Thank you all very much in helping to troubleshoot this issue. A fix appears to have been found. There was a new driver update at the beginning of May for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 (driver version 8.17.12.7533) that I wasn't aware of. I downloaded this, installed it and have played about 5 games without any issues of lag or latency. *aka sweet*
Warkun, do you have any antivirus or firewall software installed, and if so, which? These software suites can definitely affect the way diablo 2 runs if they allow it to run at all.
Strange, I don't need compatibility mode to run D2 on Win7, only to enable the scroll wheel.
If you want the best possible performance you should try a glide wrapper which will enable the Glide video mode. It happens to be the video mode D2 runs best on.
Btw, how about posting your specs? It might help in solving this issue.
Strange, I don't need compatibility mode to run D2 on Win7, only to enable the scroll wheel.
If you want the best possible performance you should try a glide wrapper which will enable the Glide video mode. It happens to be the video mode D2 runs best on.
Btw, how about posting your specs? It might help in solving this issue.
Absolutely .. sorry I'm @ work atm. I'll post later tonight. Any preferred / recommended tools to make that task easier?
Running the program in compatibility mode (for winXP, etc) is not necessary and will only reduce performance.
What video mode did the video test suggest? Also, make sure to try the other video modes as well as your video card might not properly support Blizzard's suggestion.
Hmmmm. The only reason that I run the program in compatibility mode was because the game wouldn't run otherwise. The game attempted to start and locked up on a black screen. Putting it into compatibility mode was the only thing that seemed to fix it (back when I was troubleshooting it). I'll revisit that tonight to see if I can run it with compat mode.
The video mode suggested 3D mode (I understand from reading other posts that the tool will suggest this for almost any computer today that supports 3D). I'll try the 2D mode (since there were only 2 suggestions from the video test) tonight as well.
Problem:
Diablo 2 game load times on bnet (ver 1.13) increased by approximately 5 seconds and lag in game renders game unplayable for the first 20 - 30 seconds of the game.
Background:
I have 2 computers that are running Diablo 2 currently.
* One is my older Win XP setup with considerably less everything (RAM, CPU, video card, etc.) and runs the game flawlessly (no lag, no video issues, etc.)
* The second is the newer beefed up machine with considerable more power running on Windows 7. This machine appears to have a cornea when a new game is started and lasting until about 20-30 seconds after the game has commenced.
So I did try things (really, I didn't just post before reading and stuff!):
---- I tried this suggestion from incgamers ----
1. Navigate to your Diablo II folder (e.g. C:/Program Files/Diablo II)
2. Right-click Game.exe and select Properties
3. Click the Compatibility tab
4. Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select Windows 98 / Windows Me
5. Check "Disable visual themes"
6. Check "Disable desktop composition"
7. Check "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings"
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Note: I put a compatibility of "Windows XP Service Pack 3 " though.
* I tried running the video test and taking Blizzard's suggestion.
* I ensured that the program is run as administrator.
Note: When I create the game, lots of symbols going through a loop in the top left corner of the screen like other people have posted, but then it lags like mad.
Lastly, there are no extraneous processes running in the background (process explorer shows only core processes running), memory isn't an issue, duel video cards shouldn't be an issue, and CPU shouldn't be an issue (i5) but I could be wrong.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Appreciate the help DiabloFans!
Nope .. no antivirus software to interfere.
Ok .. so the specs would be:
Intel Core i5 760 @ 2.80 GHz (4 Cores)
ASUS Sabertooth 55i
4GB DDR3 RAM
2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB mem)
1TB HDD (D3 installed)
60GB SSD (O/S drive)
I will have to look into the Glide wrapper as I admit that I wasn't sure if it violated Blizzard's user agreement and I want(ed) to stay legit.
Thanks.
Absolutely .. sorry I'm @ work atm. I'll post later tonight.
Hmmmm. The only reason that I run the program in compatibility mode was because the game wouldn't run otherwise.
The video mode suggested 3D mode (I understand from reading other posts that the tool will suggest this for almost any computer today that supports 3D). I'll try the 2D mode (since there were only 2 suggestions from the video test) tonight as well.
Thanks for the input!
Also .. researching more on this very site .. I did manage to dig up an old thread on a variation of this:
http://www.diablofans.com/topic/15821-diablo-2-lod-windows-7-directdraw/
Diablo 2 game load times on bnet (ver 1.13) increased by approximately 5 seconds and lag in game renders game unplayable for the first 20 - 30 seconds of the game.
Background:
I have 2 computers that are running Diablo 2 currently.
* One is my older Win XP setup with considerably less everything (RAM, CPU, video card, etc.) and runs the game flawlessly (no lag, no video issues, etc.)
* The second is the newer beefed up machine with considerable more power running on Windows 7. This machine appears to have a cornea when a new game is started and lasting until about 20-30 seconds after the game has commenced.
So I did try things (really, I didn't just post before reading and stuff!):
---- I tried this suggestion from incgamers ----
1. Navigate to your Diablo II folder (e.g. C:/Program Files/Diablo II)
2. Right-click Game.exe and select Properties
3. Click the Compatibility tab
4. Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select Windows 98 / Windows Me
5. Check "Disable visual themes"
6. Check "Disable desktop composition"
7. Check "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings"
------------------------------------------------
Note: I put a compatibility of "Windows XP Service Pack 3 " though.
* I tried running the video test and taking Blizzard's suggestion.
* I ensured that the program is run as administrator.
Note: When I create the game, lots of symbols going through a loop in the top left corner of the screen like other people have posted, but then it lags like mad.
Lastly, there are no extraneous processes running in the background (process explorer shows only core processes running), memory isn't an issue, duel video cards shouldn't be an issue, and CPU shouldn't be an issue (i5) but I could be wrong.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!