It could be related, but yours sounds more like a disk swapping issue. I
can replicate the frame rate difference precisely buy going into a test
session with static weather. Logically, it must be related to video card,
video drivers, BIOS settings for video or monitor shut down...nothing else
is changing or would affect frame rates that significantly that I know of
(unless the CPU is running in sleep mode!!).
I would love to join a league, especially a local one, since online pick-up
races are pretty much a write-off, but alas my schedule doesn't permit it.
I barely have time to practise offline these days. But thanks for asking.
Marc.
> Hi Marc!
> Hey, I think I have a similar experience with N4. I've noticed at times
> that I get a "stutter" in the corners - and usually, this is after my
> machine has been up for a while. On a fresh boot, it is NOT there, ever.
> I also am not running a screensaver, but the screen is set to power down
> after 15 min.
> Could be it! I'll try shutting that off and see if there's a diff.
> BTW, are you running in any leagues with N4?
> There's a small group of us running Friday nights at 9:00 pm eastern with
> fixed setups. Let me know if you might be interested in running with some
> other Canuks.
> Willard VanderPloeg
> Owen Sound, Ontario Canada
> > Interesting....it is not an application causing the problem, but the
> process
> > of the Win98SE power saving on the monitor (I presume; I can't imagine
the
> > hard disk has anything to do with this since it is reawakened and
working
> > fine when the problem occurs).
> > Perhaps the v-synch or something like that is being messed up when the
> > monitor is shut off or turned back on by Windows? I don't use a screen
> > saver, so this is the only process that affects the video. Has anyone
> else
> > heard of this problem, perhaps with another game?
> > It makes no difference what I run (either 20 things or nothing), the
game
> > runs at full frames so long as I don't leave the machine inactive and
let
> > the monitor go to sleep. Whether I run 20 apps or nothing, after the
> > monitor has been shut off by the inactivity timer, my frame rates are
> > slashed by a third.
> > Hmmmmmm.
> > Marc
> > > Hi,
> > > I noticed that if I do not reboot Windows before running N4, I get 1/3
> > lower
> > > frame rates (measured repeatedly in controlled tests). The same items
> are
> > > running in the background at reboot and later. The system has 384 MB
of
> > RAM
> > > and tons of disk space, so it is not a swapping issue. The
motherboard
> > AGP
> > > setting has no effect on frame rates whatsoever (Abit KT7a RAID and
> > GeForce2
> > > GTS 32MB).
> > > I suppose I will have to spend more time trying to run various
programs
> > one
> > > at a time to see which one is affecting N4 (or if it is N4
> itself!!)...but
> > > if any of you have any ideas...
> > > Thanks,
> > > Marc
> > > --
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> > > Marc Collins
> > > Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change
> > > to take effect. Reboot now?
