A problem with the Deus Ex II demo...

[Sandman]

I was running the demo on the settings it detected for my computer, and it giving me heavy video lag and the mouse sensitivity wouldn't increase or decrease no matter what I did. It also lagged no matter how low I put the settings. Anyone else experience this problem?

edit: I do not have a lame PC. It qualifies to run HL2 perfectly except I have a DX8 card instead of a DX9 one.

 

[Shuzer]

Turn off Bloom (that fixed lag I'd get in game)

Second, your mouse sensitivity won't change because the default configs are write protected. Go to My Documents\Deus Ex - Invisible War Demo and right click user.ini and uncheck "Read Only"

 

[thehunter1320]

to fix problem:

Uninstal Deus Ex 2 demo
Buy full DX2... cause it kicks ass

or if this (^^^) didn't work... follow shuzer's directions

 

[not28]

I didn't like the DX2 demo.

 

[Sandman]

I didn't like it because my mouse was flying all over the screen because the devs were retarded and made the configs write protected! I turned off bloom... it helped a little. The graphics seemed better with it on, though :-P

 

[Letters]

http://66.193.119.177/index.php?showtopic=206212

Go there... it REALLY helps... I love that demo... I've played through it three timees now... each a different way... I can't wait to play the full version later this month!

 

[The Terminator]

My problem was that the game wouldnt launch at all! I start it and then it would give me this error "You need a direct X 8.1 or higher compatible card" or something along those lines. I have DX 9 installed, and my GFX card is a Geforce 4 MX 440 SE. I know its a shitty card, im gettin a 9600 for christmas but shouldnt it still run games?!?!?

 

[Letters]

Originally posted by The Terminator
My problem was that the game wouldnt launch at all! I start it and then it would give me this error "You need a direct X 8.1 or higher compatible card" or something along those lines. I have DX 9 installed, and my GFX card is a Geforce 4 MX 440 SE. I know its a shitty card, im gettin a 9600 for christmas but shouldnt it still run games?!?!?

The game doesn't support MX Series cards... I didn't know it, but that's why the demo wouldn't even load for me at first... I had a G4MX440... and just recently upgraded (to a 9600, heh)

That's crap, if you ask me...

 

[The Terminator]

Its total f*cking crap. But on the another note, Letters, were like twins. btw, hows the 9600 treating you??

 

[Letters]

Originally posted by The Terminator
Its total f*cking crap. But on the another note, Letters, were like twins. btw, hows the 9600 treating you??

VERY good. :cheese:

It does all DX9 features flawlessly... installed easy... and even fixed some sound issues I was having with a couple of game like Max Payne 2 (which can run at FULL detail smoothly now)... that one's kinda freakish... don't know what was happening there....

 

[The Terminator]

insane improvement? you run aa and ansi? and what are rest of system specs? Mine right now is 1.7 GHz athlon xp, 512 mb ddr 266mhz RAM,64 mb Geforce 4 mx 440 se, 20 Gig HDD, soundblaster Live!

After chistmas add 512 more Ram to 1024, and 128 mb ati radeon 9600.

 

[Letters]

Ahhh... I edited my post too late.

Anyway the rest of my system is:
P4 2.4
Sound Blast Live!
60 GB HD
512 MB DDR RAM

The improvement is DEFINITELY noticable... and, yes, I can have ansi and AA on... the only thing I haven't been able to do that with so far has been the DX2 demo... but that has issues right now so that doesn't count!

 

[The Terminator]

I cant wait for my new radeon. I heart xmas. And I wanna upgrade my cpu. Its just a 1.7, and im lookin into the 2.5ish market. is it expensive to upgrade and could I do it myself? I can install ram and gfx cards easily enough(anyone can). I tried installing a cd rom drive yesterday, botched that but didnt do any serious damge(old comp anyway). So...answer my questions everybody.

 

[Shuzer]

Letters, for whatever reason, in the DX:IW demo, if you run 6x FSAA and it lags, just alt tab to windows and back to the game, lag goes away. Quite odd, but it works.

As for your concerns on the difficulty of upgrading, Terminator, it's quite easy. I'm not sure how you can botch putting a CDRom drive in a computer, but uhh.. yeah. There are plenty of guides to installing motherboards and CPUs around the net, but it's all covered in the motherboard manual, in most cases.

 

[CyberSh33p]

I hate technology. I got my card not that long ago(actually I forgot when, but its a geforce4 ti4400) and now its apparently all outdated and dx8 and crap. I don't get what part of hardware doesn't allow dx9 features but whatever. bah to you all. nice to know your cards are outdated in a few weeks though.

 

[dis]

Originally posted by The Terminator
I cant wait for my new radeon. I heart xmas. And I wanna upgrade my cpu. Its just a 1.7, and im lookin into the 2.5ish market. is it expensive to upgrade and could I do it myself? I can install ram and gfx cards easily enough(anyone can). I tried installing a cd rom drive yesterday, botched that but didnt do any serious damge(old comp anyway). So...answer my questions everybody.

Installing a new processor is as easy as RAM, just make sure your motherboard supports whatever you end up deciding on getting. ALthough with 1.7 gigs, I wouldn't get another one. That's already pretty fast unless you have to have a faster one. I can run Max Payne 2 at FULL detail at 1024x768 eith very little slow down with P4 1.8GHz, 512 MB RDRAM, Geforce 3 Ti 500. Sure it's not in DX9, but it still looks sweet as hell. I don't think you'd see a huge performance jump getting a 2.5, but I'm certainly no expert. Get other opinions, of course.

 

[The Terminator]

Ya, thats true. I think Ill just wait till I get another computer for some processor boosting.

 

[OCybrManO]

If you have a somewhat older motherboard with the little metal tab thing holding the CPU fan/heatsink down (with newer ones there is a big plastic thing that guides the fan/heatsink in and you just flip two levers to lock it into place)... be careful when you reattatch that. I've seen several people slip, hit the motherboard, and break off something important.

... and you might have to worry about static at this time of the year.
In that respect, I'm lucky to be living in Florida.