Please post.
Thanks,
John
I have two 12mb V2s, and running GPL at 1024x768 cos its looking so
incredible beautiful:)
Approx. same framerate as 800x600.
Knudse.
> I currently have a 8 Meg Diamond Monster Voodoo 2. Due to the recent price
> drops I am thinking about buying another one. How much of an increase in
> GPL will I see? Enough to buy a new one? I can currently race with 15 AI,
> have everything turned on and the detail slider in the middle at 800x600.
> At the start of the race the lowest fps I get is 20. Will this number
> increase by 4 or 5 frames? I would like to race with a full field and
> possibly a higher resolution. Anyone out there have 2 8 meg voodoo 2's?
> Please post.
> Thanks,
> John
You don't say what your system is but from the figures, I'd guess a
mid-range P2. Essentially, an SLI combo won't help with running a full
field. The problem is one of CPU power to handle the AIs. Where it will help
is in higher resolutions and graphically intense situations. Worth doing? I
have a PII 333 overclocked to 416Mhz and have found SLI worthwhile mainly
because there is no easy/cheap way of upping my CPU power to 500Mhz. If I'd
been able to choose, a 20% increase in processing power would have been a
better compromise. So, SLI because it's relatively cheap and resolves some
problems. You should check out the new reference drivers from 3dfx, worth
10-20% but some people have had problems with them. Also experiment with
"Don't sync buffer swaps . . . " setting - again, 10-20%!
If you want more details, email me.
>Please post.
>Thanks,
>John
Thanks,
John
> I forgot to say I have a 266 Celeron overclocked to 400. From what i have
> read so far, the verdict so far is to GO GET ANOTHER ONE.
> Thanks,
> John
Got several pals running different kind of setups,
including PII, Rendition 2200, and other nice hardware.
Wouldn't swop with anything, and Im not kidding ...
Knudse.
If in doubt ... overtake.
.
P.S. Pls forward a copy via email to me in case I miss it here.
Jay
Borut
>P.S. Pls forward a copy via email to me in case I miss it here.
>Jay
That's with cars/track in mirror, clouds off, detail bias at around 10%,
19 AI cars. Oh - and the lighting etc off, too. (Those top right check
boxes..)
The system: K6-2 300, Epox MVP3 motherboard, 64M 100MHz
SDRAM, Creative Labs Voodoo2 (8M), Diamond Stealth 3D 4000
main video, Soundblaster Live.
The biggest difference I've seen was moving from a AWE64 ISA
card to the SBLive. MAJOR difference in steering response (TM
Nascar Pro.) And a couple FPS too. Now to replace my ISA
EtherNet card with a PCI one, so I can get rid of that bottleneck
during online play...
Only real problems I have is dealing with warping online (I host
from a cable modem) -- I get 'warp hynosis' instead of watching
my line. And the SBLive has lost sound a couple times. VERY
distracting. I noticed, btw, that both times it happened I was
passing a AI-driven Ferrari.
*shrug* Systems are different. But I'd SERIOUSLY suggest
tuning your BIOS - it may help.
And I agree Intel is still the way to go. I should get my PII 450 in
the
next couple of weeks.
Borut.
>>I have K6-2 300 with voodoo2 8 mb. When I'm alone on the track it is
smooth
>>all the way around the tracks. With >10 AI cars it isn't playable ( all
>>details, no texture in mirrors, only track and cars in mirrors, detail
bias
>>at the middle ). It isn't playable in that sense that it's a VERY
noticable
>>drop in fps. And it is a difference between 30 and 36 fps. I can't drive
>>nearly as fast as in training. Glide 2,5 doesn't support 3d-now and
>probably
>>never will. Glide 3 should support it, but it isn't backwards compatible
>>with glide 2, so no luck for us AMDers. God damn 3dfx!!! I could kill guys
>>that make drivers for 3dfx! If you just look at what AMD did for Quake2
>with
>>it's 3d-now optimized Quake2 drivers! Intel is still the best for ***,
>>love it or hate it!
> Interesting. I get an 30+ fps just about everywhere except the
starting
> line, when it drops to around 20 if I'm at the back of the grid, more
>the
> closer I am to the front. At Monza, during online play, I consistently
> get 36.
> That's with cars/track in mirror, clouds off, detail bias at around
10%,
> 19 AI cars. Oh - and the lighting etc off, too. (Those top right
check
> boxes..)
> The system: K6-2 300, Epox MVP3 motherboard, 64M 100MHz
> SDRAM, Creative Labs Voodoo2 (8M), Diamond Stealth 3D 4000
> main video, Soundblaster Live.
> The biggest difference I've seen was moving from a AWE64 ISA
> card to the SBLive. MAJOR difference in steering response (TM
> Nascar Pro.) And a couple FPS too. Now to replace my ISA
> EtherNet card with a PCI one, so I can get rid of that bottleneck
> during online play...
> Only real problems I have is dealing with warping online (I host
> from a cable modem) -- I get 'warp hynosis' instead of watching
> my line. And the SBLive has lost sound a couple times. VERY
> distracting. I noticed, btw, that both times it happened I was
> passing a AI-driven Ferrari.
> *shrug* Systems are different. But I'd SERIOUSLY suggest
> tuning your BIOS - it may help.
> And I agree Intel is still the way to go. I should get my PII 450 in
>the
> next couple of weeks.
