Very glitchy graphics and Low FPS

[Loor]

Hello,

I recently purchased a new computer and today I installed Armagetron on it.

Upon launching the game and selecting my language settings, I proceeded to join a game. Yellow Submarine if I remember correctly, though that is regardless.

First off, the menu background was very slow and jumpy, and was having trouble displaying itself behind the server names (not any other text...colours maybe?).

One I joined, I experienced extremely low FPS and very glitchy graphics.

When I say Glitchy I mean the wall texture was flashing geometric shapes(Not the coloured ones on the walls, I mean, glitchy stuff), the floor was quite similar. I couldn't see the grid except quite near my cycle. In fact, it was really quite horrible and unplayable.

I have 4GB of Ram, and 2.5GhZ Intel Core two Duo CPU, a NVidia 9800GT Graphics (Very very good, I can run powerful games like Call of Duty on full settings smoothly - It gets a 5.9 in the Graphics Aero and 5.9 in the Gaming Graphics).
I'm running Windows 7 RC 64-bit. (Built 7100).

Any help or ideas would be great.
Thanks

[Z-Man]

Get a proper graphics driver directly from NVidia, and potentially ditch W7Beta.

[Loor]

As far as I know I have the latest driver. I'm downloading it again now, I'll let you know how it goes.

And why ditch Windows 7? It works fine for me

[Z-Man]

And why ditch Windows 7? It works fine for me

Obviously not The main thing here is the driver issue. Remember the early days of Vista or even the beta phase? No proper OpenGL supporting driver was available then. The same may be true now, and we do need OpenGL. If you want to see whether it's a pure AA issue, just try other pure OpenGL games. glTron or any QuakeX engine game (Jedi Knight 2, Star Trek Elite Force, of course the Quakes themselves) will do.

[!TX!Ubunturocks]

NVidia has always seemed good at having there drivers opengl ready. Remember, windows 7 is very new, and bugs are going to be here and there. If you do not want to forget about windows 7, you could set up a multi operating system computer and install linux or something if you were desperate. lol I am sure windows 7 will keep getting better and updated, then we will be able to play armagetron advance on windows 7 without a problem. At least I hope so.

[Hoax]

Can't you emulate xp in 7?

[Z-Man]

It can, but I'd guess it's only for the programs. That doesn't help if the graphics driver doesn't work properly.

But hey, maybe emulation is ON and that's what's causing the problems?

[Word]

i have an nvidia too, my fps used to be 60 but when i found out how to change the priority i gained 300 more

go to system settings--->nvidia setup and change the priority from "performance" to "quality"

you should also take a look at this topic:
http://forums3.armagetronad.net/viewtop ... 47&t=18595