Nvidia BG troubles

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Greetings my fellow Infinity Engine game lovers, I have scoured the internet through various forums (gibberlings3,IronWorks,Beamdog, etc.)
looking for a solution to this problem with no avail. I recently bought a new graphics card (Nvidia GTX 750 Ti) and have encountered a major
issue for Baldur's Gate 1 & 2. The speed of the entire computer jumps from normal to super slow lagging visual and auditorily. It will jump
back into normal speed at random and jump out of it. I can't pin point anything in the game that causes it ie. menu, spells, battles, selecting
items, saving. They all attribute to the lag at random; I can play for about 10 minutes before the whole game crashes and my audio is left stuttering
until I restart the computer. Please guys, I know this has been discussed at nauseum but I can't figure this out and I'm not the most computer savvy
individual but I can fix it under the guidance of someone who is. I really love these games and would love to play them on my new setup.
Thanks! PS: I'm not using any of the "enhanced" editions

Hardware:
-Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti (newest driver)
-6 gigs RAM
-Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
-Intel Pentium Dual Processor 3.20GHz
-Direct X 11

Solutions I've tried:

-set affinity of bgmain.exe to multiple CPUs
-turned on/off 3D acceleration
-turned on/off automated speed adjustment
-tried 16 & 32 bit colors
-when using 16bit coloring, turned on/off software transparent BLT
-opened in compatibility mode with 98,2000,XP,7
-used the Microsoft application compatibility tool to "force direct draw emulation"
-updated Nvidia driver to newest (heard older versions work better though)

 

So the games worked fine before you installed the new graphics card and you changed nothing else?

The main cause of problems with Nvidia cards that I experienced was that I forgot to de-install the old driver completely *before* installing the new driver. Did you remove the old graphic cards driver before you installed the new one? If not there may be remains of it that cause stuttering and glitches.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_13955.html

Another cause might by DirectX. Newer versions don´t always include everything needed by older games. Have you installed DirectX9.0c?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX#Development_history

 

I have uninstalled the previous drivers and installed the newest nvid drivers and it still did not fix the problem

is DirectX9.0c ideal for IE games? I have Direct X 11

 

There was a Thread in Spellhold Studios. Before yours, suggested more tweaks and fixes.
Since you already have been there, I'll assume you found that one too and not particularly helpful.
But for completeness sake, here:
Here-Here

 

9.0c is the last one for Windows XP which worked for me. I have no idea if it´s "ideal" for IE games.

 

I have tried those suggestions as well except for the nvidia fix

anyone ever use it before?

 

I though this was Nadia BG troubles ... I was going to say welcome to the party....

 

Have you tried playing the game in window mode? I seem to remember having similar issues while playing the game on a relative's PC, but it went away if I played in window mode (ALT-ENTER).

 

None of the fixes so far worked for me on my 3k gaming setup.
Only returning BG BigWorld to my ancient Rig did.
Oh well.

Just wondering if the Enhanced Edition IE games suffers those problems too?

 

window'd mode does help but I still can't out run the lag and crash, thanks

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that's what's maddening. here I have this bad mamma-jamma computer and it can't play this game but my HP from 99 can play it just fine......

 

If you haven't installed DirectX 9.0c, do so. Many, many games written before Vista will not function correctly unless you manually install DirectX 9.0c on Vista, 7, and 8 even though it comes with later versions of DirectX.
For some reasons, the new versions aren't completely backwards compatible, but if you install 9.0c the two versions will coexist.

 

great suggestion. I have installed ddrawfix and directx9c things seem to be smoother but I'm still getting some lag and slowdowns and of course the dreadful crashing all within 2 or 3 mins of play.....starting to lose hope

 

Sorry, I can't help you. That's what fixed the issues with Neverwinter Nights on my computer that sounded somewhat similar. I'm using an ATI card that came bundled with the computer. Not that great, but I haven't had a decent job in a long time. I need a new computer but I can't afford one.