8200 troubles?

[Pade]

Hey I have a ATI radeon 8200 SE 128 meg. When I play the game I have to run it at about 640x800 will all settings on low and it still lags a little. Any ideas or fixes to make it run smooth on higher settings?

[DazedDeus]

Well could you go into more detail about your specifications, as in, what is your processor speed, amount of ram you have and what, hard drive specifications such as RPM and cache.

[Kuro]

An 8200SE? There never has been a Radeon 8200 SE. At least according to ATi, that is.

Need more information. Do you mean to say that you have a Dell Inspiron 8200 with a Radeon 9000 integrated?

Or, do you have a Radeon 9200 SE? Either way, you will not get decent performance in DX:IW with this card. The SE model of Radeons are what the hardware community has affectionately dubbed "Slow Editions." Even with a 9200 Pro, you would have performance issues with DX:IW.

There is no way of improving performance when using older hardware such as either of those cards.

If you have a later-model card that either of these, please list the specific model.

[Pade]

Ya sorry guys. I have a 9200 SE. 2.6ghz 512 ram 120 gig hd.

[Kuro]

Sorry to say this, but that card won't get decent performance no matter what you do. That card is the slowest card ATi currently makes, and is pretty much worthless for gaming (not to mention that it does not support DirectX 9)...

Here's a small review/comparo of a Radeon 9200 SE done by those who know - [H]ard|OCP

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTYz

The Diamond Stealth S80 is the same as your card, so check the numbers on it.