I know, I know, I'm late to the party, but in the last week I finally got around to playing the original Bioshock on PC.
I have the 1.1 patch, which, I believe, was the very last patch. Yes, video card drivers are current, as are all other drivers, and Windows 7 itself has all the latest updates applied.
So why do I get these occasional freezes/stuttering during gameplay?
Usually it's just a fraction of a second, but occasionally it's a good couple of seconds. I'll end up getting killed if in combat, or if not I'll suddenly be a good distance across a room.
There's no chance this is due to inadequate hardware - see sig. So what's going on?
FWIW, my display is a CRT running at 1600x1200 @ 75 Hz, with Vsync turned on (can't stand tearing). I don't know explicitly how many fps I'm getting in Bioshock, but it certainly looks smooth to the eye.
I have the 1.1 patch, which, I believe, was the very last patch. Yes, video card drivers are current, as are all other drivers, and Windows 7 itself has all the latest updates applied.
So why do I get these occasional freezes/stuttering during gameplay?
Usually it's just a fraction of a second, but occasionally it's a good couple of seconds. I'll end up getting killed if in combat, or if not I'll suddenly be a good distance across a room.
There's no chance this is due to inadequate hardware - see sig. So what's going on?
FWIW, my display is a CRT running at 1600x1200 @ 75 Hz, with Vsync turned on (can't stand tearing). I don't know explicitly how many fps I'm getting in Bioshock, but it certainly looks smooth to the eye.