K, lets get this out of the way first:
- newest sound, vid drivers installed
- Autoupdated to most recent game patch as of May 3
Comp specs:
- AMD Anthalon 3500+ (2.21Ghz)
- 2 GB Ram
- Nvidia GeForce 7950 GT vid card
- Creative SB X-Fi sound card
Symptoms:
- Upon starting, first issue noticed is that the voices are clippy / repeat themselves in the avatar select screen
- Gameplay gets progressively slower / CPU burden increases as game progresses. Directly related to amount of action taking place
- Audio clipping also occurs during the tournament end movie.
Diagnostics:
- I run native 1280 x 1024 with dual monitors.
- First dropped all graphic settings to lowest possible but kept the game in native resolution.
- Next dropped everything to the bottom and dropped resolution to 1024x768
- Also tried dropping audio quality
None of the above diagnostic actions succeeded in improving performance. This makes me assume it's a CPU load issue more than a graphic load issue. I don't believe it's a sound card issue because the in game sound is fine. After doing a forum search I found another person with the same problem of audio clipping in the select screen, and slow gameplay, but he also had a decent system. So it's not just me. (His post did not recieve any actionable suggestions)
Has anyone heard of solutions to this problem? I have no issue running other graphics intense games such as COD 4 and Oblivion. As of now the game just isn't enjoyable because of this heavy lag.
