It might also be worth noting that to my knowledge, GalCiv2/DA did not even appear in the list of fixed or non-fixed issues in the driver release. I know that I reported the bug myself. Perhaps there has not been enough push on this one.

Kryo,

I appreciate your response. Thank you very much. As long as it has been confirmed that it is a driver issue and they are working on it, I can wait. I was just a bit frustrated when I heard that Cari was waiting to hear from nvidia and that they didn't even mention it in their driver release notes, much less fix it with the release. I'll keep waiting on it, and again I thank you for your response.

Unfortunately, the fix did nothing for my problem. The condition remains the same and goes away when I minimize the lower displays. Perhaps the minimap is still causing most of the problem and the slow performance won't go away until all of the pieces are fixed. I hope this feedback helps. Someone else please reply and confirm this. If this fixes the problem for other, maybe my issue is broader. However, I'm still thinking it's minimap related. Thank you again for your support. I will continue to check this post daily to look for updates.

Since someone else reported yesterday that the test build did not help, I started re-writing the minimap code again.  I don't know if I'll be able to get it done for the next beta, but I'll try really hard.

 

Here's another test build (read my dev journal if you want details):

http://sd.stardock.com/carielf/da_1_6_b2_test2.zip

Hmm...I'm getting much better framerates on Vista standing still and scrolling with my test build.  Are you sure that you're actually overwriting the exes?

 

I've tried your test2, but also here, on my vaio with vista same result: it's all slow until i minimize the bar. I've installed yesterday the last nvidia drivers (it's difficult on a laptop find a driver upgrade..) my drivers now are 7.15.0011.5818 of 12/04/2007

no, here i've the identical result: less than 10 fps when mini map up, more than 50 fps when mini map minimized

I tried the new update on Windows XP. I finally got a program that lets me take screenshots & display fps so I ran some tests. Here's a recap of my debug.err.

Debug Message: Version v1.6 beta 2 Dark Avatar test 2 last updated on: Fri Apr 27 17:44:48 2007
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 4/30/2007, 21:58:48
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: DEEP-BLUE
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.061219-0316)
Languages: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gateway
System Model: FX400
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Physical Memory: 2044MB RAM
Page File: 1297MB used, 10591MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 7950 GT
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0295&SUBSYS_C6333842&REV_A1
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor Name: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371
Driver Date: 10/22/2006 13:22:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SB X-Fi Audio [1000]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_00311102&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Provider: Creative
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.1187
Driver Date: 8/17/2006 11:17:10
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0

Sound device 1:
Description: USB Audio Device
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: USB\Vid_0d8c&Pid_000c&Rev_0100&MI_00
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Driver Name: usbaudio.sys
Provider: Microsoft
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.2180
Driver Date: 8/3/2004 23:07:56
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0

My fps was worst centered around the following image at lowest detail setting. I would get 22 fps while the camera was stationary & minimap open. 24 fps while the minimap was closed. At highest video settings (at 0 anti-aliasing though), I was getting 17 fps at this same image with minimap open, 19 while closed.

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Also I noticed, at highest video settings with the minimap zoom level set to 300 (had to be 300), I would get these strange lines across the minimap.

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Let me know if I can try anything else or provide more information. Thanks for the help.

I e-mailed my contact yesterday and he said that the function call I'm using to draw the primitives is slow and told me another way to do it.  It also happens to be the same function that I'm using to draw all the screen textures.    He's going to use my third test build (which makes the line graphs also use Direct3D) and see if he can find any bugs in the drivers now that it's using a more optimal solution. 

The 8 series does run a lot better on Vista. 

I have a 6800 on my Vista test box and I get around 40 fps resting now and (depending on what I'm scrolling over) 8-19 fps when scrolling.  It doesn't seem to chug even at the 8 fps, though.

Also, strangely enough, you sometimes get better performance if you run the game at your desktop resolution instead of making DirectX resize it, even though you have more stuff on the screen, so you could compare framerates with trying that too.

Sounds good Cari,

Thanks again for the help and the update. I'll keep checking daily. Please let me know if I can help test in any way.

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Excellent. I'm glad to know that this is not a case of "it works on my machine!"