It kinda funny when people start complaining and arguing that they have state of the art computer which could run Crysis at maximum setting and GRID at ultra setting but suffer performance choppiness when they played Need For Speed Undercover.
Among the complains are :
- Bad framerate even at low resolution and mediacore graphics setting
- Poor world rendering quality
- Jagged shadow (anti-aliasing not work)
- Poor overall graphics quality even every settings are max out
- etc etc
Undercover actually use Prostreet 3D engine which undergone major tweaks here and there to produce stunning graphics quality. To be honest, I pretty impress with overall NFS Undercover graphics quality, fluidity and gameplay. I am using Core 2 Duo (2 cores) and ATI Radeon 4850 and 2 GB of RAMs (Vista). But, why most of the forumers keep complaining that their NFS Undercover really sux big time?
I discover this one when my younger brother ask me the same question. Our computer basically has same performance (his computer use C2D, 2 GB of RAMs and GeForce 9800 GTX) but he seriously suffer bad framerate and graphics quality. The only difference between us is, I use original NFS Undercover while he use pirated one. It doesn’t make sense at first but it actually do.
The real culprit is paul.dll crack files. When I replace this crack paul.dll over my original paul.dll, immediately my NFS Undercover become seriously hideos game. Overwrite back the cracked paul.dll with original paul.dll, everything return to normal.
So, in order to help my brother (but I can’t afford to send him my original copy of NFS (I am NFS Collector, so I don’t mind to pay RM90.00 for this game) due to geographical distance), I did try to find alternative solution and fortunately found one.
I do not promote any kind of piracy. But, I assume that anyone who bought the original games deserve to make a backup copy for their own personal use (I did). I am not willing to abuse my original collector game disc by any means. So, for this reason, here is the proper fix for your backup copy (or ahem ahem copy) of NFS Undercover.
Please note that you need to replace your cracked paul.dll with original paul.dll either you reinstall your NFS Undercover your you use mine (as per attach in that 7zip file).
Download NFS Undercover Performance Fixer here.
Password : expertester.wordpress.com
Wow, thanks a lot. I have that performance problem, I hope it works
Good job 
Comment by Tiago — November 25, 2008 @ 5:34 pm |
However, I do admit NFS Undercover is heavier than GRID. If your computer hardware (mainly CPU and 3dcard) are 2 years old, don’t expect miracle to be happen.
I test Undercover using 8600GT, the performance is so so. But using 4850, everything work as it should.
Comment by expertester — November 26, 2008 @ 11:12 am |
It worked! Thanks a lot! Cheers!
Comment by RJ — November 27, 2008 @ 7:37 am |
it does not work at all the problem still persists
Comment by zeon — November 28, 2008 @ 2:32 am |
It didnt work at all for me either. I think the problem is with the crack itself.
Comment by XSV — November 28, 2008 @ 4:18 am |
yoru pc spec?
Comment by expertester — November 28, 2008 @ 8:39 am |
have you tried this on your 4530?
Comment by kris — November 28, 2008 @ 1:31 pm |
It Worked for me!!!! thanks!!!!!
I use 9600 GT, AMD Athlon 64 x2 2.6 GHz, and 2GB of RAM.
Windows Vista Ultimate.
And I Use nHancer because the in-game antialiasing sucks…
Comment by Franco — November 28, 2008 @ 3:08 pm |
It didnt work for me…I still have the problem where my fps are good and sudently they drop a lot, like the game freezes for very little time but several times in a row… Help?
My Pc specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4 Ghz
3Gb RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9600GS
Comment by Tiago — November 28, 2008 @ 8:00 pm |
I am not a game expert but seem you are experiencing shuttering. Your PC weakest point is your graphic card. This game is pretty demanding where optimization for PC (porting) poorly implemented. So, don’t be surprise if Radeon 4850 with C2D 3 GHz only manage to get 35-40 FPS at high speed racing (measure with fraps).
Comment by expertester — November 28, 2008 @ 8:47 pm |
Works like a charm..all on max..
Intel Core 2 duo 2,6 Ghz
BFG 8800 GTS OC 512
Kingston 4gb ddr2
Vista ultimate 32 sp1
Comment by exxtremny — November 28, 2008 @ 9:28 pm |
Thanx Buddy It really worked Paul dll Was hardly fucking my pc and game now I can play my game smoothly Thank U So Much
Comment by Suraj Oad — November 29, 2008 @ 1:16 pm |
one other thing you can do, if u r runnin nvidia is til get ntune, and set video preference to high performance and turn off all other AA, vsync, blah blah blah features. you will get the lowest detail and a much smoother gameplay.
Comment by mislovic — November 29, 2008 @ 9:57 pm |
I have the ORIGINAL game and I suffer from the exact problems you describe. I’m downloadinf the “performance fix” not to see if it will help me. Any1 else with the original and performance issues?
Comment by Shadow — November 30, 2008 @ 10:50 am |
Hey shadow what graphic card are you using?
Comment by Jac — November 30, 2008 @ 1:50 pm |
Well my problem was solved
. It seems that nfs undercover clone dvd version still have problems with original paul.dll. Your solution doesn’t work with clone dvd version expertester, but thanks a lot! Thanks to you I realised what was wrong.
Comment by Tiago — November 30, 2008 @ 7:12 pm |
Didnt work for me. I have ATI HD4870 1gb and the game runs smooth with everything on max… but suddently frame rate drops to 4fps and stays like that for minutes. Driving me crazy.
Comment by d2 — December 1, 2008 @ 2:34 pm |
[...] the engine.. same as carbon… i liked most wanted much better. prostreet was also very good.. How to fix NFS Undercover Performance Choppy Framerate Expertester This solved my problem of low GFX __________________ [...]
Pingback by NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER. First impression - Page 3 - WCCFtech.com — December 1, 2008 @ 5:29 pm |
dude im testing this when i get home… (stupid work lol)… ill be back with some feedback if you like…
hope this helps, cuz im a hardcore NFS fan (played and finished every single release -not prostreet i hated that 1-) and this crappy “undercover” engine made me unninstall the damn game 20 mins after i installed rofl!
Intel Core2Duo e8400
4Gb OCZ Fatal1ty
Sapphire Radeon 4850 512Mb
Comment by volta — December 1, 2008 @ 5:56 pm |
i forgot to mention that im in Vista x64… has anyone seen a major concern about this rig/os set up?
Intel Core2Duo e8400
4Gb OCZ Fatal1ty
Sapphire Radeon 4850 512Mb
Vista x64
Comment by volta — December 1, 2008 @ 5:58 pm |
Thank’s now it work fine even on a 8600GT with 2x AA
i have the same problem with ProStreet is there something like this?
Comment by Alen — December 1, 2008 @ 8:58 pm |
Hi,
Tried “expertester” fix and it’s better, but stil choppy. Especially after 10 min play it’s back to it’s old problem.
I have to mention that i run a Intel865 M/B with a P4 2.8 – 3GHz DDR400 and Geforce FX5700Le 256MB graphics card. The idea that i might be running on a lower CPU than what the game recommends but it should still not have choppy graphics. Any ideas out there???
Comment by Jetbaby — December 2, 2008 @ 3:32 pm |
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Pingback by 100 Top Posts WordPress English 3/12/2008 « Kopanakinews’s Weblog — December 3, 2008 @ 4:24 am |
Hello! Unfortunaly i have a BAD pc. I Own a ATI radeon 9200 SERIES, its enough to play NFS Carbon, Most wanted. Pro street doesnt work, an error shows up. Does undercover work on this graphic card?
Comment by JayMan NFS FAN — December 3, 2008 @ 12:25 pm |
@Jayman
Nope, you cant.
Comment by expertester — December 3, 2008 @ 3:49 pm |
You just saved me a lot of money I was going to upgrade for a new card.
Thanks a BUNCH!!!1
Comment by tom — December 3, 2008 @ 9:56 pm |
Guy you atleast need a card which has pixel shader 2.0, vertex shader 2.0. mine is mid range 8600gt(pixel shader 4.0,vertex shader 4.0).
Comment by jac — December 3, 2008 @ 11:21 pm |
What graphics card sopuld be a min for this game? nVidia
Comment by Timmy — December 4, 2008 @ 9:17 am |
DUDE, IM getting CRAZZY!!!!
I have AMD X 2 4000 GIgabyte motherboard, 2 GB ram
NVIDIA 9600 GT graphic card ( DDR 3 512 MB, shader 4.0 , direct x 10 compatible)
But shit it isnt working well.. i see poor graphics even after installing the patch..
even at the lowest resolution, i get poor performance.
PLEASE HELp
PLEASE
Comment by Vikram — December 4, 2008 @ 1:56 pm |
OK so check this out, my specs:
Intel Quad Q9300 at 2.5GHz
8GB DDR2 RAM at 800MHZ
2 x 640GB HDD
NVidia Gforce 9800GT 512MB DDR3, Direct X10.
VISTA 64-bit
I mean come on, with these specs this game should explode man, but I can’t even move the car even at lowest settings. Noting helps man…….
Comment by Rock — December 4, 2008 @ 4:27 pm |
Damn, yea, thats the main problem.
Shit happens.. dude, i guess we need to wait for some patch to be released.
lets see.
Comment by Vikram — December 6, 2008 @ 1:29 am |
thank you ! but can some one tell me the code pleaseeee !!!
Comment by asdtfsd — December 6, 2008 @ 3:28 pm |
thanks … runs fine in
8600gt 256mb ddr3
2gb ddr2 667
vista ultimate
dual core 2.66
Comment by mANAs — December 6, 2008 @ 8:59 pm |
I see some of you are running the game under Vista Ultimate/64 bit, this may be your problem, quite a few people have told me of games that didn’t work properly with vista 64/Ultimate, I’d suggest trying Vista 32bit or just get a copy of Windows XP Pro 32bit, I use XP Pro 32 bit and I haven’t had any trouble with any games on my computer, I did have choppy game play with undercover until I used the orignal paul.dll it does fix the bad performance with the game. I have a copy Of Vista Ultimate 64 and I’ll be installing that operating system soon to find out if Vista really is a culprit for nfs undercover performance. I’ve used the orignal paul.dll on three different computers and it fixed the performance on each one, even my brothers low end pc. (2 gb ram DDR400, Radeon X1900 GT, and a old 2003 intel BTX motherboard, Pentium 4 3.40 ghz processor.) He uses windows xp pro as well and the game works fine for him.
Comment by Ghost — December 8, 2008 @ 8:48 pm |
Hi, When i run the nfs.exe ……… the introduction appears but afterwards the screen goes blank………..i don understand why…can u pls help……..????
Comment by Vishnu — December 8, 2008 @ 10:50 pm |
Did you buy a legit copy of the game or download it? If you downloaded it, is it reloaded/Cloned or ripped? Also what are your pc specs? The easiest way for me to determine the problem would be for you to go to your desktop, click start, then run, type “dxdiag” without the quotes, once that loads click save all information and send that to me. You can e-mail that info to me at Fred1089@gmail.com, I’ll take a look and make sure your computer is capable of running the game. Also, did you download the files in this topic and try running the game with them?
Comment by Ghost — December 9, 2008 @ 8:37 pm |
Wow guys, it looks like I have worst Comp here!
I cannot run the Game anyway,always say: This aplication has stopped working,check for solution or close the program!
I Have Windows Vista SP1 an Comp is CPU:AMD Athlon 2800+ 2GB DDR 400MHZ,Mainboard:Asus Deluxe with Nforce3 Utra chipset and GPU:ATI Radeon X1600pro!:-D
Comment by PhenomGL — December 12, 2008 @ 12:14 pm |
i confirm that this works, but not for clone dvd release.i have reloaded realease also and it works on that.also doesn’t work for toed rip.
Comment by arijit4885 — December 13, 2008 @ 5:20 am |
btw i chose to install ea download manager;not sure if it matters or not.
Comment by arijit4885 — December 13, 2008 @ 5:21 am |
I think I have Reloaded relase,but no results!:-?
Comment by PhenomGL — December 13, 2008 @ 7:34 pm |
No vistax64/ultimate is not a problem
The game worked fine in both Vista ultimate 64 bit or 32 bit n also in xp pro sp2 n sp3 with all settings max in all cases.
My PC specs:
AMD Phenom Quad core 9550
M2n MX SE + motherboard
4GB DDR2 800MHz Kingston
Palit 8600GT 1 GB GFX Card
250GB HDD
Operating Systems:
Vista ultimate x64
XP pro sp2 x64
Fedora 9 x64
All installed at the same time
Comment by bhups — December 14, 2008 @ 2:09 am |
Im using
Core2duo E4600 2,4g-
4gb ram ddr2 vgen-
nvidia 9800gtx+ ddr 3 512mb-
and with vista sp1 ultimate x64…
but when i play ‘undercover with medium detail it’s always hang in the middle of the game and the game running to SLOW..can anybody help me ?im use nfs undercover not original, its that the problem or i must change my procecor to quad core ?!!..its really different when i m play GRID its so smooth and no problem at all..
Comment by andi — December 14, 2008 @ 6:06 am |
No from what I’ve heard the game was designed for single cores. Why would they do this when dual core is probably the most used type of processor? I don’t know. I have a quad core processor and the game runs fine, (I have made it run on one core and there is a difference) You said your undercover isn’t original, what version do you have then? Ripped/CloneDvd/Reloaded? If its ripped that’s most likely your problem. I highly suggest just buying a retail copy of the game, or if your willing to wait, Christmas is just around the corner.
Comment by Ghost — December 15, 2008 @ 6:45 am |
Hey guys i tested NFS-undercover on 3 pcs and on 2 pcs which runs Xp the games runs fine with high settings. and the one with vista ultimate 32bit the game runs like shit.
1st pc:
OS: Vista ultimate Sp1 32 bit
Core 2 duo e4600 2.4 ghz
2 gbs of ram 667mhz
EVGA Geforce 9500gt 512mb
The games runs like hell with highest settings but runs fine with medium graphics
2nd pc:
OS: Windows Xp sp3
Core 2 duo e4600 2.4 ghz
1 gb ram
XFX Geforce 8500 1 gb which is really slower than 9500 gt in other games
The game runs fine on highest settings and with no lags at all
3rd pc:
OS: Windows Xp sp3
Core 2 Duo e4600 2.4 ghz
4 gbs of ram
EVGA geforce 9500gt
The game runs fine with highest settings and 6x antialising and even with highest resolution.
So i think vista is the problem, XP runs fine even the one with geforce 8500gt which i personaly tested on spiderman 3 and runs really slow with high settings but nfs-undercover works fine.
i hope this helps for you guys change to Xp and you will see the miracle but i hate xp i’ll stick to Vista myself and wait for a patch hoping EA release it soon.
anyway vista is a big problem for games change to Xp if you want nfs-undercover to work with high settings but it works fine with medium graphics on vista sp1
Comment by Shekeb — December 15, 2008 @ 9:09 am |
I think that performance issues in vista is caused by the game running in dx10 mode(This utilizes shader model 4.0 with compatible cards like nvdia 8xxx series upwards and ati radeon 3xxx upwards.)
In winxp its dx9.0, uses only shader model 3.
I also recommend u guys installing latest video card drivers from nvdia and Ati if u haven’t done so already.
(I haven’t played this yet so my answer is theoretical)
Comment by thedarkone99 — December 15, 2008 @ 3:13 pm |
so guys do you know any way to use shader model 3 only and dx9 in nfs-undercover in vista that way it could work better
Comment by Shekeb — December 15, 2008 @ 4:21 pm |
TheDarkOne99’s theory is probably very accurate to the problems with vista, I’ve used Dx10 before and its given me problems with different games, (Crysis, Gears of War, etc) Also many games Dx10 compatible have options to turn Dx10 graphics on/off, I’m not sure if undercover has it, I just went through the graphics and turned everything on max didn’t pay much attention. From what I’ve read off the internet people who use vista/Dx10 have used this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en and the games they played worked perfectly after installation. Also for those of you wondering about installing Dx9.0c on vista, windows vista comes installed with Dx10, and Dx10 is backward compatible with Dx9.0c so all your games using Dx9.0c should work fine under vista. If nothing else works a last resort would be to download microsoft’s program Virtual Pc: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtualpc/default.mspx and if you have a OEM Windows Xp disc laying around and serial just install Xp as a second operating system and run the game. Don’t forget to download drivers for your graphics card and Dx9.0c after you do this.
Comment by Ghost — December 15, 2008 @ 9:43 pm |
TheDarkone99’s theory is probably very accurate to the problems with vista performance, because I’ve used Dx10 before and its given very poor performance on games such as Crysis, Gears of War, etc, even though the games run perfectly on highest settings without Dx10. Also Dx10 is backward compatible with Dx9.0c and Vista comes preloaded with Dx10 so all older Dx9.0c games should work fine, and you can’t install Dx9.0c on Vista. I’ve read on the internet that people having performance issues with games using vista/dx10 installed this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en and the games worked perfectly after. If all else fails you can download microsoft’s virtual pc, and install windows xp 32bit if you have a OEM Windows Xp disc and a serial key: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtualpc/default.mspx After you install that, just download Dx9.0c and download your display drivers, etc, then play undercover.
Comment by Ghost — December 16, 2008 @ 2:02 am |
THANX SO MUCH FOR THIS PATCH!!. i bought this and was so wanting to play. i could not even play it on the lowest graphic settings with no details and 640×480, it would play but look like crap and shutter and skip.. but after this patch i can play it on medium settings 800×600 with anti aliasing x4 and v-vinc. i am running xp service pack 3 and i was getting the same issues that you guyes are with vista.. just to let you know..
my pc is only.. p4 3.4, 2gb ddr400 ram, ati x1650 pro 516mb, 2 hd, playing on a 42inch plasma.. runs damn well!!, i was socked when it was smooth in 800×600.. thanx again to the maker of this, and being spyware free!!!.. thanx, and i was going to sell this game.!!
Comment by wayne — December 16, 2008 @ 5:25 am |
Wow i made those post’s so many days ago.. Didn’t mean to post it twice..
Comment by Ghost — December 17, 2008 @ 7:33 am |
@Expertster
sir have you tried it on your acer 4530? tnx in advance
Comment by mrcleanliving — December 17, 2008 @ 12:40 pm |
Look guys its not the problem of Shader model 4.00 or Shader model 3.00 and still i don’t get it what the hell the problem is but i tested it on 2 pcs which their specs are the same exept for the Motherboad and windows the one which works fine with high graphics got a D975 Intel motherboard and Windows XP
The other which works like shit got a D945 Intel motherboard and windows Vista so i don’t know is it the motherboard of is it the windows that causes the problem.
I hope you guys find the damn problem for the game cause i realy like it when it runs fine with high graphics i hate it slow
Comment by Shekeb — December 17, 2008 @ 4:49 pm |
hey, i agree!!. its not winxp or a shadrer issue. i have shadrer 3 and direct x 9c, and mine was shit, real shit, and this patch some how made it work on settings i thought were impossible before installing this patch.. maby motherboard?…
juiced 2 is crap on my pc until you turn the music of, then it will crack up on high settings, maby some games do have a mobo issue?.. love the patch!
Comment by wayne — December 17, 2008 @ 11:39 pm |
mine still works like shit even with the patch but ea is working on a patch for the xbox360, ps3 and pc versions so i hope it will be released soon so the performance issues will be solved.
its a great game but with problems
Comment by Shekeb — December 18, 2008 @ 2:16 pm |
I updated my sound card & graphics card drivers to latest released but still no luck in performance issues
Comment by Shekeb — December 19, 2008 @ 3:02 pm |
Guys i installed vista on my other pc and NFS-undercover works just fine with max graphics, maybe the hard disk is an issue here cause vista gives this hard drive a subscore of 5.9 but in my other pc which nfs-undercover plays bad and with choppy framerates its subscore is 5.7.
maybe thats a problem i don’t know i am just saying this but i am still checking the problem.
Comment by Shekeb — December 20, 2008 @ 9:17 am |
Okay I think it should be obvious by now that the Nfs Undercover performance problems are computer specific, its not just Vista or Xp because many different people here use the different operating systems and it the game works for some of them, and not for others. Its probably hardware/software problems, Your computer’s hardware may not be able to play the game properly, or your drivers are out of date or you downloaded a illegal copy of the game that doesn’t work properly. This doesn’t mean that if you bought the game and have fully updated drivers the game will work. I’ve played different games on different computers before that worked on some and didn’t work on others, and they had similar specs but the difference was, one computer would be intel based and the other would be amd based. So some games worked great on my amd computer but ran very poorly on my intel. My suggestions are: Buy the game don’t download it, Update your sound drivers and video drivers, ALSO UPDATE YOUR CHIPSET for your motherboard yes this does have a impact on your games, I know from experience. Always download your drivers from a reliable source, Nvidia,Radeon, and your motherboards manufacturer’s website, never download from 3′d party sites. Try playing the game without the patch, if it doesn’t work like it should use the patch, then if you still have issues you can try using a different operating system. Also a lot of people think that they’re video card/motherboard isn’t good enough to run games when it doesn’t work, you should always check to make sure your processor is capable of running the game, if your not sure just ask on the nfs forums. You can also check your Nvidia control panel/ radeon’s CCC program and make sure your graphic settings are setup correctly.
Comment by Ghost — December 21, 2008 @ 6:00 am |
I can’t say any better than what Ghost commented.
Certain game is highly optimized for nVidia card (more texture than shadder) and vice versa. So do with Intel or AMD processor. However, please note than NFS Undercover is poorly ported game. No doubt about that. If it run on Intel CD2 at 2.6 GHz, ATI Radeon 4850 and SoundBlaster X-Fi at 30-35 FPS @ Highest settting, no doubt that it will run poorly on lower end machine.
Don’t compare to GRID or other DX10 capable games (especially titles that have ‘Game For Windows’ logo. Those games are highly optimize for Windows platform and perform marvelously on middle to high end machine. And since, it is doesn’t ‘Game for Windows’ logo, I believe this is not a full fledge DX10 games. NFS Prostreet game engine use DX9 instead of DX10, so do with this game perhaps.
I don’t and will not try this game on my Acer 4530. 4530 is never designed to handle this kind of heavy games PLUS poor optimization game engine.
Comment by expertester — December 21, 2008 @ 9:11 am |
You are right guys but i tried on two pcs with same specs exept for the motherboard which is intel D945 & intel D975, all other specs and OS are the same but i don’t know why it runs slow.
anyway, i hope EA releases the patch soon so we can enjoy our Game.
Comment by Shekeb — December 21, 2008 @ 2:03 pm |
Different mobo (tech) use different chipset right, and from my past experience, this chipset could contribute to better system responsiveness, memory transfer rate etc.
For sure mobo with P45 perform better than mobo with 945GC, even other component such as CPU, 3D cards and sound card absolutely identical. X58 anyone?
Comment by expertester — December 21, 2008 @ 6:31 pm |
this you guys might be right.. im useing a asus ps5800vm. and a legel copy. worked light crap on lowest settings. now everything medium with anti aliasing/v-sync and works great after this download…
Comment by wayne — December 22, 2008 @ 3:14 am |
it worked for me thanks
Comment by sam — December 23, 2008 @ 5:26 pm |
heh its so funny when ppl say shit to ea for making poor quality game… cuz of u ppl blackbox got fired and from now nfs will become some crappy burnout stylish game…
1st buy orginal then u got rights to complain other than that shut up…
pc specs:
4200×2 brisbane, 3gb 667, 9600gt
oryginal game:
maxed graphic with fsaa 4x run smoothly in 1440/900 (very rarly got like 7-8fps drop due to 1yr old os :>)
clone dvd
unplayable in every graphic settings (5-15fps)
ur fix
max graphic with fsaa 2x in 1440/900 got some issues with loading textures (from time to time) which is equal with game pause->load->go and
-noticed that graphic still isnt the same as on orginal
-i got at least 10fps after all less then on orginal
Comment by owu — December 24, 2008 @ 8:19 pm |
Blackbox made Nfs undercover first off.. The game still wasn’t created correctly, they messed up because they ported the game very poorly, and a lot of us have original nfs undercover copies and still have problems, the game works for some and doesn’t work for others, even with original copies or downloaded.
Comment by Ghost — December 25, 2008 @ 4:02 am |
Ok i have the major prob sometimes and other times it runs like a gem. I have all setting on low and it blows.
I run Fallout3 on high!
my specs
Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
3GB of DDR2 800
Diamond ATI Radeon HD3650
Pro streat ran fine. I tried running the fix here it dosnt help at all.
Comment by Pagan Loser — December 30, 2008 @ 12:23 am |
Forgot i am running Windows XP Pro x64
Comment by Pagan Loser — December 30, 2008 @ 12:24 am |
HD3650? That is the culprit. As ghost said, this game is poorly ported. My 4850 (checking with FRAPS), able to produce 30-40 FPS only @ 1440×900. So, assuming 4670 performance about half of 4850. And 4670 almost equal to 3870 which render your graphic card (3650) about 1/4 or at best 1/3 of 4850. So don’t be surprise if you get 10 FPS.
As Owu said, dont simply curse the game if you use ***** copy. This fix could fix certain degree of performance poorness but not as good as original copy (even so lol…. this is still poorly ported, damn)
Comment by expertester — December 30, 2008 @ 8:49 am |
Hey guys i finally fixed my problem with NFS-undercover i just changed my motherboard with another one and now its fixed, and i found out what the problem was, the problem was that my old motherboard’s ram fsb was 533 but the new one is 677 and it runs great on highest settings with 6x aa
my pc specs:
Core 2 duo e4600 2.4ghz
3Gb ddr 2 667mhz
EVGA Geforce 9500 GT 512mb
the game runs great without any framerate issues.
Comment by Shekeb — December 30, 2008 @ 9:46 am |
Just upgraded my pc
with MSI 975X2 Platinum PowerUp edition Mobo
4gigs of ddr2 667mhz ram
MSI geforce 9800GT 1 GB
now nfs-undercover works flawless with 1440×900 resolution 6x AA, highest graphics levels.
now i am happy
Comment by Shekeb — January 1, 2009 @ 7:04 am |
Thank for the performance fix NFS Undercover..
i can run well with max resolution. Before that will lagging sometimes, i tot my graphic card lousy.
C2D 2.6
4gb cosair ram
sapphire 4850
thank a lot i can enjoy the game now.
Comment by wei — January 1, 2009 @ 3:26 pm |
excelente me funciono…
Comment by Johan — January 3, 2009 @ 6:36 am |
Dear Expertester,
Just wanted to thank you for the very, very precious topic.
I have bought a new PC:
Mainboard – Gigabyte EP45DS3L
CPU – Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz – overclocked to 3.5GHz
RAM – 2×2GB DDR2 800MHz
HDD – Seagate Sata2 640GB
GPU – Gigabyte HD4850 512MB
Zalman water cooling Reserator 1
I am an nVidia fan, but my last 2 cards were ATI because there was no nVidias in the middle class and I can’t afford the high. So, I decided that the reason was definetly in the ATI and I almost threw the graphics card in the garbage.
On the highways I have 50-70 fps, but on the start and in the city where you have many cars and buildings it drops down to 21 fps. By the way, there is probably something true in Shekebs post above. After overclocking the CPU i changed the BUS frequency from 200MHz to 333MHz and the difference was huge. Before overclocking the fps used to drop to 15, sometimes even lower.
Once again many thanks to Expertester for saving my ATI and 200 USD to me.
Comment by Mitko — January 3, 2009 @ 9:30 pm |
Forgot to say something:
For those who didn’t manage to run Undercover – don’t be too upset. Nothing in common with NFS Porsche Unleashed, Underground 1, 2 … It is quite a poor arcade game (according to me). No simulation at all. GRID is a much better game – it is a drivers game.
Comment by Mitko — January 3, 2009 @ 10:14 pm |
Fuck you Mitko with your sayings NFS series are great so fuck off
from Underground till now they are the best.
Comment by Shekeb — January 4, 2009 @ 7:52 am |
Awwww Man, I am still SO SO SO damn UPSET
my game isnt working.. it shows choppy performance even thou all the patches were applied.
Is there any technician who can remotely access my computer and do the patch thing for me?
I personaly work as a DELL TECHNICAL SUPPORT. .. god.. im not able to fix this game.
please help.
I use
512 MB NVIDIA 9600 DDR 3 Shader 4.0, Direct X 10 graphic card
Gigabit motherboard
2 GB memory
AMD DUAL CORE x 2 4000 processor
WIndows XP professional service pack 3 (I used Vista SP2 and thought of running NFS in XP)
PLEASE HELP
swordblaze_fire@yahoo.com (yahoo messenger)
exxxxodus@gmail.com (email)
7.blaze.7@gmail.com (secondary email)
Comment by Vikram — January 5, 2009 @ 4:35 am |
This “patch” only requires you to copy paste, or extract the files into your nfs directory. Noone needs to remotely connect to your computer for this. Run virus scans/spyware scans. I’d suggest AVG and Spyware Doctor at the least. As said in my previous post’s the game works for some people and not for others, it could be any of your hardware or maybe even a program on your computer that is slowing down nfs undercover’s performance. There is no miracle cure to make need for speed undercover work on ANYONE’s computer.
Comment by Ghost — January 5, 2009 @ 5:28 am |
For those which the patch didn’t work for them.
after all my investigations i found out that the problem is the ram, those with rams lower than 677mhz and not running on dual channel mode have these choppy framerate problems, so i suggest go out there and buy 2 or 4 gigs of 667mhz or 800mhz rams cause 800mhz is even faster and put them on your mobo and play and enjoy.
i hope it help you guys with the problem.
Comment by Shekeb — January 6, 2009 @ 2:42 pm |
Runs fine on my PC. 1440×900 at ~35fps but the drawing of the distance texture is very strange. For example, for a building which is already there, it keeps being ’scanned over’ and re-drawn. Same thing happens to trees etc.
C2D 2.4 – 2GB 667MHz – old ATI X1950XT 256MB – XP SP3
Comment by kw64 — January 7, 2009 @ 2:16 pm |
Thanks a lot man …it worked fine for me…its smooth as shit now//..
Comment by shohag — January 7, 2009 @ 5:28 pm |
To: Kw64
the drawing distance of the textures and tress problem is because you are using an ATIx1950XT which is old slow and also its vram is not enough for the game the game’s minimum vram is 512mb so you better get a new VGA card for yourself if you can.
hope this helps you.
Comment by Shekeb — January 9, 2009 @ 2:10 pm |
Thanks friend, for its knowledge and having carried through upload of these archives that they had really decided, my problem now I can play with all the configurations in the High my configuration is:
Pentium D925 3.0GHZ 4mb L2 – 2Gb of Ram – eVGa 8600GTS 256MB Gddr3/128bit-Hd 160Gb Seagate 7200rpm 8mb Sata
thnksss friend , im very Happy !!!
Comment by Daniel — January 21, 2009 @ 3:25 am |
hey under cover is not working i had used dark coder & puall.dll file then also not working
my pc
intel core 2 duo
E8200 2.66Ghz
1 gb ram
please tell me what to do & give me site name to get all files
Comment by Nirav — February 17, 2009 @ 2:39 am |
Hey
This did not help it just made it worse!
Specs:
AMD 4200+ AM2 Dual Core @ 2.5GHz
2GB DDR 2 800
ATI 4850 512mb 256bit
I know not the best pc but still should be running it alright, but its very stuttery! doesn’t matter what I set the graphics to it will always stutter!
Comment by Rory — March 3, 2009 @ 7:20 pm |
Hi Sir:
Keep working ,great job!
Comment by Itamemole — May 20, 2009 @ 4:08 pm |
Wow! It worked wonders!
Thanks!
Comment by rdbx1234 — July 14, 2009 @ 12:48 am |
It works! Thanks a lot!
With my old X1950PRO, of course I won’t get good fps to be playable…
But I think the game runs smoother with your files…
Comment by Resi — July 17, 2009 @ 11:05 am |
my specs
4 x core 4.21 Ghz
32 Gb Ram 1024 Mhz
4 x nvidia geforce 9600 GT turbo ( 4096 Mb )
2 x 500 Gb HD
1 x 70 Gb HD ( for my windows )
2 x 1500 Gb HD
total $ 15.000 US dollars
Comment by erik — August 4, 2009 @ 2:19 pm |
lol let me tell you that you have been ripped off lol .. 15k for that :O i would get 5 times better than this for under 6k
Comment by LOL — August 10, 2009 @ 12:18 pm |
Thanks man! This stopped the sudden FPS drop (116 FPS to a constant 8 FPS) I’ve been experiencing!
Comment by torrentleech — October 7, 2009 @ 4:34 pm |