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*** Gothic performing badly on Windows XP ***
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red_dog_1515
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Ok, I have a Athlon 1900+ XP, a 64mb Geforce 3, 512mb PC2100 DDR ram. I got a score of 7080 on 3DMark2001. All of my games run very fast with no slowdowns, except for Gothic. The game is locked at 20 fps most of the time (by the developers I think), but when I'm playing, it dips even below 20 fps (down to 12 sometimes) and it's choppy as hell! I haven't installed the 1.08k patch yet because it says that the patch is only for the game crashing in Win98. So what's the deal? Do I wait for the proper patch? Do I install the 1.08k patch? Or do I just return the game and get one that has a decent graphics engine?
Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 2:31 pm
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Antares
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Ah, I know what you mean. I'm running it on a WinXP machine with an XP1600+ and the framerate hovers around 20 fps.
The thing is: If I hadn't turned on the framecounter I'd never known. The game runs just very smooth (I don't have DDR), no slow downs, no nothing....only really bad "draw-in's". nothing I can't live with.
I guess framerate doesn't say it all.
Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 3:17 pm
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i think it also works for a geforce 3 card.
A friend had a problem with the game running it on windows xp.
But after he instold the patch it runs fine.

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Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 3:24 pm
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red_dog_1515
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Well I installed the 1.08k patch and guess what? No improvement, still choppy as hell! Well unless Xicat Interactive tech support can help me get this game running smoothly, it's going back to the shop.
Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 3:54 pm
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statikcat
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download nvidia detonator drivers for your geforce. nvidia.com
Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 4:02 pm
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red_dog_1515
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I have the NEWEST Detonator Drivers. My system works awesome with all other new games (most with graphics much more demanding than Gothic). Gothic definitely has some MAJOR problems with Windows XP. Too bad, it is a great game.
Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 4:13 pm
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I dunno if it's WinXP - I am running WinXP on a 1.4T-Bird, 256 or 2100DDR, and a Geforce2 with few problems under WinXP. There are occasional crashes, but no more than others here have mentioned. I also have the game graphics/video settings as high as possible.
Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 10:18 pm
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I have an 1700 Athlon XP, and I had no probs for about the first 5 minutes. then my machine locked up time and again, and after that it did the same stuff in Windows, office progs, when playing music and so on...

...I suspected my sound drivers, RAMchip, video drivers and board in turn, but whichever part of hard/software I exchanged, it kept on locking up during Gothic.

A few hours ago I was down on my knees in front of my com, imploring it to stop locking up. I wasn't above offering it 10 ore if it would only stop freezing my system!

Finally my processor turned out to have been the ***hole. Innos knows how and why, but it obviously was damaged. Since I exchanged it, everything is running just smoooothly.

So give your machine a chance.
You also might switch off music...
Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 10:22 pm
 
JemyM
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I, and my friend have the exact same computer config you have.

Latest drivers. XP. 512mb ram. Athlon 1200Mhz plus, GeForce 3.

No problems with Gothic. Never. Played it through several times.

But I guess I should tell you, I am great.

Best Regards
JemyM
Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 10:45 pm
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3DFanatic
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Try changing your sound drivers?
Post Wed Jan 30, 2002 11:16 pm
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I jus bought Gothic yesterday and am running on the following:

PIII 850
256MB RAM
64MB GeFroce 2
WindowsXP Pro

All the latest drivers...

I am not having ANY problems. The game FLIES and runs very smoothly.

Hmmm...
Post Thu Jan 31, 2002 12:23 am
 
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My machine is exactly as you've described, WinXP, Athlon 1900, Geforce 3 ti500, 512mb of DDR memory... and the game runs like a friggin dream!
Post Thu Jan 31, 2002 1:02 am
 
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Pentium 4: 2ghz
1gb ram
Geforce 3 ti500
Win XP

not one problem
Post Thu Jan 31, 2002 2:23 am
 
propellerhead
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thank godness for ati smoothvision....makes framerate look like 60fps..use at your own risk cuz its tough on the video
Post Thu Jan 31, 2002 6:29 am
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Try changing your FPS HEAD driver!

Get yourself Quake3 set it to 640x480x16 and masturbate at 150+FPS.
And return game to the shop. - maybe someone worthy will get it.
Post Thu Jan 31, 2002 9:49 am
 



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