I am trying hard to make this game playable on my PC without any luck. Any type of particles (magic, the frightener's breath at the beginning, rays of sunlight, etc) cause a horrendous drop in frame rate to the point of making this game unplayable, even with video all settings minimized. I'm running vista on a 512mb nvidia geforce 8600M GS, intel core2 duo 2.0ghz's, and 2gb of ram. I really should not be having issues with this game, and the only time I notice problems is when there are particles on the screen. Oddly enough there is no option within the game to reduce the quantity or quality of the particles, making this game an effective waste of money right now.
Any suggestions as to improve performance of particle rendering would be appreciated. I have already tried both windowed and fullscreen mode, and fiddled with the settings in the nvidia control panel to no avail. Video drivers are correct and the newest possible.
Particle Issues
8600M GS... if im not mistaken, thats mobile version... so you must be playing on a laptop... game can cause troubles if it is running on a unsupported hardware... i will advise you to go on official forums, technical support, search or ask question there about your problem... hope you'll find the solution cause the game is great
In-game Tech
In-game Tech