
     
    mrsamsa, Apr 20, 2009
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    Defrag your hard drive.

    Unreal 3 engine constantly streams texture data, so a fragmented hard drive may cause stuttering.
     
    James, Apr 20, 2009
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    No good, still intermittently jerky with those options off.
     
    mrsamsa, Apr 23, 2009
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