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BG lags even though I have kickass computer.

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:17 am
by Bohman
Heya!

I have a problem: every time huge spells like the root thingy or web spells are used it starts to lag insanely much. Very annoying and it's very werid because I got a kickass computer which shouldn't have any problems with Baldur's Gate at all. :confused:

Anyone got any idea why this happens?

EDIT: I play BG1 with easytutu by the way.

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:53 pm
by Tricky
I'm sorry, but 'kickass computer' is way too much information for me. This problem is too complex to solve.

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:41 pm
by dragon wench
The problem may well be that you have a "kickass computer"
BG is an old game, and with newer machines there can be compatibility issues.

First question, do you have Vista or XP? Chances are good that Vista will complicate things.
You may want to look into the various windows compatibility modes.

What kind of graphics card do you have? The Nvidia 8 series is known to be buggy with IE games. I'd suggest checking [url="http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?showtopic=30840"]this thread[/url] for some potentially useful information.

I have a new computer with an Nvidia 8 card and I ran into a bit of trouble when I installed Icewind Dale One and BG2. I found that by going into configuration settings and maxing everything, including 3D animations and acceleration, as well as 1024 by 768 resolution I was able to get both games running quite well.