okay seems i've solved this problem - edited config_DX.ini in mta:sa folder.
what i did:
set SkipShader14=1
SkipShader20=1
EmulateDX81=0
DisableLighting=1
now FPS is about 23 - in most problem areas (LSPD, SF)
stay tuned.
yes, i have the latest dX, well, at least the one after year 2005 (when SA was released).
windows is basically fresh, so no extra tasks in taskmon
os is WinXP SP2
i just don't understand how such loaded GTA (peds, cars, everything) runs smooth, but almost empty MTA - crappy
absolutely right! it's very weird since gta:sa runs smoothly 3xAA very high, max drawD, everything maxed out in driver settings, but MTA is showing doubtful performance on lowest settings possible (even driver-specific), even though there are no peds, traffic in MTA and other stuff specific to system-hungry single-player
Hello, i have EXTREMELY low fps (3-7 f/s) while playing MTA. When i'm in the countryside, it's about 15 fps, when i fly around LS the framerate drops to about 5 and such rate persists even when i move to less poligonal regions. I do not have this problem while playing GTA single-player mode.
I tried changing resolution, but almost no difference between 640x480 and 1280x1024 and the same in windowed mode.
-tried performance tweaks - performance tool that disables almost all effects.
-installed latest drivers available for my system.
-lowered some texture resolutions and sprite resolutions (txd files).
-disabled/enabled AGP texture acceleration (helped before entered cities) and HW sound accel in dxdiag - NO results.
-tried changing graphics options in gta:Sa
Maybe MTA could integrate graphics options menu? How could i fix this problem?