AOEIII & nVidia or ATI?

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hfc

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Anyone here using high end nVidia cards and playing AOE3 and noticing the opening sequence is stuttering?

(The opening sequence bit where the dice is rolled out, that swirling black globe comes out, and the 'Nvidia, the way it's meant to be played' parts)

for these parts, i get random stuttering sometimes. granted i'm only using a 6800, but the opening scene is as smooth as butter with the 9800 it replaced! wtf?

tried all different driver settings, a fresh install of windows etc.

and to top it all, the 9800 is now in a slower machine and it's still smooth. it is slower in game play, which is expected, but how come the 6800 can't play the opening scene properly??!!!!!

is this a nVidia issue?

if this is the case with even a 7800, i'm going ati on my next upgrade when conroe benches arrive.
 
hfc said:
Anyone here using high end nVidia cards and playing AOE3 and noticing the opening sequence is stuttering?

(The opening sequence bit where the dice is rolled out, that swirling black globe comes out, and the 'Nvidia, the way it's meant to be played' parts)

for these parts, i get random stuttering sometimes. granted i'm only using a 6800, but the opening scene is as smooth as butter with the 9800 it replaced! wtf?

tried all different driver settings, a fresh install of windows etc.

and to top it all, the 9800 is now in a slower machine and it's still smooth. it is slower in game play, which is expected, but how come the 6800 can't play the opening scene properly??!!!!!

is this a nVidia issue?

if this is the case with even a 7800, i'm going ati on my next upgrade when conroe benches arrive.
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I am running this on a GTX512 and notice no issues.
 
The opening video is a pre-encoded movie file.

Check what codecs you have installed on the machine.
 
dderidex said:
The opening video is a pre-encoded movie file.

Check what codecs you have installed on the machine.
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just all the standard ones and divx.

which ones do i need?

i'm sure i'm ok with this cos i have no special codecs installed on the other machine that runs perfectly.
 
I have a 7800GT and am using the 81.98 drivers, and it works fine for me - no choppyness. Does the game play good or is the game choppy as well?
 
game plays fine at 12x10, no aa, af, all settings high except shadows and particle quality (second from highest).

i think i can live with the choppy opening scene, just wanted to know if it was a nVidia problem.

highest shadows and particle quality looks great, but is totally unplayable :(

i'm planning on a 7800gt upgrade just for this game
 
He is asking about the intro movie, not gameplay. I have an ATi card and I moticed just a little lag in the movie with dice, though after reinstalling DVIX it was gone, no big deal though. Try reinstalling DVIX.
 
Russian said:
He is asking about the intro movie, not gameplay. I have an ATi card and I moticed just a little lag in the movie with dice, though after reinstalling DVIX it was gone, no big deal though. Try reinstalling DVIX.
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Indeed, try re-installing DivX. First, try the latest version, they try a much older version if the newest does not help.

DivX changes a LOT between releases.
 
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