One last try to get day of defeat working

Here I am again hoping for some assistance to finally get day of defeat to run smoothly on my current pc :-o

The main problem is that I can only obtain 9 fps maximum when playing dod. My current system is a P4 3.00GHz, 2.00 GB RAM, Radeon X1600/x1650 running windows xp pro.

Steam is upto date and clear.

I have changed settings on the video card to allow for performance rather than quality and even tried adding different cfg files to see if someone else's setup could help improve the fps but neither did. I have reset both the settings ran the game again and achieved the same results.

There also appears to be a slowness when watching video. Is there a way I can test the video card to see it it's working properly. I've checked the settings within device manager and it confirms that the device is working.

Is there anyone who could help me please, all help is appreciated.

Thanks

 

Does your system meet the minimum specs required for dod?

 

Yes, the game is a low spec. I have enough juice in this system to run this game. I'm thinking that it maybe a problem with the graphics card but not too sure.

 

Here's the system


Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name P4
User Name user1

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Name Intel Rock Lake D865PERL (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale i865PE
System Memory 2048 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (04/02/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter Radeon X1600/1650 Series Secondary (512 MB)
Video Adapter Radeon X1600/X1650 Series (512 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI RV530 Pro
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! Sound Card

Storage:
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Disk Drive MAXTOR STM380211AS (74 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DW-D23A (DVD+R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 76308 MB (36994 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Network Adapter NETGEAR FA312 Fast Ethernet Adapter (192.168.0.4)

Peripherals:
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller Intel 82801EB ICH5 - USB Controller [A-2/A-3]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801EB ICH5 - USB Controller [A-2/A-3]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801EB ICH5 - USB Controller [A-2/A-3]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801EB ICH5 - USB Controller [A-2/A-3]
USB2 Controller Intel 82801EB ICH5 - Enhanced USB2 Controller [A-2/A-3]
USB Device USB Human Interface Device

 

I've just run a video test for my card and here are the results.

WIN x86: 5.1 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Radeon X1600/X1650 Series : 98

Completely baffled now as to why I only have 9 fps running dod when the test is showing nearly 100 fps?

 

One last thing, apologies for rattling on and on about this.

I've just finished a video stress test in counterstrike (unable to do so in dod) and had the result of 28.16 fps.

Anyone able to shed some light on this topic please.

 

You might try finding a forum where still people play DoD (BTW, the "old" DoD, or DoD:Source?), just Google. Original DoD was my first online gaming ever, ahhh....fond memories.

 

ok thanks will do. It's dod source

 

Tried this? http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx Im not so sure your computer can run DoD:Source :cry

 

Thank you so much for more information, i remember you helping me years ago when i had an older system so it's very much appreciated.


I've ran the system requirements lab and it says that my system passes the requirements and that i should have a great experience running counter strike.



CPU
Minimum: Info
You Have: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz

Click here for the latest CPU drivers.

CPU Speed
Minimum: 1.7 GHz
You Have: 3.0 GHz Performance Rated at: 3.00 GHz
PASS

RAM
Minimum: 512 MB
You Have: 2.1 GB
PASS

OS
Minimum: Windows 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
PASS
Click here for the latest Windows drivers.

Video Card
Minimum: DirectX 8.1 level Graphics Card
You Have: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x71C2)
PASS
Click here for the latest Video drivers.
Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Pixel Shader version 1.4 3.0
Vertex Shader version 1.4 3.0
Dedicated Video RAM 64 MB 768 MB

Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: Creative SB Live! Series (WDM)
PASS
Click here for the latest Sound Card drivers.

Free Disk Space
Minimum: 4.6 GB
You Have: 48.7 GB
PASS

I've manager to find the old disk for counterstrike and have firstly uninstalled all steam products from my system, I'm currently reinstalling the game to see if this will work. rolleyes

 

You are more than welcome. To me you seem to have a very "slow" by today's standards system, for gaming anyway. Is there any way you can add more RAM? At the least, try to get your present system running as well as possible, try this http://majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d6148.html (it's free), also read through this http://www.majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=39 it's all good information. I have used Game Booster and this http://www.majorgeeks.com/Advanced_SystemCare_3_d5927.html for years, they both work great (and are both free :-D ). I "think" that DoD:Source uses more resources than CS:Source, but still, find an active forum that plays those games. Good luck!

 

Thanks again for the further information, I've added both programs but no luck unfortunately.

Looks like its time to save up and buy a new system instead of trying to restore older ones.

I appreciate your time and when I eventually get a new system I'll try and find you on day of defeat.

All the best