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My computer is not gaming uber machine but i can play many of newest games( for example Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2 and others) without any lag with resolution 1280x1024. So do you think it is normal to have video lag playing such old game like E&B? It is just connot be true. And as i said the lag starts only with hull damaged animation. BTW it is not 2 slots video card. 1 slot and 1 power connector. And video card passes tests so it is not dying yet. P.S Anyway thanks for advise i tried to do what you recomended and it didn't help.

So any idea how to fix it?

Windows XP Pro SP3 / video drivers are newest. And i remember i got same problem with my old PC (pentium 3 and geforce 2) when i played E&B before EA shut down servers.

Yes it strange. I found which option affect on it. It is "Space Poly Budget". Lag disappears only if i set this option to lowest but then i have empty universe and invisible ship. It is not good to play game this way. I guess,this lag is caused by smoke that comes from damaged hull. Is there any way to edit some config file and disable "smoke"? Any idea? P.S. Sorry for my english.

When Hull is Damaged i get video lag and frame rate drop. I guess because of "hull damaged animation". Is there way to disable this animation or fix it somehow, maybe editing some config file? My comp is Pentium 4 - 3.04 Ghz/ 2GB RAM /GeForce 7800GS 256MB/ WindowsXP Pro SP3