First post, by Svenne
Since a while ago I've been playing Need for Speed: Road Challenge in Direct3D. Back then I had an old P4 machine. The trouble was that the game started lagging. Well, I blamed the computer; It randomly BSOD, the graphics card was broken (color artifacts) and lagged like crap on other games, like NFS: Most Wanted. Finally my parents let me buy a new one, with the following specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8 GHz
GPU: nVidia GeForce GTS250 1GB
RAM: 4 GB DDR2 @ 800 Mhz(?)
HDD: 500 GB SATA(?)
Pretty decent, eh?
So, I install Windows XP home, and update it to SP3.
I've installed games such as Blockland Retail & Rigs of Rods, and they run great. But when I run NFS: Road Challenged in D3D mode, it lags! Of course I run it at maximum settings, it's a brand new rig! This means the problem must be software oriented. Anyone know how to fix this?