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Reply to Major performance problem in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]Check your dxdiag settings. Are you using the debug or retail version of the d3d driver?[/quote] Could you elaborate this a bit? I've these freezes too, alongside general performance issues, but they just take a second or two and only happens when huge fleets engage each other. DxDiag tells me that I'm using the debug version of the d3d9d.dll but the retail of the d3d9.dll. Might this cause the problem? How can I change which file is being used or get rid off the debug one?? Unin

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Reply to Poor performance in Technical Sins Forums

Ok, I've downloaded and installed the march release of DirectX and played Sins a while afterwards. Unfortunately it hasn't helped, still poor performance when battles with 50 or more ships in total are being fought. :-/ I think I'll just wait for the next patch and the final RC from NVidias current BETA driver. When they have hit the floor you'll get an update from me... btw: May I ask what your estimated average frame rate per second is on medium maps midgame? A

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Reply to Poor performance in Technical Sins Forums

Thanks for the tips Multianna, but I don't have any programs running in the background. I try to keep my OS as slim as possible when it boots. Your proposed DX update won't hurt though. Worth a try. :)

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Poor performance in Technical Sins Forums

Hi, as you all likely already assumed from the title, I suffer from poor performance while playing Sins. I browsed this forum a bit and found numerous people who - at a first glance - seemed to have the same or similar issue, but further readings revealed that they often had poor rigs (notebooks e.g.) too or were complaining that the performance during large fleet battles droped considerably. I have neither of those. The game severely drops down when fleets of 20 vs. 30 ship

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