On my i5-2500k, AMD 6950, SSD, 16GB RAM, the game runs worse than the original BG1 did on my Pentium 2 in 1998.
I've just been granted beta access today, so there's still time, but I've got an almost identical setup to you (8GB less RAM) and it looks nicer and performs at least as well as pre-patch, probably better.
Cool Story, bro.
I went so far as to reinstall the OS (both w7 and w8), no dice.
Im curious about which gamebreaking bugs you guys are experiencing, my playthrough is flawless - I agree with OP.
On my i5-2500k, AMD 6950, SSD, 16GB RAM, the game runs worse than the original BG1 did on my Pentium 2 in 1998.
This is my system also, with the z68 chipset. What version catalyst drivers are you using, what opengl version, what is your sound card and is windows managing it or are you using the vendors app? Are you sure a catalyst profile isn't being applied to force AA, triple buffering, vsync etc? For what its worth, game is butter smooth on my end with a superficially similar rig.
If you reinstalled and got the same problems, you're probably setting your system up in such a way that is either exposing a rare bug, or actually hindering an entire subsystem within your comp. You aren't running a raid array or using that Intel I/O management software, right?
Im curious about which gamebreaking bugs you guys are experiencing, my playthrough is flawless - I agree with OP.
On my i5-2500k, AMD 6950, SSD, 16GB RAM, the game runs worse than the original BG1 did on my Pentium 2 in 1998.
This is my system also, with the z68 chipset. What version catalyst drivers are you using, what opengl version, what is your sound card and is windows managing it or are you using the vendors app? Are you sure a catalyst profile isn't being applied to force AA, triple buffering, vsync etc? For what its worth, game is butter smooth on my end with a superficially similar rig.
If you reinstalled and got the same problems, you're probably setting your system up in such a way that is either exposing a rare bug, or actually hindering an entire subsystem within your comp. You aren't running a raid array or using that Intel I/O management software, right?
Actually using a USB dongle for my wireless headset which contains its own DAC, so using whatever drivers that wants.
OpenGL has varied between 4.2.x.x to 4.3, after fiddling with Baldur.ini. Latest catalyst drivers, also tried beta catalyst versions, but otherwise haven't modified catalyst settings.
No RAID or intel software, I don't even have an intel sata controller. (Sabertooth p67)
@enneract Have you tried fully disabling hardware acceleration for your sound? Also, separately, have you tried turning down all the sound sliders completely within BGEE to see if the stuttering goes away? Your problem sounds a bit like the old 'ambient sounds' bug for BGT / tutu, wherein you had to disable ambient sounds or else you stuttered like mad.
@enneract Have you tried fully disabling hardware acceleration for your sound? Also, separately, have you tried turning down all the sound sliders completely within BGEE to see if the stuttering goes away? Your problem sounds a bit like the old 'ambient sounds' bug for BGT / tutu, wherein you had to disable ambient sounds or else you stuttered like mad.
How do you do that with BGEE? I always used BGConfig, which doesn't exist now.
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I went so far as to reinstall the OS (both w7 and w8), no dice.
If you reinstalled and got the same problems, you're probably setting your system up in such a way that is either exposing a rare bug, or actually hindering an entire subsystem within your comp. You aren't running a raid array or using that Intel I/O management software, right?
Do you have any other programs running in the background?
The only method to ameliorate the situation is to set the process priority to 'realtime' (lower settings are ineffective). Exactly. Which is also why, at least from my own experience, it is not ready to not be a beta yet. Actually using a USB dongle for my wireless headset which contains its own DAC, so using whatever drivers that wants.
OpenGL has varied between 4.2.x.x to 4.3, after fiddling with Baldur.ini. Latest catalyst drivers, also tried beta catalyst versions, but otherwise haven't modified catalyst settings.
No RAID or intel software, I don't even have an intel sata controller. (Sabertooth p67)