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  • 23-09-2009 9:35pm
    #1
    SK1979
    Registered Users Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys

    I recently inherited a PC from my brother who's gone travelling. I have just brought the new MMO Aion and have been playing it for the last couple of nights. However, I seem to have dreadful stuttering in the game, at first I thought it was simply bad lag but it would appear its some other problem.

    I immediately thought that it was the graphics card driver's out of date and sure enough they hadn't been updated since 2007. But I installed the latest ones from Nvidia and it hasn't made any difference.

    The spec's of the PC are:

    Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3Ghz
    2 GB Ram
    Vista
    Home Premium 32 bit
    Geforce 8800GTS

    He seems to have a load of crap installed on the PC which I'm thinking could be effecting the performance. I'll work through getting rid of this stuff (any tips actually?), but I dont know whether anyone has any idea's what the particular problem about the stuttering could be? I've changed the various resolution settings in game and even 800 x 600 is causing the same stuttering.

    Thanks in advance for your help.


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  • #2
    Big Lar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭Big Lar


    Yes I have,

    Try this Game Booster http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html, Its a nice little free program that shuts down most of the background programs while your gaming.

    Also this Advanced System Care http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html, Game booster is integrated into the second program


  • #3
    SK1979
    Registered Users Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭SK1979


    Thanks for the reply Big Lar, I installed both of those programme's and ran them. Unfortunately they dont seem to have improved the performance noticably.

    In game, I have the FPS turned on and its happily between 50 - 70 FPS, then it starts to stutter and it drops the FPS to 1 - 2 FPS.

    I remember having a similar issue a number of years ago and it was solved by simply increasing the RAM on the PC (at the time), but I really dont see the need to do that with the PC I've been given. Its still a reasonable spec isn't it?


  • #4
    Big Lar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭Big Lar


    Did you go through all the steps with Advanced System Care, Like defraging the Hard Drive, System optimization and such ?

    It could be your connection to the server also like Packet loss ?. Have you tested your connection ? - Try playing the game in the morning when the net is quiet.

    You may have the game settings to high, The 8800 is a fairly newish card, but graphics have taken an awfull leap in the last year or so.

    Or reinstall the game.


  • #5
    Big Lar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭Big Lar


    Another thought, Click on the link below to test if your PC can run the game

    http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/


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