rec.autos.simulators

by **Peter Hoope** » Sat, 24 Feb 2001 03:31:43

Hi all,

Well, my patience was finally rewarded when one of my colleagues from
work returned from the USA yesterday with a copy of N4 safely packed
away for me. Unfortunately I had to wait until this morning until I
could get my hands on it but it was well worth the wait.

I have only so far raced a few short races around Daytona, New
Hampshire and Atlanta but it already has me well and truly hooked.

Just a few questions about performance. I am running the sim on a
PIII600, 128mb, V5 system so am having to make a lot of sacrifices to
get a playable performance. So far I have only raced with 20 ai cars
and have lots of the graphics turned off or way down. Can anybody with
a similar system give me some pointers on the settings I should try on
the V5 to eke out a little more speed.

Would picking up a GeForce card afford any increase in frame rate with
the current CPU or would that be a false economy.

I am currently running at 800x600x16, I did try 640x480x16 but this
was actually slower than the higher resolution.

TIA

PH

by **Abunra Ben'Ghaza** » Sat, 24 Feb 2001 04:27:01

I have the follwing system

PIII-733
Asus P3V4X
256mb PC133 SDRAM
Intel Pro 100 NIC
Philips Acoustic Edge Sound Card
Win98SE
Logitech Formula Force wheel and pedals

I swapped out my VD5 and installed a GeForce DDR (Asus V6800 Pure)
from my wife's PC. I lost the use of FSAA but my frames per second
nearly tripled.

With FULL details, 42 cars (25 cars drawn ahead), and Force Feedback
enabled, I maintain a solid 30fps with the GeForce in OpenGL.

As much as I love FSAA I will live without it to play N4 :-)

Cheers

by **Slic** » Sat, 24 Feb 2001 05:45:53

Hey hammer man!
Yes get a GeForce card and you'll be fine consider MX boards as a best buy!
But the GTS cards really rock!

--

Oliver

by **Philste** » Sat, 24 Feb 2001 07:34:50

That motherboard really is bad... I have one and thinking of changing
it. It seems I can't get the AGP slot to work at more than 1X (out of a
possible 4X); that's not mentionning the couple of instabilies caused by
the Via Appollo chipset...

> I have the follwing system

> PIII-733
> Asus P3V4X
> 256mb PC133 SDRAM
> Intel Pro 100 NIC
> Philips Acoustic Edge Sound Card
> Win98SE
> Logitech Formula Force wheel and pedals

> I swapped out my VD5 and installed a GeForce DDR (Asus V6800 Pure)
> from my wife's PC. I lost the use of FSAA but my frames per second
> nearly tripled.

> With FULL details, 42 cars (25 cars drawn ahead), and Force Feedback
> enabled, I maintain a solid 30fps with the GeForce in OpenGL.

> As much as I love FSAA I will live without it to play N4 :-)

> Cheers

> >Hi all,

> >Well, my patience was finally rewarded when one of my colleagues from
> >work returned from the USA yesterday with a copy of N4 safely packed
> >away for me. Unfortunately I had to wait until this morning until I
> >could get my hands on it but it was well worth the wait.

> >I have only so far raced a few short races around Daytona, New
> >Hampshire and Atlanta but it already has me well and truly hooked.

> >Just a few questions about performance. I am running the sim on a
> >PIII600, 128mb, V5 system so am having to make a lot of sacrifices to
> >get a playable performance. So far I have only raced with 20 ai cars
> >and have lots of the graphics turned off or way down. Can anybody with
> >a similar system give me some pointers on the settings I should try on
> >the V5 to eke out a little more speed.

> >Would picking up a GeForce card afford any increase in frame rate with
> >the current CPU or would that be a false economy.

> >I am currently running at 800x600x16, I did try 640x480x16 but this
> >was actually slower than the higher resolution.

> >TIA

> >PH

--
Philippe "Philster" Sergerie

by **Lannie Schafrot** » Sat, 24 Feb 2001 07:46:30

No, it is a terrific motherboard!!! I get incredible results with it. Every
little tweak program I try doesn't do anything, because it is already
running at peak performance. 4x works like a charm.

> That motherboard really is bad... I have one and thinking of changing
> it. It seems I can't get the AGP slot to work at more than 1X (out of a
> possible 4X); that's not mentionning the couple of instabilies caused by
> the Via Appollo chipset...

> > I have the follwing system

> > PIII-733
> > Asus P3V4X
> > 256mb PC133 SDRAM
> > Intel Pro 100 NIC
> > Philips Acoustic Edge Sound Card
> > Win98SE
> > Logitech Formula Force wheel and pedals

> > I swapped out my VD5 and installed a GeForce DDR (Asus V6800 Pure)
> > from my wife's PC. I lost the use of FSAA but my frames per second
> > nearly tripled.

> > With FULL details, 42 cars (25 cars drawn ahead), and Force Feedback
> > enabled, I maintain a solid 30fps with the GeForce in OpenGL.

> > As much as I love FSAA I will live without it to play N4 :-)

> > Cheers

> > >Hi all,

> > >Well, my patience was finally rewarded when one of my colleagues from
> > >work returned from the USA yesterday with a copy of N4 safely packed
> > >away for me. Unfortunately I had to wait until this morning until I
> > >could get my hands on it but it was well worth the wait.

> > >I have only so far raced a few short races around Daytona, New
> > >Hampshire and Atlanta but it already has me well and truly hooked.

> > >Just a few questions about performance. I am running the sim on a
> > >PIII600, 128mb, V5 system so am having to make a lot of sacrifices to
> > >get a playable performance. So far I have only raced with 20 ai cars
> > >and have lots of the graphics turned off or way down. Can anybody with
> > >a similar system give me some pointers on the settings I should try on
> > >the V5 to eke out a little more speed.

> > >Would picking up a GeForce card afford any increase in frame rate with
> > >the current CPU or would that be a false economy.

> > >I am currently running at 800x600x16, I did try 640x480x16 but this
> > >was actually slower than the higher resolution.

> > >TIA

> > >PH

> --
> Philippe "Philster" Sergerie

by **GTX_SlotCa** » Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:03:24

Try using the latest drivers, Beta8. They're not as stable on my system
(have to drop my oc from 1102 to 1071mhz) but are a bit faster. In Advanced
Options, set the AGP to the highest value shown and try geometry assist.
This can give as much as 5 FPS if it doesn't***up the video. Try driving
in bumper cam mode instead of***pit. Use M to turn down mirror detail, or
even turn it off. Big frame boost here. Also might want to use N to get rid
of the cage in the mirror. Not a big frame boost (if any), but it's easier
to see through.
Don't expect to get a frame rate boost from a GeForce unless you get a
GeForce2 Pro or Ultra.
If all else fails, get Nascar Heat instead.

--
Slot

Tweaks & Reviews
www.slottweak.com

by **Peter Hoope** » Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:23:21

Funnily enough I just downloaded the beta drivers so I'll check them
out later. I'll try your other suggestions now, I like the speed of
the bumper cam view but find it pretty difficult getting used to
driving in that view for long.

Agree about the mirrors, I have set them to lowest detail and turned
off the cage and only use them when I have to. One thing though...
when I turn them on it takes 2 key presses to turn them back off again
as it cycles through the detail levels. Is there not a way to just
turn them on and off with one key press?? can't see that anywhere and
it's not a biggie but a couple of times in the heat of a race I have
switched the mirror on to check the position of a car behind me then
pressed the button once to turn the mirror off and forgot I have to
press it again to turn it off.

Cheers

PH

rec.autos.simulators

N4 At Last!!!

N4 At Last!!!

N4 At Last!!!

N4 At Last!!!

N4 At Last!!!

N4 At Last!!!

N4 At Last!!!

N4 At Last!!!