"Help me... I am having trouble running this game on my thing..and the
graphics are slow...and I want them faster....Anyone have any ideas about
this game and my stuff...and the thing....with the stuff....and the
settings..."
> Down boy. They're just trying to help.
> On Mon, 22 May 2000 03:41:29 GMT, "Marc Collins"
> >There was nothing wrong with my system. I got 36 fps except where there
are
> >lots of AI cars around where it would drop as low as 19 fps. That's with
> >every graphical option and slider maxed-out. Same options now, but with
> >double the speed CPU gives me 36 fps that drops as low as 29 at starts,
etc.
> >People shouldn't jump to bogus conclusions when they qualify their own
> >specs. with this graphic option turned off, this one turned down, etc.
> >Since I mentioned nothing about my graphics options, you could conclude
that
> >either they are all full/on or that I set them to variable settings and
am a
> >moron for not mentioning it. You cannot conclude that there is something
> >wrong with the system because it doesn't match your results.
> >Marc.
> >> > For those who love to compare these sorts of things:
> >> > PIII-800
> >> > 128 MB 133-RAM
> >> > Abit VT6X4 mainboard
> >> > Voodoo 3 3000
> >> > A very nice step up from my PII-450, but I still can't get 36 fps
with a
> >> > full field nearby in GPL. Frame rate drops as low as 29 with a full
> >field
> >> > nearby. With the PII-450 and same video card, it would drop as low
as
> >18
> >> or
> >> > 19.
> >> I have a P2 400, Voodoo 3 2000, 128Mb Ram, SB Live 1024! with a USB
LWFF
> >and
> >> a wonderful CTX PR705F flatscreen Trinitron monitor . I get 36fps at
> >> 1024x768 with 19 AI cars during a race and about 27fps at the start of
a
> >> race at Monza. I have drivers arms, drivers textures and all mirror
> >> textures except cars switched off. The mirrors are set to cars and
track
> >> only and objects set to all. I set the detail slider to level with the
B
> >of
> >> Bias. I set the number of sounds heard to 8.
> >> The detail slider makes the biggest difference to the framerate. I
would
> >of
> >> thought that you should get better framerate than me. As the previous
> >> poster said, you may have something wrong with your system. Also, have
> >you
> >> checked that you don't have a virus scanner runing in the background?
I
> >use
> >> EndItAll to make sure all processes are closed before running GPL.
> >> Cheers
> >> Phil
