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by **Kankki** » Thu, 27 Jul 2000 04:00:00

My Spec is:
710Mhz Celeron 2(566 o/c 710)
128Mb Ram
Voodoo 5 5500 Agp
Strange thing happen to me???Very Strange..

I play GP3 at 1280*1024(with FSAA 2x) resolution and all graphics options is
ON and FULL(FPS slider is set at 26 fps,estimated show me about 14, but i
raised it because occupancy are 30-40% with game running 14 fps). Racing
with all AI my occupancy is about 90-110%, but when i take off my FSAA my
occupacy is about 200% and looking much worse than 2x, how this is possible,
my game is about half faster with 2x FSAA than no FSAA.

-Jani-

by **Simon Brow** » Thu, 27 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Yeah, same here. Instead of selecting "fastest-performance" for D3D choose
"single-chip". I know it shouldn't make anything faster to run with only
one chip, but in a few games it does. It also gives a few fps in GPL. Try
it.

by **Ronald Stoeh** » Thu, 27 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> Yeah, same here. Instead of selecting "fastest-performance" for D3D choose
> "single-chip". I know it shouldn't make anything faster to run with only
> one chip, but in a few games it does. It also gives a few fps in GPL. Try
> it.

3dfx announced that some D3D games have problems with the SLI
configuration
of the V5. This will be fixed by either game or driver patches.
<snapped off voodooextreme>

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by **Simon Brow** » Fri, 28 Jul 2000 04:00:00

The fact that they even suggested it might be up to the developers to make
patches and not 3dfx to fix their drivers seriously worries me.

> > Yeah, same here. Instead of selecting "fastest-performance" for D3D
choose
> > "single-chip". I know it shouldn't make anything faster to run with
only
> > one chip, but in a few games it does. It also gives a few fps in GPL.
Try
> > it.

> 3dfx announced that some D3D games have problems with the SLI
> configuration
> of the V5. This will be fixed by either game or driver patches.
> <snapped off voodooextreme>

> --
> l8er
> ronny

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> |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather,
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> '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

by **Martin D. Pa** » Fri, 28 Jul 2000 04:00:00

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:16:33 GMT, "Simon Brown"

<grin> Fairly typical of 3dfx, though.

Martin D. Pay
nVidia user... ^_^

by **Ronald Stoeh** » Fri, 28 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> The fact that they even suggested it might be up to the developers to make
> patches and not 3dfx to fix their drivers seriously worries me.

Considering the fact that it is equally easy to put a bug into a D3D
program as into a D3D driver, both possibilities exist.

I don't want to know how many #ifdef GTS2/V5 segments you'll find in
upcoming game patches... ;)

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by **N..** » Sat, 29 Jul 2000 04:00:00

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 22:25:36 +0100, Martin D. Pay

Really? And I suppose you think the cluster *** Nvidia drivers are a
better alternative?
--
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by **Martin D. Pa** » Sat, 29 Jul 2000 04:00:00

uncounted electrons thus:

>On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 22:25:36 +0100, Martin D. Pay

>><grin> Fairly typical of 3dfx, though.

>Really? And I suppose you think the cluster *** Nvidia drivers are a
>better alternative?

<shrug> They work for me...

Martin D. Pay
Has used both types of cards over the years...

by **Simon Brow** » Mon, 31 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Well, the possibility of it being either exists until you find it happenning
in multiple games which all run flawlessly on other cards. I don't think
it's a driver problem anyway, it's just the conseqence of having an SLI
setup.

> > The fact that they even suggested it might be up to the developers to
make
> > patches and not 3dfx to fix their drivers seriously worries me.

> Considering the fact that it is equally easy to put a bug into a D3D
> program as into a D3D driver, both possibilities exist.

> I don't want to know how many #ifdef GTS2/V5 segments you'll find in
> upcoming game patches... ;)

> --
> l8er
> ronny

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> '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

by **Ronald Stoeh** » Mon, 31 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> Well, the possibility of it being either exists until you find it happenning
> in multiple games which all run flawlessly on other cards. I don't think
> it's a driver problem anyway, it's just the conseqence of having an SLI
> setup.

Or all the other D3D games are/are not using a feature that leads to
the problem. Software bugs come in millions of shades, believe me,
I create/detect them every day... ;)

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