Old Games Running Slow

Barkeep49 · 08-07-2005, 05:29 PM

So I'm a member of Yahoo Games on Demand. Looking for a game to play I decide to try Close Combat IV: Battle of the Bulge. I download the 500 megs and start to play. I try one battle (which I win) but give up on the game. Why? Because anytime I try and do anything there is a noticable lag. This drives me nuts. This is a game which requires the following:
* System: Pentium-200 or equivalent
* RAM: 32 MB RAM
* CD-ROM: 4X CD-ROM
* Video Memory: 4 MB VRAM
* Hard Drive Space: 100 MB
* Mouse: Yes
* Sound Board: Yes
* DirectX: DirectX v6.1

Considering I have a Pentium IV (3 ghz) with 2 gigs of ram, and a radeon 9700 with 512 ram, I don't think it's too much to ask to for the game to run flawlessly. Essentially it has to be poor programming which causes the lag and I find that to be so unacceptable.

Dutch · 08-07-2005, 05:40 PM

That's really weird, I've found that re-loading old games like Close Combat 3, 4, and 5 results in the gameplay being too fast. And have to slow down all the options and there is never any lag at all.

hukarez · 08-07-2005, 07:04 PM

I wasn't aware that the ATI Radeon 9700 came in a 512 meg configuration?

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08-07-2005, 05:40 PM	#2
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	That's really weird, I've found that re-loading old games like Close Combat 3, 4, and 5 results in the gameplay being too fast. And have to slow down all the options and there is never any lag at all.

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