Performance issues in NFS Pro Street - 7XXX related?

Hey guys,

my system usually performs very well in the current games. Hellgate, Gears of War, CoD4 - maxed out (no AA) don't seem to be a problem for it at all.

In Need For Speed: Pro Street I experience a stuttering, lagging and "foamed" performance, which already starts in the menus, making the game horrible to play.

A friend of mine with exactly the same system and a 8600GT, which has proven to be slower in DirectX9 than my superclocked 7900GS (which performs better than any 7950GT I've seen til now), plays the game with smooth >50 fps and no stuttering at all, at the exactly same settings.

Also the reviews I've read, complaining about the performance, tested it on a 7XXX series card - the reviews done on a 8XXX series card didn't state such a bad performance.

May this be an engine-7XXX-series related problem?


Best regards

panni

 

i have the same problem.. tried different videocard drivers, audio drivers and still no clue why i get the stuttering.. i have an 8800 gts with an onboard audio card..

 

me too same problem for 7800gtx, tried a lot of drivers clean more the HD etc no way :S

 

No problem here running smooth as butter
at 1680/1050 4aa 4af max out. It might be related to hardware guys. Maybe the game needs more video card memory i guess.

 

Nope, sorry to disappoint you - the friend, who plays it at very very smooth framerates, has a 256MB card, too, but 8600GT.

 

hmmmm , weird , it might be a bug in the drivers or something for the 7xxx series card

 

Yes... same here lot of trouble with this game. I was not going to buy this game but the demo is running like crap. Strange stuttering, pause

 

Yup, 256MB card here as well and there is 0 stuttering.

 

The original poster's theory seems to be true. I also have the same stuttering on a 7600GT.

 

the only problem i had was some slowdowns when i had shadows enabled...but after i disabled them the game runs smooth as butter..also 256mb card..

 

lower your shadows from high to low and you'll fix the problem.

 

unplayable. Stuttering at any settings

 

same with my 7600GT EA ****ed us up -.-

 

for me the demo ran worse than retail

 

Yeah the environment in the game looks quite plain, I've noticed that those particle effects really take a toll on my 7950GT though the game is quite okay and the cars feel better than in the previous releases. It's really just waving the framerate up and down all wobbly.

Well it's an okay game I play it sometimes to kill time.

 

i just think the stutter shows up more on the 7 series. Its still there with the 8 series. Only happens in grip races and its not very noticeable. But it IS there.

 

yes...the problem persists on 7 series card. Though, the game is running fine on all 8 series card. I tried demo...and i was getting >45fps !! Nice game...i say!
Graphics are nice. Though, i was expecting night racing and Cop chases!
As for the problem with 7 series card, i think a newer driver or game patch might solve th issue!!

 

i have the same problem with a 8800GTS, tried enabling/disabling VSYNC didn't fix. i can run the game at 1280*1024 or 640*480 and same thing happens...

 

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I have the same problem on 8600gt... It seems there is no solution for this, the game is simply ****ed, and i heard nothing about a patch. GG EA.