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===Major lag===
===Low frame rate===
;Power management
;Power management
This can be a problem on notebooks. Under certain conditions, the performance of the computer will decrease dramatically, for example :
This can be a problem on notebooks. Under certain conditions, the performance of the computer will decrease dramatically, for example :
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;Driver issue
;Driver issue


First let's make sure that your graphic card have direct 3d and AGP accelerations enabled.
First let's make sure that your graphic card has Direct3D and AGP acceleration enabled.
Click in start, execute, write dxdiag, and press ok. You will see now diverse information about your directX and your computer hardware/software, click in display, now check direct3d/agp acceleration. If it is off try enable it, if it is impossible enable, you graphic card may have not have this option or windows is using you card as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect pci] instead of agp. In this case try <u>update or install all your motherboard drivers.</u>
Click on Start, Run, type "dxdiag", and press OK. You will see now various information about your DirectX and your computer hardware/software. Click on display, and check the Direct3D/AGP acceleration checkbox. If it is off, try enabling it, and if it is cannot be enabled, your graphics card may have not have this option, or Windows is using your card as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect PCI] instead of AGP. In this case, try <u>updating or re-installing all your motherboard drivers.</u>


[[Image:Direct3d accelaration on-1-.jpg|thumb|200px|center|Make sure that you have the accelerations enabled.]]
[[Image:Direct3d accelaration on-1-.jpg|thumb|200px|center|Make sure that you have acceleration enabled.]]


Now, if it is all enabled like in the picture above, try install or update your graphics drivers, don't use that ones that come with the Windows. If you have a Nvidia card and if it is old (like geforce 2 or Riva), I recommend you install an older driver. My recommendation is one from the 28.x and 60.x. range, this ones seemed to work better at my old card.
Now, if acceleration is enabled like in the picture above, try installing or updating your graphics drivers; don't use the ones that come with Windows. If you have an Nvidia card and if it is old (like GeForce 2 or Riva), I recommend you install an older driver. My recommendation is one from the 28.x and 60.x. range; these seemed to work better with my old card.


NVIDIA users download [http://www.fileshack.com/browse.x?cat=49 here] nvidia old drivers. ATI try [http://www.fileshack.com/browse.x/50 here].
Nvidia users can download old drivers [http://www.fileshack.com/browse.x?cat=49 here]. ATI users, try [http://www.fileshack.com/browse.x/50 here].




 
See also "Bad texturing", above.
See also "Bad texturing", see above.


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