sleepinjac Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 so my game is REALLY slow in ALL aspects. when creating my character is took 3-5 seconds for the selections to change. by the time i got into the game even moving is simply impossible because my character wont move the same time as my keys. i live in australia and i have a good internet connection, i'm playing on a light european server and i'm just wondering if i should be trying other servers to see if they're faster or something?? any help would be appreciated since its just a massive waste of my money if i cant even play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XjediXrf Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Are you playing a crowded server?That may be the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi_Im_A_Sith Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 That happened to my friend, turns out his comp specs were nowhere good enough for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepinjac Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Are you playing a crowded server?That may be the issue. server population is light so that cant be it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepinjac Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 That happened to my friend, turns out his comp specs were nowhere good enough for the game. apparently its my graphics card http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/CYRI/analysis.aspx?name=Star-Wars:-The-Old-Republic&id=11174&session=935282e6-62b1-4bd7-9ec8-5d2639d06a97 not really sure what that means though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarkania Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) well it could be out of date drivers perhaps? Edited January 23, 2012 by zarkania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kytea Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It's hard for us to help you if you provide no specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthshnooky Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Run a dxdiag on your system and copy the results into a post in this thread. Please use the spoiler function to keep it in a small box and not fill the screen with it. Then we can help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathamus Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 And to find easily dxdiag: First Press Start button in windows Then Search programs and files ---> write dxdiag then enter Then click save all information and save it to easily found location. Then just copy/paste results here so we can see it. Then we can try to help you. Hope this help. -Joonas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathamus Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Example for Graphics: --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68B8) DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz) Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68B8&SUBSYS_22881787&REV_00 Display Memory: 2805 MB Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB Shared Memory: 1791 MB Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor Monitor Model: VE247 Monitor Id: ACI2493 Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz) Output Type: DVI Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1107 (English) Driver Version: 8.920.0.0 DDI Version: 11 Driver Model: WDDM 1.1 Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 11/10/2011 05:15:20, 927232 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2BF8-11CF-6470-8202BEC2C535} Vendor ID: 0x1002 Device ID: 0x68B8 SubSys ID: 0x22881787 Revision ID: 0x0000 Driver Strong Name: oem71.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_Evergreen:8.920.0.0:pci\ven_1002&dev_68b8 Rank Of Driver: 00E62001 Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported DXVA-HD: Not Supported DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Enabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathamus Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Ati drivers: http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx Nvidia drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Intel drivers (usually in laptops etc.): http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ And google is your best friend! And good driver database is here too: http://majorgeeks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eGraced Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I use an HD 5700 Series as well, and can say unless the card is failing, it is not the card. I would recommend checking that your drivers are up to date, however. Also, reading over your dxdiag, I'm curious how much RAM you currently have installed. If you don't know, you can check this by clicking Start > Right click 'Computer' > select Properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthshnooky Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I use an HD 5700 Series as well, and can say unless the card is failing, it is not the card. I would recommend checking that your drivers are up to date, however. Also, reading over your dxdiag, I'm curious how much RAM you currently have installed. If you don't know, you can check this by clicking Start > Right click 'Computer' > select Properties. That's not the OP. That's someone helping the OP understand how to get and paste the dxdiag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eGraced Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Observational failure. -1 internets for me! Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepinjac Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 And to find easily dxdiag: First Press Start button in windows Then Search programs and files ---> write dxdiag then enter Then click save all information and save it to easily found location. Then just copy/paste results here so we can see it. Then we can try to help you. Hope this help. -Joonas --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce 9200M GS DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E8&SUBSYS_3603103C&REV_A1 Display Memory: 1758 MB Dedicated Memory: 495 MB Shared Memory: 1262 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll Driver Version: 8.17.0012.8562 (English) DDI Version: 10 BGRA Supported: Yes Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 10/15/2011 19:53:00, 13205312 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-45A8-11CF-FE52-0F161FC2C535} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x06E8 SubSys ID: 0x3603103C Revision ID: 0x00A1 Revision ID: 0x00A1 Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C ????? is that what you meant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jybwee Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce 9200M GS DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E8&SUBSYS_3603103C&REV_A1 Display Memory: 1758 MB Dedicated Memory: 495 MB Shared Memory: 1262 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll Driver Version: 8.17.0012.8562 (English) DDI Version: 10 BGRA Supported: Yes Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 10/15/2011 19:53:00, 13205312 bytes That card is pretty darn ancient. And it's a laptop apparently. Not sure if that's your ONLY problem (only know your gpu) but updating drivers couldn't hurt.. nvidia.com. Also i believe it's ctrl+alt+F to show fps? It should then show in lower left and latency should show in lower right by default, hover over those little "connection" bars. Will give you a better idea of what's goin on Edited January 23, 2012 by Jybwee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VexedForest Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I think a US west server would also help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepinjac Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 That card is pretty darn ancient. And it's a laptop apparently. Not sure if that's your ONLY problem (only know your gpu) but updating drivers couldn't hurt.. nvidia.com. Also i believe it's ctrl+alt+F to show fps? It should then show in lower left and latency should show in lower right by default, hover over those little "connection" bars. Will give you a better idea of what's goin on i've tried to update the drive from nvidia website like 3 times but doesn't seem to change anything..?? it downloads and installs and all that crap but nothing seems to change. what else do you need to know from the dxdiag? i'm beginning to think that it'll never work on my computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepinjac Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 I use an HD 5700 Series as well, and can say unless the card is failing, it is not the card. I would recommend checking that your drivers are up to date, however. Also, reading over your dxdiag, I'm curious how much RAM you currently have installed. If you don't know, you can check this by clicking Start > Right click 'Computer' > select Properties. 4.00 GB Ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cortez_lysander Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Just to confirm mate, cos I couldn't see in the thread where this has been asked. Have you tried turning all of the graphics options to off or low to make sure that isn't the issue? The patch aded the antialiasing feature, and although that usually only cripples high resoltions, this faeture gave me the exact issues you described. Also, I'm running an ATI 46xx which is lower than what was previously stated by someone, and it runs the game fine. Jst a side note, was this antialiasing feature enabled by default for anyone else? My machine was crawling after patch day, but my mates had this disabled and he didn't know it was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jybwee Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) i've tried to update the drive from nvidia website like 3 times but doesn't seem to change anything..?? it downloads and installs and all that crap but nothing seems to change. what else do you need to know from the dxdiag? i'm beginning to think that it'll never work on my computer I just ment that the only info i had on your system is that crappy gpu. With just the gpu to go on i can guess pretty safely that your cpu is not all that good also and contributing to your problems. Also it didn't appear that your drivers were up to date just going by the date it showed in the dxdiag. I'm just gunna throw this in here because not enough people know... The Real Way Your Suppose To Update Your Drivers - 1. Easiest way is to get a program like Driver Sweeper (it's free) 2. Go to nvidia.com or amd.com and download the latest drivers using their system to pick the right ones based on your card. Save it to the desktop so you can get to it easily. 3. Use Driver Sweeper to get rid of all driver information on your computer. 4. This is usually followed by a restart. 5. As soon as your computer gets back to windows - Install the latest driver that you just downloaded and should be sitting on your desktop. When your computer starts back up it will most likely be at some default resolution and look pretty funky.. dont worry about it and just continue to install those fancy fresh drivers. 6. Probably another restart. 7. Play some games, and your system will thank you for it. Alot of people just download new drivers over and over and over never getting rid of the older ones. Eventually this WILL lead to issues that can show up in many forms from strange textures to fps problems.... all kinds of things. Edit: went ahead and looked it up and i guess 285.62 is actually the latest drivers (i thought they would have put out a new driver by now) . So does look like your up to date, tho doing a fresh install and getting rid of any old data may still help. Edited January 23, 2012 by Jybwee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlGhostlx Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 well you can turn off the shadows, my game was fast when i turned off the shadows but then the update came and i cant even play the game, it was a waste of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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