KX v35 works in Server 2003 - choppy games though

Joey · Nov 5, 2003, 05:02 PM

For audio apps like Cubase I've heard nothing but good about how Server 2003 can be made to multitask like nothing else once it's tamed into a workstation. Info everywhere on the web.

My tests (consumer level) so far indicate it runs everything awesome but in games it gets choppy, like Comanche 4 some words get repeated or kind of choppy.

While I didn't read anything about Server 2003 support, I wondered if anyone solved this one? DX 9 used here. I tried all accellerations settings and bigger buffers and nothing really wiorked 100%. Lower accelleration I think worked a little.

Unrelated (for all I know), some audio optomization guides suggest to set the audio to "Do not map through this device" which is what I set it to. Is that good for KX or not?

RIV@NVX · Nov 6, 2003, 05:40 AM

I have Win2k3, and all games I play work fine. I don't know about Commance 4, because I dont' have it. Do you expirience the same issue with other games?

Joey · Nov 6, 2003, 02:01 PM

Honestly that's the only game I have on hand except Adventure Pinball

I'll definetely keep tryin and find something around here - thanks for keeping the topic alive

well get it

Joey · Nov 7, 2003, 08:56 PM

Solved! The culprit was incorrect installation of new NVidia Omega "Forceware" drivers

They're the first driver I've seen in a while that only have an extraction when you "install".

Reading the "Read Me" starts off with: "after extraction go to Device Manager and right click install from there".

The improvement with these drivers are drastically good here - XP drive's video card is set to quality while the Server 2003 Workstation is set to Performance.

I can't brag them up enough, and as always turning off NVidia driver helper in Services dosen't seem to affect anything so I did it on both cases.

Yeah, we may have tried installing this driver update the usual way and not gotten any improvements, go figure (Read the f... ) .

No choppy sound anymore - everything's just right

Nov 5, 2003, 05:02 PM	#1
Joey DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: United States Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	KX v35 works in Server 2003 - choppy games though For audio apps like Cubase I've heard nothing but good about how Server 2003 can be made to multitask like nothing else once it's tamed into a workstation. Info everywhere on the web. My tests (consumer level) so far indicate it runs everything awesome but in games it gets choppy, like Comanche 4 some words get repeated or kind of choppy. While I didn't read anything about Server 2003 support, I wondered if anyone solved this one? DX 9 used here. I tried all accellerations settings and bigger buffers and nothing really wiorked 100%. Lower accelleration I think worked a little. Unrelated (for all I know), some audio optomization guides suggest to set the audio to "Do not map through this device" which is what I set it to. Is that good for KX or not? __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1800 + 512 DDR 30 GB ATA 100 7200 RPM 8x CDR(W) GeForce2 SBLive Value 10k 1 XP Pro SR1

Nov 6, 2003, 05:40 AM	#2
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,480 Rep Power: 53 System Specs	I have Win2k3, and all games I play work fine. I don't know about Commance 4, because I dont' have it. Do you expirience the same issue with other games? __________________ -- Vedran

Nov 6, 2003, 02:01 PM	#3
Joey DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: United States Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	Honestly that's the only game I have on hand except Adventure Pinball I'll definetely keep tryin and find something around here - thanks for keeping the topic alive well get it __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1800 + 512 DDR 30 GB ATA 100 7200 RPM 8x CDR(W) GeForce2 SBLive Value 10k 1 XP Pro SR1

Nov 7, 2003, 08:56 PM	#4
Joey DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: United States Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	Solved! The culprit was incorrect installation of new NVidia Omega "Forceware" drivers They're the first driver I've seen in a while that only have an extraction when you "install". Reading the "Read Me" starts off with: "after extraction go to Device Manager and right click install from there". The improvement with these drivers are drastically good here - XP drive's video card is set to quality while the Server 2003 Workstation is set to Performance. I can't brag them up enough, and as always turning off NVidia driver helper in Services dosen't seem to affect anything so I did it on both cases. Yeah, we may have tried installing this driver update the usual way and not gotten any improvements, go figure (Read the f... ) . No choppy sound anymore - everything's just right __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1800 + 512 DDR 30 GB ATA 100 7200 RPM 8x CDR(W) GeForce2 SBLive Value 10k 1 XP Pro SR1