Regards, Dave B
Sounds like good news re frame rates. Right now I usually get between 17-33
depending on track and # of cars visible. In a pile up with several cars it
really creeps along slowly. 30-50 FPS sounds real good! I have also
resolved never to go over to the enemy, although with a lack of choices in
the future, I may not have much alternative! I just can't give up that
great FSAA and I hear Nvida's FSAA solution is poor so far.
I thinking of getting an Abit KG7 Motherboard with DDR ram. What
motherboard do you have if I may ask?
Heard of any issues with KG7 (no raid) and V5?
Thanks
> Regards, Dave B
> > I'm probably going to upgrade from PIII 700 to Athlon 1.4 soon. I am
> going
> > to keep my Voodoo 5 card because of the FSAA quality. Anyone running a
> > T-Bird 1.4, Voodoo 5 combo in Nascar 4 (2XFSAA) and what kind of
> framerates
> > are you getting? How about with full field of cars visible? Thanks.
I'm using an Asus A7V133 because I wanted to use my SDRam. My brother
got an Asus A7A266 which uses DDR Ram. Both support the 266 bus between
the processor and chipset.
Abit is definitely a good solid company but I have no experience with
them.
As far as future graphics options are concerned check out the following
review.
Good luck to you.
Regards, Dave B
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/previews/radeon_8500/index.shtml
-Tim
> Sounds like good news re frame rates. Right now I usually get between
17-33
> depending on track and # of cars visible. In a pile up with several cars
it
> really creeps along slowly. 30-50 FPS sounds real good! I have also
> resolved never to go over to the enemy, although with a lack of choices in
> the future, I may not have much alternative! I just can't give up that
> great FSAA and I hear Nvida's FSAA solution is poor so far.
> I thinking of getting an Abit KG7 Motherboard with DDR ram. What
> motherboard do you have if I may ask?
> Heard of any issues with KG7 (no raid) and V5?
> Thanks
> > Brian,
> > I am running a 1.2 Gig Tbird with a V5500 card at 2xaa 1024x768. My
> > framerate
> > varies between 35/50 FPS in N4. It is very drivable for me. My brother
has
> a
> > 1.4 Gig
> > Tbird but uses a Nvidea III card. His system varies between 60/70 FPS
and
> is
> > more
> > fluid and drivable than mine.
> > Myself being a self proclaimed NVidea hater 'they are the evil
empire'
> I
> > plan on
> > getting a new ATI 8500 card when they come out hopefully within the next
> > couple
> > of weeks.
> > Bottom line, I think going from a PIII 700 to a Athlon 1.4 you will
be
> > very happy
> > with the results and down the road moving to a next generation graphics
> card
> > will give
> > you yet another big jump :)
> > Regards, Dave B
> > > I'm probably going to upgrade from PIII 700 to Athlon 1.4 soon. I am
> > going
> > > to keep my Voodoo 5 card because of the FSAA quality. Anyone running
a
> > > T-Bird 1.4, Voodoo 5 combo in Nascar 4 (2XFSAA) and what kind of
> > framerates
> > > are you getting? How about with full field of cars visible? Thanks.
> -Tim
> > I'm probably going to upgrade from PIII 700 to Athlon 1.4 soon. I am
> going
> > to keep my Voodoo 5 card because of the FSAA quality. Anyone running a
> > T-Bird 1.4, Voodoo 5 combo in Nascar 4 (2XFSAA) and what kind of
> framerates
> > are you getting? How about with full field of cars visible? Thanks.
Gerald
-Tim
> > -Tim
> > > I'm probably going to upgrade from PIII 700 to Athlon 1.4 soon. I am
> > going
> > > to keep my Voodoo 5 card because of the FSAA quality. Anyone running
a
> > > T-Bird 1.4, Voodoo 5 combo in Nascar 4 (2XFSAA) and what kind of
> > framerates
> > > are you getting? How about with full field of cars visible? Thanks.
> -Tim
> > I would suggest dropping to 2xfsaa and benchmarking that. 18 to 30
fps
> is
> > dropping down there quite low.
> > dave henrie
> > > I'm at 800x600 4xFSAA with a 1.33 GHz getting 18-30 fps with every
> setting
> > > maxed. 42 cars visible in front and behind, max detail, etc.
> > > -Tim
> > > > I'm probably going to upgrade from PIII 700 to Athlon 1.4 soon. I
am
> > > going
> > > > to keep my Voodoo 5 card because of the FSAA quality. Anyone
running
> a
> > > > T-Bird 1.4, Voodoo 5 combo in Nascar 4 (2XFSAA) and what kind of
> > > framerates
> > > > are you getting? How about with full field of cars visible?
Thanks.
N4 at 1024 x 768 x 32, no FSAA: between 65 and 85 FPS.
at 1024 x 768 x 32, "quincunx" FSAA, between 45 and 65 FPS.
3DMark2001 = around 5500 w/o any FSAA. I did this mostly just to see
if I was in the ballpark, or if my system had any serious problems
that needed fixing before I finally got back to ***.
This combination does seem to make a BIG improvement where there is a
full field of AI, more smooth, less stuttering, etc. Even so, it
still happens every so often that it seems to hiccup, briefly.
I haven't tested what happens in 'the big one' at Tally yet... should
be better than the slideshow I used to experience with P3-800 and
GF2MX.
Gerald
> Gerald
> > I'm probably going to upgrade from PIII 700 to Athlon 1.4 soon. I am going
> > to keep my Voodoo 5 card because of the FSAA quality. Anyone running a
> > T-Bird 1.4, Voodoo 5 combo in Nascar 4 (2XFSAA) and what kind of framerates
> > are you getting? How about with full field of cars visible? Thanks.
