FPS increase possible?

[nodde]

I have this problem that I play an online game, called Tibia. All of my friends have the same connection speed as me, 512 kb/s aADSL. Although I have the "best" cpu iamong us, I am the only one with about 20-30 FPS when I play, when the others are having about 50-90 FPS. How is this possible?
I have a compaq Presario Pentium 4 3,00 GHz with 512 MB RAM. I use Windows XP HE version 2002 with service pack 2.
I use a 128 MB Radeon 9800 AGP (0*4E48), 128 MB, Internal DAC(400MHz) videocard. And my screen is set on 100 Hz.
Do you know what I should do to increase my FPS?
Please help me!

 

[MrGaribaldi]

:wave: Hello & Welcome to TechSpot :wave:

What settings are you using in the game and what settings are you using in the control panel/CatalystControlCenter (CCC)?

If you are using much higher settings than your friends, that could explain it.

 

[The Best Alias]

I'm not a gamer, but I do want to know what FPS is. Is it 'Frames Per Second'? the standard frames per second for video is 29.97.
Thanks

 

[LNCPapa]

You are correct TBA about the standard fps for NTSC video, but when it comes to gaming it's a whole different ballgame. I almost refuse to play anything below 60 - and I'll sometimes drop my quality settings just to give the game a smoother feel. In third person games the fps usually isn't that big an issue - but anything you see from first person will be obvious below 60 and painful below 30.

 

[TS | Thomas]

Try disabling Vsync, or if Vysnc is enabled then enable Triple Buffering if the game supports it.
& yep, FPS = Frames Per Second. What they use for video is irrelevent for comparing with the average FPS in a game though.

 

[The Best Alias]

Thanks for explaining the definition to me. I can understand the need for a greater than video FPS. It also explains why serious gamers have the fastest machines too.

 

[ShannanCarlock]

You might try downloading the omega drivers instead of the catalyst drivers if that is what you are using. I did download and install on a radeon 9100 and noticed a 60 point increase in 3dmark 2001. Not huge, but, an increase none the less. Hopes this helps a little. I had to re-install 3dmark after I installed the driver. You might not have to unless the program doesn't load and start correctly.

http://www.omegadrivers.net/


Also try some of the tweak guides from this site they will help.

https://www.techspot.com/guides.shtml

 

[EvilFallenAngel]

Try looking for a tweak website for this game, I play Moorowind and found a good .ini file tweak. I had the same problem with fps and smoothness, your hardrive and processor may be the prob too.

Evil
:darth:

 

[nodde]

:wave: Hello & Welcome to TechSpot :wave:

What settings are you using in the game and what settings are you using in the control panel/CatalystControlCenter (CCC)?

If you are using much higher settings than your friends, that could explain it.

I use the same settings as my friends, both contol panel and the game graphic settings.