>Actually, I think it's the card. It could be the driver, but it is not the
>patch. I have a TNT2 Ultra. Using the OpenGL patch and the mirror frame
>set to 4, I get about 15 fps with all stuff on, mirrors at minimum, and 19
>cars. This is both with the patch and without, at 1024x768. It's not much
>better at 800x600.
There is a known problem with the patch causing slow frame rates for
some people. Didn't happen to me.
The card can do better. Slow CPU? Wrong driver?
Only 24 fps with a Voodoo 2? Gotta be a slow CPU.
The Voodoo 2 has enough memory to do 1024x768 without a Z-buffer, 800x600
with one. GPL doesn't use a Z-buffer.
Celeron 366 at 533.5
TNT 1 with 2.08 reference drivers
Logitech FF wheel, FF on
SB16 (I'll upgrade when the MX300 or SBLive gets decent Linux drivers.)
128 MB
Win98
GPL 1.1
Mirror refresh set to 8
Cars only in mirrors, detail bias halfway, everything else on
I get 36-37 fps consistently when there aren't other cars in front
of me, at up to 1024x768. Dropping to 800x600 or 640x480 makes little
difference. Frame rate drops to about 20 when in the back of the pits
with 19 cars in front of me, about 30 in light traffic sometimes.
1152x864 through 1600x1200 work, but are slower. (1600 gives about
9 fps, which means that when a card with four times my TNT's fill
rate comes out, I'm buying. :-> )
Given ample CPU and the willingness to deal with laggy mirrors, the
TNT is okay for GPL.
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