Whisky-Delta

I can confirm i have patched to 1.11,graphics driver is 182.??, the machine is running efficiently (recetly reformated), i have done all the tricks in the book to improve pc performance, and i am quite compentant when it comes to computers. Some help would be greatly appreciated. I am downloading TOW2, so will see what performance is like in that, judging from the screens it is direct x no open gl Regards Whisky-Delta

Hi All Not so long ago, a collegue at work introduced me Shock Force and i love it. I never thought of myself as a RTS man but it is simply addictive. Now to the problem in hand, firstly my PC Specs Q6600 2,4 Quad 4 Gig of Ram EVGA Nvidia 260 216 core Vista x86 As the specs suggest my comp is no slouch, yet when there are a large amount of entities on screen, my frame rate drops well below 25fps and it becomes a bit of a slide show. I have checked the forums and done a few things here and there, like disable "threaded optimization" and i also tweak the graphics settings in game, latest drivers etc etc. If i turn the model detail down to "fastest" and disable shadows then my frame rate is never a problem, but lets be honest, that is pathetic for my system and the games units no longer look impressive. I checked with the guy in work, and although i dnt know what specs he has got, he stated they are well below mine, yet he has the settings on max, with no frame rate issue. Now i know there are a lot of calculations going on in the background, for ballistics etc, but considering i can play Far Cry 2, Dawn of War 2, COD 4 all on maximum settings without breaking a sweat, and they are somewhat graphically more advanced than CMSF. Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions as to why i am getting peformance issues, when i firmly beleive i shouldnt? Regards Whisky-Delta