RAM and CPU detection problem : Othor Games

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:10 am

Enable console via the launch options button: +set com_allowConsole 1
Open the game, open the console, then scroll to the very top. For most people (myself included), it says I have a 3MHz CPU installed, and 0 MB of video RAM.

Is this the reason for the incredibly shoddy PC performance?

For reference, here are a few of my PC's specs:

Core i7-2600k (Overclocked to 5.0GHz)
16 GB RAM
nVidia GTX 590

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:54 pm

Yep, I just checked and have that exact same problem. 3MHz CPU and 0MB video memory. Oddly, it does recognize that it is a quad core.

Any recommended fixes for getting the game to recognize BOTH CPU and GPU?

This clearly can't be an ATI drive issue if it also doesn't properly recognize the CPU.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:18 am

Probably why everyone is getting crap textures, the game thinks you have low specs. This is the danger of auto configuration.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:28 pm

Probably why everyone is getting crap textures, the game thinks you have low specs. This is the danger of auto configuration.

Tried this and mine shows up correct... that explains why my game runs great

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:53 am

Actually this is most likely why we're getting low frames and terrible texture loading, I noticed this last night when the game first came out, but I wasn't sure it wasn't just me. Even without the auto config the game would probably have a hard time reading what our specs are. id and Bethesda need to send out a patch ASAP or risk losing a huge amount of PC gamers.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:22 pm

But if your video card had 0 MB VRAM it wouldn't even have memory enough for the framebuffer :rolleyes:

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:01 am

Tried this and mine shows up correct... that explains why my game runs great

What are your specs, if you don't mind? Wonder if you have a similar build to what they used to develop the game.

EDIT: Xaxxiron, that might be why the pop-in is so heinous for most PC gamers, until you force V-Sync and buffering in the nVidia control panel.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:56 pm

What are your specs, if you don't mind? Wonder if you have a similar build to what they used to develop the game.

EDIT: Xaxxiron, that might be why the pop-in is so heinous for most PC gamers, until you force V-Sync and buffering in the nVidia control panel.

i7 930 OCed to 3.33ghz
(x2) 1.5 GB 480 GTXs
12GB 10666 Ripjaw Memory

The odd thing is i am not even using nvidia beta drivers... just the latest release.

I got mine off steam... if that makes a difference...

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:58 pm

Same thing here, 3MHz proc, with 0 vid ram. My specs:

i7 940 2.93GHz
6 gigs of ram
ati 5870 1gb w/ crap rage hotfix driver

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:59 am

i7 930 OCed to 3.33ghz
(x2) 1.5 GB 480 GTXs
12GB 10666 Ripjaw Memory

The odd thing is i am not even using nvidia beta drivers... just the latest release.

I got mine off steam... if that makes a difference...

That might be it. I'm using the beta drivers, and I also have the Steam version.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:10 pm

Same issue here!

console say 3 Mhz and 0 MB vram

My system is

2500K, GTX 560 Ti, 12GB ram

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:14 pm

My console says:

1 CPU package, 4 cores, 4 total logical processors
14Mhz AMD CPU with MMX etc.
8182 MB System Memory
0 MB Video Memory

My specs are:

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Quad Core 3.2Ghz
ATI HD 6850 1gb
8gb DDR3 1600 ram

WT#!!!!!?

Having huge problems with this game!!! Installed latest drivers and still having major problems!!!

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:26 am

But if your video card had 0 MB VRAM it wouldn't even have memory enough for the framebuffer :rolleyes:

so THIS is why the CPU is eating 100% ? Game isn't recognizing video card ram?

How do you get the game makers to see THIS INFO ASAP? This would be the problem most all people are having!

Would solve Pop-in and freezing/locking up (but not crashing?)

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:35 pm

I get something similar too.
1 CPU package, 2 cores, 2 total logical processors
3 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 & EM64T
4096 MB System Memory
0 MB Video Memory

My specs are:

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 ghz (e6750 OC’d @ 3.2Ghz)
ATI HD 6870 1gb
4gb DDR2 800 RAM
Intel SSD

Also found these errors when scrolling up:

Couldn't find proc address for: glTexMultiSubImage2DAMD
Couldn't find proc address for: glCompressedTexMultiSubImage2DAMD

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:00 pm

so THIS is why the CPU is eating 100% ? Game isn't recognizing video card ram?

How do you get the game makers to see THIS INFO ASAP? This would be the problem most all people are having!

Would solve Pop-in and freezing/locking up (but not crashing?)

I'm pretty sure all of iD software and Bethesda are reading these forums.

And most likely ATI/NVIDIA as well.

If not, THEY SHOULD BE.

Anyone have a twitter account? You can tweet Carmack himself.

http://twitter.com/#!/ID_AA_Carmack

Maybe tweet him this thread as well with over 30k views:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2154243

At least the press is listening. Bad Rage PC articles are popping up everywhere describing the pain everyone in these forums has experienced.

Worst game launch I've ever been involved with.

Ever.

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:06 pm

Yup, having the same problem here. 0 megs of VRam recognized by the engine. Huge problem. iD needs this info.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:50 am

id knows man, have you seen the news around the internet about the PC version of rage?

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:38 am

I see the same (3 MHz CPU, 0 MB Video Memory). Sent Carmack a tweet about it.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:58 pm

Talked with some folks on the team. This readout isn't used by the code and has no affect on performance.

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:33 pm

Talked with some folks on the team. This readout isn't used by the code and has no affect on performance.

Then please lock this thread.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:24 am

Talked with some folks on the team. This readout isn't used by the code and has no affect on performance.

So whats the issue then? Cause if that aint it I'm stumped.

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:07 am

Talked with some folks on the team. This readout isn't used by the code and has no affect on performance.

=( I just tweeted Rage, ID, ATI Creator, AMD, and John Carmack with this ... .... ...

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:56 pm

So no updates on whats wrong? How are we suppose to know why our games are not working? Does id even know whats going on? Someone update us for [censored]s sake.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:05 pm

C'mon ID this is ridiculous, so many people having problems and almost nothing is getting fixed. Good to see I'm not the only one with this problem though.

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:06 pm

Talked with some folks on the team. This readout isn't used by the code and has no affect on performance.

Thanks for letting us know, and making the effort to bring these issues to the attention of the team. However, I still have a hunch that this readout, along with the "auto-detect" graphics settings, and the low res textures/horrible texture streaming issues are all related. It makes perfect sense why most users with these texture problems are showing 0 vid. memory while those without problems have their vid. memory correctly listed.