Slow and jerky video. Please help, my sons can't wait...

Aaroth

I think I may be having the same problem. Just installed the game for my sons to play, but on both Single and Multi Player, everything is very sluggish. Movements are very slow and jerky, movements kinda just skip around. But the graphics look great, just as I'd expect. I've never had any problems with COD 1 or UO and have always kept it set at Optimal Settings. Here's a scan using the System Requirements Lab test (www.srtest.com) for COD 2 based on my computer. I do know that I should update the driver, but beside that, is my video card truly not compatible as this states? How come it worked so well for COD 1 and UO? I appreciate any and all help. Thanks.

CPU
Minimum: Pentium 4 or Athlon XP
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz PASS

CPU Speed
Minimum: 1.4 GHz (Pentium) or 1700+ (Athlon)
You Have: 3.2 GHz PASS

System RAM
Minimum: 256 MB
You Have: 511.5 MB PASS

Operating System
Minimum: English version of Windows 2000/XP
You Have: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) PASS

Video Card
Minimum: 3D Hardware accelerated card required - 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64 MB (NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra+ /ATI Radeon 8500+)
You Have: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300 (GeForce PCX 5300) FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement. Upgrade to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options.
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 64 MB , You have - 128.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 1.1 , You have - 2.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 1.1 , You have - 2.0

Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.6135 FYI: Make sure you have the latest driver for your video card. Click 'Free Driver Update' and we'll direct you to your video card manufacturer.

Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: C-Media High Definition Audio Device PASS

Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 5.12.1.7 FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.

Free Disk Space
Minimum: 4.0 GB of uncompressed free disk space (plus 600 MB for Windows 2000/XP swap file)
You Have: 98.0 GB PASS

CD
Minimum: 8X Speed CD-ROM or 2X DVD-ROM drive
You Have: DVD RW DVR-MCC PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.

**Dameon** · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject:

This answers your question:

Aaroth · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I kinda thought so. Just my luck. And my card works incredibly well with all settings maxed out in COD UO. I have found that COD 2 is playable enough by setting the ingame DirectX to 7 and lower some of the graphics effects. Still a little odd feeling, kinda like watching a video using a camcorder with high-speed for when taping sports events, if that makes sense. Only jumps or lags a little when the on-screen action gets rather intensive. Looks like I'm going to have to upgrade my video card regardless. Sad

I don't like being "behind in the times" with obsolete equipment. Too bad the card I have is less than a year old. Have you found that you've had to upgrade your card often for any of the other newer games recently? Is it really that we're now at that next generation of video game graphics?

PingaHead · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject:

You might want to try updating to the 7.8.0.1 nVidia Drivers.

When you get ready to upgrade the card check at NEWEGG.COM
They have some pretty good prices and fast shipping.