Why is my Ultima Online lagging? help plz

[viniciusxis]

Okay so im gonna start by telling you guys my history. I played UO for a long time, in a ver poor computer, and it worked fine, no lag at all. It had like no video device, 512 RAM, etc. So, i stopped playing and changed computer. I'm with a new one now, and its better. So, i installed UO back again, and tried to play, but it is IMPOSSIBLE to play. And it is not internet lag, its video lag.. the mouse cursor is extremely slow, the words take too long to apear, and when i play its like playing in 2 frames per second. So here are the things i already tried:
* changed resolutions ingame, tried to play in full screen, etc.
* rebooted, reinstalled windows, changed windows (i was using x64 and now im back to the normal xp sp2, the same i used to use when i played in the old one)
* downloaded another UO versions (i tried from 9th anniversary to t2a one)

Below i'll put some screenshots i took from everest, giving some info about my pc, drivers, etc.

Please, can someone help me?
thanks everyone

 

[Gladius]

Go back to your PC dealer and have it checked usually they require a certain break-in period for all systems to be ok.

Hope it's nothing serious anyhow being a recent buy am quite sure it is covered by warranties. Also check video card installed.

Good Luck!
-G-

 

[viniciusxis]

Go back to your PC dealer and have it checked usually they require a certain break-in period for all systems to be ok.

Hope it's nothing serious anyhow being a recent buy am quite sure it is covered by warranties. Also check video card installed.

Good Luck!
-G-

actually it isn't new, it was from my older brother
and im pretty sure it must be something with the drivers or the directx, cause other games run cool (warcraft3, counter strike 1.6, etc)

 

[Snakeman]

Do I see a mix of Memory speed? 200 & 166MHz If so it should all be the same speed. Also make sure you are running UO in 16bit not 32bit color, that will lag you considerably (kid had that problem cpl of yrs ago, he played a cpl of other games & it would auto config them to 32)

 

[Connor_Graham]

actually it isn't new, it was from my older brother
and im pretty sure it must be something with the drivers or the directx, cause other games run cool (warcraft3, counter strike 1.6, etc)

Do you have DirectX 9 installed?

 

[Thor VII]

Do I see a mix of Memory speed? 200 & 166MHz If so it should all be the same speed. Also make sure you are running UO in 16bit not 32bit color, that will lag you considerably (kid had that problem cpl of yrs ago, he played a cpl of other games & it would auto config them to 32)

Thank you so much m8

Im The Glorious Lord Legendary Laaaaaagggggy.
And with your tip i notice i can move better. Many tks.

Do i must check other stuff too?

Kind Regards

 

[Snakeman]

Glad that lil tip helped you, yes make sure the memory in there is both of the same speed/MHz, it can cause problems.

 

[viniciusxis]

so how do i fix the memory speed you said?
and how do i change the colors?
thx anyway

 

[aarons6]

i dont see anything wrong with your computer.. it should run uo just find, probably even KR.
the only thing i do see is your kingston ram isnt being detected correctly and is being showed at 166 and its supposed to be 200.
this will cause a slow down.

in your bios, id set it from auto to manual and change the speed to 200mhz 3.0, 3, 3, 8.

other then that, update your nvidia drivers and maybe defrag and check your hard drive. run a virus scan too..

check out malwarebytes, its a good program.

edit.

actually looking at the screen shots its trial version. its just showing all the speeds the ram runs at.

confirm the actual speed by downloading a program called.
cpu-z.

http://www.cpuid.com/

paste the results of that program.

 

[viniciusxis]

is this bad news? :/

i still wanna know so how to fix the memory speed and how to change the colors

 

[Smokin]

Could be that video card, they are known for having troubles complying with stuff.

 

[Nyte Doombringer]

Do I see a mix of Memory speed? 200 & 166MHz If so it should all be the same speed. Also make sure you are running UO in 16bit not 32bit color, that will lag you considerably (kid had that problem cpl of yrs ago, he played a cpl of other games & it would auto config them to 32)

So whenever i play UO I need to change my resolution to 16b? Its always 32B but in the past month or so i have been experiencing lag and mouse slow down since the tot event started.

 

[aarons6]

is this bad news? :/

i still wanna know so how to fix the memory speed and how to change the colors

nope that is good.

i would try to update video drivers.
www.nvidia.com

 

[Harlequin]

So whenever i play UO I need to change my resolution to 16b? Its always 32B but in the past month or so i have been experiencing lag and mouse slow down since the tot event started.

Not directly related. Lag since TOT event I am guessing is due to more players actively hunting (*ahem* or scripting).

OP was using an MX4000 with only 128 mb of VRAM and high desktop resolution (1152 x 864). Higher resolutions and colours takes more VRAM which his vidoe card doesn't have enough of.

Also the MX series are apprx 6 years old and was Nvidia's entrance to the lower end market and thus not very powerful.



OP - Try reducing your desktop resolution as well. It should help.

Unless you want to spend money to get a new graphics card or RAM...But the board is old and can only support AGP cards and older RAM. I say save the money for a totally new system and use the current one till it breaks

 

[Shamus Turlough]

The Nvidia MX series has been known to have poor draw rates in certain game engines. All you can do is make sure you have the latest drivers, or get another vid card.