🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:19:17 -0400, John Cocktosen
<JohnCocktosen@thedoor.com> wrote:

>John Cocktosen wrote:
>> Sleepy wrote:
>> 
>>> "Ceowulf" <ceo@NOSPAMii.ATALLnet> wrote in message 
>>> news:460bccd9$0$7395$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>>
>>>> Went and picked up C&C today, in the 30 minutes I had to play it I 
>>>> was disgruntled to see that the schnazzy FMV cutscenes seem to lag 
>>>> like a bitch. The actual visuals seem to go slower than the audio. So 
>>>> what ends up happening is that the actors are talking and moving in 
>>>> what is just a little bit like slow motion (a few milliseconds slower 
>>>> than full speed) yet the talking and sounds are going full speed ahead.
>>>>
>>>> The end result is lip-syncing that makes baby jesus cry, as I sit at 
>>>> the end of the cutscene in silence for about a minute watching the 
>>>> now eerily silent face of Grace Park. It seems to get worse the 
>>>> longer the FMV keeps playing, i.e. the visual component of the movie 
>>>> lags further and further behind the audio component. :(
>>>>
>>>> System specs are just on the recommended line, so I run it at medium 
>>>> setting quality ok. The game itself runs fine.
>>>>
>>>> P4 3.2
>>>> 6800 GT Ultra
>>>> 1 gig of ram
>>>> Using the AC97 from my motherboard for sound.
>>>> Running DX9.0c
>>>> With NVIDIA drivers 93.71
>>>> I updated all my Windows XP drivers about a week ago.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas from anyone who is infinitely wiser/smarter/cooler than 
>>>> this poor putz as to why this would happen?  It didn't happen in the 
>>>> FMV in the demo which is odd.
>>>>
>>>> Ceo-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> the 93.71 are buggy drivers - revert to 91.47
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> I... don't... think... so...  I've been using the 91.47 drivers since 
>> release with zero problems.  C&C 3 and the videos play fine for me.  I 
>> have a 6800 GT Ultra also.  His problem is something else...
>
>
>Not only did I obviously say that wrong, but I also lied!  I am NOT 
>using the 93.71 drivers or even the 91.47 drivers.  I'm actually using 
>the 84.25 drivers!  I have the 93.71 drivers downloaded, but never 
>installed them (which is what threw me off).  I've never upgraded past 
>84.25 because everything has always worked perfectly with them.  Sorry 
>about that...

I am using the 93.71 drivers and haven't noticed any issues as of yet
with C&C3, and I'm running on an old Geforce Ti 4200. So his card and
drivers shouldn't be an issue.