Vista and Lord of the Rings Online

>
> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A336ABD-9B46-4C28-BF62-18FDD25F4FC2@microsoft.com...

>> Overall poor performance with this game. I have a custom machine... AMD
>> X2
>> 4400+ on an Asus nForce 4 SLI Premium board with 2Gigs of corsair RAM and
>> a
>> nVidia GeForce 7800GTX 256. A few issues come up:
>>
>> Graphical performance - likely driver linked but I'll put it here anyway.
>> Initially, poor FPS. With latest driver, FPS issues addressed, however
>> now
>> some graphics randomly become corrupted or don't load resulting in
>> glaring
>> RGB overlays.
>>
>> Game Crash - on a long enough time-line (1.5-2 hours+) it is a certainty.
>> Game stops responding and forces a reset. What is interesting is the
>> memory
>> usage, which is far beyond any program I have ever used... at times of
>> crash
>> (when I access Task Manager and actually have a look), memory usage is
>> upwards of 1.1Gigs... that can't be right? Well, seems to be so, as it
>> makes
>> even a dual-core processor sluggish on other simple tasks such as
>> browsing
>> the web or Alt-Tabbing through windows.
>>
>> my 2 cents

>
> LoTR Online and Vista Business and all working fine here. No FPS issues,
> no crashes or lock ups no matter how long online.
>
> Trev
>
> E6600 OC'ed to 3.4Ghz
> 2Gb 800 Mhz DDR2 running @ 850
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> 2 x Seagate 320 S-ATA2 on Stripe for software

> Overall poor performance with this game. I have a custom machine... AMD X2
> 4400+ on an Asus nForce 4 SLI Premium board with 2Gigs of corsair RAM and a
> nVidia GeForce 7800GTX 256. A few issues come up:
>
> Graphical performance - likely driver linked but I'll put it here anyway.
> Initially, poor FPS. With latest driver, FPS issues addressed, however now
> some graphics randomly become corrupted or don't load resulting in glaring
> RGB overlays.
>
> Game Crash - on a long enough time-line (1.5-2 hours+) it is a certainty.
> Game stops responding and forces a reset. What is interesting is the memory
> usage, which is far beyond any program I have ever used... at times of crash
> (when I access Task Manager and actually have a look), memory usage is
> upwards of 1.1Gigs... that can't be right? Well, seems to be so, as it makes
> even a dual-core processor sluggish on other simple tasks such as browsing
> the web or Alt-Tabbing through windows.
>
> my 2 cents

> Overall poor performance with this game. I have a custom machine... AMD X2
> 4400+ on an Asus nForce 4 SLI Premium board with 2Gigs of corsair RAM and a
> nVidia GeForce 7800GTX 256. A few issues come up:
>
> Graphical performance - likely driver linked but I'll put it here anyway.
> Initially, poor FPS. With latest driver, FPS issues addressed, however now
> some graphics randomly become corrupted or don't load resulting in glaring
> RGB overlays.
>
> Game Crash - on a long enough time-line (1.5-2 hours+) it is a certainty.
> Game stops responding and forces a reset. What is interesting is the memory
> usage, which is far beyond any program I have ever used... at times of crash
> (when I access Task Manager and actually have a look), memory usage is
> upwards of 1.1Gigs... that can't be right? Well, seems to be so, as it makes
> even a dual-core processor sluggish on other simple tasks such as browsing
> the web or Alt-Tabbing through windows.
>
> my 2 cents

>
>
> "George" wrote:
>

>> Overall poor performance with this game. I have a custom machine... AMD
>> X2
>> 4400+ on an Asus nForce 4 SLI Premium board with 2Gigs of corsair RAM and
>> a
>> nVidia GeForce 7800GTX 256. A few issues come up:
>>
>> Graphical performance - likely driver linked but I'll put it here anyway.
>> Initially, poor FPS. With latest driver, FPS issues addressed, however
>> now
>> some graphics randomly become corrupted or don't load resulting in
>> glaring
>> RGB overlays.
>>
>> Game Crash - on a long enough time-line (1.5-2 hours+) it is a certainty.
>> Game stops responding and forces a reset. What is interesting is the
>> memory
>> usage, which is far beyond any program I have ever used... at times of
>> crash
>> (when I access Task Manager and actually have a look), memory usage is
>> upwards of 1.1Gigs... that can't be right? Well, seems to be so, as it
>> makes
>> even a dual-core processor sluggish on other simple tasks such as
>> browsing
>> the web or Alt-Tabbing through windows.
>>
>> my 2 cents

>
> Same with crashing here. Looking at the LOTRO support forums the crashing
> is a known issue with systems running Vista (memory leak?). I can play
> for
> about 30 minutes before I get the old CTD.
>
> Sys Specs:Vista Ultimate
> AMD 185 Oc'd to 3.15, ATI 1950 pro 256MB, 2GB Corsair XLL ddr400, X-FI
> plat.