Hacking Could the In game lag be fixed in a firmware update?

[satel]

received my Acekard 2 this morning & i must say its the best i have used so far & i have used few like Supercard dsone,dstt,n5,ez5,ez4.

btw i'm using veho 4gb sdhc micro card class 2.

i have ordered 2 more Acekards.

listen to URZA this guy knows what he is talking about & many thanks to him for his Acekard2 review.

 

[Sweater Fish Del]

The intro plays fine from my AData 4GB.

Because its a class 6 card.

That was my point. I thought everyone would understand but thanks, Urza, for further clarifying for those with less common sense. (I don't do smileys, but if I did it would go here.)

Then why did you bother saying it?

We all know it runs fine from class 6 cards.

I don't know about the Dawn of Sorrow intro, but I have an AData 4GB class 6 card and I still experience some lag or choppiness now and then in a number of other games as described in one of my earlier posts in this topic.

My feeling is that since I'm illegally pirating these games, that's just the sort of thing I should have to put up with. If I want every game to run perfectly, then I can go to a store and buy them.


...word is bondage...

 

[preelude]

i kind of regret buying AK2 now... definately not worthy of a gold award IMO. a silver would have been more accurate/appropriate.

CONS that were missed in the review:
-rom incompatiblily (DEFINATELY NOT 100%)
-castlevania lag (even with kingston japan) and some games have ingame "choppiness"
-crap build quality
ex.
housing shell is thin / flimsy
doesn't have protection around the contacts at the back/bottom of the card
2 of 3 included microsd readers DIDN'T work, build quality is also crap, made of all plastic.

only thing going for it over other flash cards is the pretty GUI. thats about it.

I guess i'll stick to my supercard dsone sdhc for now... only thing driving me nuts about it is the boring user interface. I will be definately getting rid of the acekard 2 asap.

 

[satel]

i kind of regret buying AK2 now... definately not worthy of a gold award IMO. a silver would have been more accurate/appropriate.

CONS that were missed in the review:
-rom incompatiblily (DEFINATELY NOT 100%)
-castlevania lag (even with kingston japan) and some games have ingame "choppiness"
-crap build quality
ex.
housing shell is thin / flimsy
doesn't have protection around the contacts at the back/bottom of the card
2 of 3 included microsd readers DIDN'T work, build quality is also crap, made of all plastic.

only thing going for it over other flash cards is the pretty GUI. thats about it.

I guess i'll stick to my supercard dsone sdhc for now... only thing driving me nuts about it is the boring user interface. I will be definately getting rid of the acekard 2 asap.

its better than supercard & built quality is just the same as any china made flashcart.i own both & i prefer Ackard2 anyday over my slow & annoying GUI supercard.

Acekard2 is only 3-4 weeks old so give it time & all these tiny problems should be ironed out in the coming firmware updates,also the supercard is on its 3rd hardware revision & still they can't get it right !!!!

 

[VatoLoco]

-castlevania lag (even with kingston japan) and some games have ingame "choppiness"

i think your lag has to do with the way yer SD is formatted...try formatting in command promp(start, run, cmd).
format X: /Q /A:64k /FS:FAT (X being your SDcard)
ive got no lag on Kingston1gig or Sandisc2gig...even quake2 runs quite smooth with this

 

[Swip]

I formatted my kingston japan 2gb to fat 64k but i still get the castlevania intro "choppiness"

 

[preelude]

I formatted my kingston japan 2gb to fat 64k but i still get the castlevania intro "choppiness"

same here, made zero difference.

 

[VatoLoco]

that sucks. it worked for me. maybe you got a faulty Acekard or worn out SD

 

[VatoLoco]

Doh, my bad...PoR

(I get the two mixed up)...Dawn of Sorrow is choppy on mine, too

it seems more choppy on the Bliss loader than on the official OS, so i bet firmware update'll fix it

 

[kayjay]

did you solve this problem?
i am suffering from the same prob.
with my r4, kingston 2g and sandisk 2g are flawless in the cinema
but with my ak2, kingston 2g is choking, and sandisk 2g is more choking.
did i receive inferior one?

 

[Urza]

did you solve this problem?
i am suffering from the same prob.
with my r4, kingston 2g and sandisk 2g are flawless in the cinema
but with my ak2, kingston 2g is choking, and sandisk 2g is more choking.
did i receive inferior one?

Are you using the most recent loader?

 

[kayjay]

yes. i am using bliss firmware which updated at 5/23.
i can fearlessly say there's no problem with firmware and memory card.

 

[VatoLoco]

Get an A-Data 4gig (class 6), you'll have no lag probs whatsoever. They run about 20usd at NewEgg.
I've had no problems with slowdown.Geometry Wars is so much harder without the lag that I had on my Sandisk

You could also try this;
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=864...t&p=1153830

 

[kayjay]

Get an A-Data 4gig (class 6), you'll have no lag probs whatsoever. They run about 20usd at NewEgg.
I've had no problems with slowdown.Geometry Wars is so much harder without the lag that I had on my Sandisk

You could also try this;
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=864...t&p=1153830

i saw your trace in this topic.
you said sandisk 2g without any prob earlier. and you noticed that you confused two titles and mentioned it later.
but i missed the latter

so i became serious.
now i know that ak2 perform lower than other cart' with general 2gb memory.
and my point of view is cart, not memory card, thus i still thinking about change my cart AK2 -> DSTT.
i mean if AK2 perform average with high speed memory, DSTT will perform higher with high speed memory.
anyway, i ordered SDHC today.
thank you for reply. if i receive new SDHC, i'll tell you the result.

 

[helpme]

well ive been having a huge problem with choppiness in games mainly mario kart http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=87730
ive tryed 3 different memory cards kingston 1GB, 2GB & 4GB all jap models & tryed formatting fat, fat/64k & fat32
ive tryed both the official & bliss's loader but i still get loads of slowdown in mario kart (which ive never had with my scdsone or DSTT with the same memory cards)

 

[kayjay]

well ive been having a huge problem with choppiness in games mainly mario kart http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=87730
ive tryed 3 different memory cards kingston 1GB, 2GB & 4GB all jap models & tryed formatting fat, fat/64k & fat32
ive tryed both the official & bliss's loader but i still get loads of slowdown in mario kart (which ive never had with my scdsone or DSTT with the same memory cards)

i think yours and mine could be bad cart's
i receive a-data 4g tomorrow, after running mario cart, and i will tell you.

 

[kayjay]

well ive been having a huge problem with choppiness in games mainly mario kart http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=87730
ive tryed 3 different memory cards kingston 1GB, 2GB & 4GB all jap models & tryed formatting fat, fat/64k & fat32
ive tryed both the official & bliss's loader but i still get loads of slowdown in mario kart (which ive never had with my scdsone or DSTT with the same memory cards)

i think yours and mine could be bad cart's
i receive a-data 4g tomorrow, after running mario cart, and i will tell you.

a-data 4g class6 arrived today. they say it's no.1 memory.
after panasonic format, fat16 format again, and i ran castlevania.
still choppiness. there's no need test other games. because it's my AK2's fault.
so i called the seller for exchange my cart.
if anybody experienced any choppiness with ak2, and you did everything you can do with your memory, but still chopping?
then stop labor. your ak2 has problem.

 

[helpme]

if anybody experienced any choppiness with ak2, and you did everything you can do with your memory, but still chopping?
then stop labor. your ak2 has problem.

my cart must be defective then...... but im in the UK & i got my acekard2 from dealextreme so im not going to send it back it would be easier for me just to buy a new cart
it looks like i have to fall back to using my ez-flash4 lite deluxe again.......

 

[Bri]

kayjay:

Report back here and let us know if exchanging your AK2 for a new one solves your choppiness problem. I admit I'm a little skeptical.

Also, I was under the impression that very few carts, if any, could run the Castlevania intro without some skipping. That seems hardly a fair test to see if your cart's not working right. If so, your new AK2 will perform the same as your old one.

-Bri

 

[Joey90]

Maybe I'm missing the point, but do you really need to buy more memory cards/acekards just to fix the intro on 2 games, which are known to have difficulties on many flashcards...

As long as the actual game plays ok surely its not the biggest problem, plus every other game works fine.