Two Voodoo 2 cards linked won't improve the graphics frame rate on GPL. They
will, however, allow you to play at a higher graphics resolution (I just talked
to technical support at Creative Soundblaster about it). I bought a second
Voodoo2 card for my CPU (300 mh) and it didn't boost the framerate at all.
James
>James
Is there actually any method of meaasuring Frame rate in GPL, btw?
Z.
>>Two Voodoo 2 cards linked won't improve the graphics frame rate on GPL.
They
>>will, however, allow you to play at a higher graphics resolution (I just
talked
>>to technical support at Creative Soundblaster about it). I bought a
second
>>Voodoo2 card for my CPU (300 mh) and it didn't boost the framerate at all.
>>James
>:)
>Is there actually any method of meaasuring Frame rate in GPL, btw?
>Z.
Regards
Michael
>Two Voodoo 2 cards linked won't improve the graphics frame rate on GPL.
They
>will, however, allow you to play at a higher graphics resolution (I just
talked
>to technical support at Creative Soundblaster about it). I bought a second
>Voodoo2 card for my CPU (300 mh) and it didn't boost the framerate at all.
>James
Max fps is 36 from everything I've read. It's <alt>F to display the framerate
according to manual.
I can see that 2 Voodoo 2's won't help fps much, I've got 1 & get rock-solid
36fps w/all detail maxed in training mode on my 300 mHz PII. With a full
field, max detail I get 18-22 off the grid, picking back up to 34-36 as the
other cars leave me in the dust :)
The higher screen res would be nice tho :)
>>I think the Framerate is locked at 36
> Are you reading the book? I believe you toggle frame rate
>IN RACE w/ shift_F.
>Sam
> >Two Voodoo 2 cards linked won't improve the graphics frame rate on GPL. They
> >will, however, allow you to play at a higher graphics resolution (I just talked
> >to technical support at Creative Soundblaster about it). I bought a second
> >Voodoo2 card for my CPU (300 mh) and it didn't boost the framerate at all.
> >James
> :)
> Is there actually any method of meaasuring Frame rate in GPL, btw?
> Z.
TRUE
I have been testing with both my V-Raptor 4MB AGP card (rendition V2200) and my
voodoo 2 12MB SLI combination and came up with some suprises. At 640 x 480 ,
19 cars, everything on and detail slider at 50% I ran both video cards at
Monza.
Celeron 266 cacheless (4 x 112MHz =448MHz ) Abit BH6 (Intel BX) 64MB ram
MONZA
Sitting in the pit (Ferrari)
3DFX Voodoo2 12MB (SLI) 12 fps
Rendition V2200 4MB 21 fps
back of full grid
3DFX Voodoo2 12MB (SLI) 15 fps
Rendition V2200 4MB 20 fps
Start of race
3DFX Voodoo2 12MB (SLI) 12 fps slowly climbs to 21 then max of 26 fps
Rendition V2200 4MB 16 fps Immediatly back to 20 then 36 fps by
the time you get to the fences . Stays at 36 fps for the rest of the race.
Even four cars around me the frame rate stays at 36 fps.
This is the only game that supports both the 3DFX and Rendition card that the
Voodoo 2 has lost. I have two Voodoo 2 cards in SLI so it must be the CPU. To
be fair the second Voodoo 2 card doesn't start adding fps unless your in 800 x
600 but that is always equal to or slower than 640 x 480. With this
Combination I can get 35 FPS average, as good as Pentium II 450, on Unreal
timedemo.02 at 1024 x 768 . In SODA OFF Road , another sierra papyrus auto
sim, the rendition mode is the same framerate as the software mode (27-30 fps
at 640x 480). Even in Monster Truck Madness 2 , which has both a glide and
rendition mode, one Voodoo 2 12Mb is about 10 fps faster ( 55 fps vs. 45 fps).
Jerry
