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Need for Speed: Road Challenge/High Stakes lags like crap on Windows XP SP3

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First post, by Svenne

Posted on 2009-10-19, 18:59

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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?

Reply 1 of 7, by HunterZ

Posted on 2009-10-19, 19:42

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Things to try:
- alt+tab out of the game and use the task manager to set the process affinity to a single CPU core
- toggle vsync in your nvidia driver options
- disable SLI (if you're using it) in your nvidia driver options
- upgrade or downgrade your video drivers
- run in a compatibility mode

Reply 2 of 7, by Svenne

Posted on 2009-10-20, 09:56

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Thanks, I'll try that when I come home. I'd rather not downgrade drivers, since I play other games than NFS 4.

Reply 3 of 7, by HunterZ

Posted on 2009-10-20, 14:41

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Yeah, each suggestion is an independent thing to try, and it's possible that none of them may work.

Edit: I also see that there is a "Need for Speed IV: High Stakes 4.50" patch at http://www.patches-scrolls.de/

Reply 4 of 7, by Svenne

Posted on 2009-10-22, 07:22

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It's an EA Classics release FYI. Does the patch change anything, like menu language? I have the swedish version.

Reply 5 of 7, by HunterZ

Posted on 2009-10-22, 17:49

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No idea, I've never played that game. I just always look at patches-scrolls when people report problems in case there's a patch, because it may help.

Reply 6 of 7, by JWalter

Posted on 2009-10-30, 06:53

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Hi Everyone,
I love gaming and Need For Speed is one of my favorites by EA. I also faced a problem somewhat similar to Svenne. I think I have the solution now thanks to HunterZ. I would appreciate it if you share such latest patches for other games as well.

R4games

Reply 7 of 7, by Svenne

Posted on 2009-10-30, 19:07

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Thank you very much! It seems to be working now. I have only tested it in single-player mode with no opponents, but it should work.

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