Thanks John. I probably will shell out the bucks to upgrade the
graphics card. I just hate to do it and find out my cpu was the
bottleneck. BTW, in the limited testing I have done I get better
frame rates with OpenGL than with D3D... but that may be because of my
card. If I remember correctly some of the most significant
improvements over the geforce2 in the later cards was in D3D.
Brian
>> I am sure I could spend all day surfing the net and find the answers
>> but:
>> 1. Has anyone tried their N2002 setups with N2003? How do they
>> compare? Can you easily convert them with a few minor tweaks?
>What setups? I'm probably the last person thatshould go into
>"Garage" for anything other than picking a setup from the list.
>> 2. Is it just me or does D3D look way better than OpenGL? For the
>> best eye candy should I run D3D?
>D3D has always looked better than OpenGL, but (until now) OpenGL has
>always performed better. Now that their performance is pretty much
>the same, D3D is the easy choice.
>> 3. I have an Athlon 2100, 512mb, Geforce II Ultra. I am not getting
>> very good frame rates. Do you think a Geforce 4 Ti will increase
>> frame rates? Or do you think my cpu is the bottleneck? (Loaded
>> question I know)
>You should get a 9700 Pro or a Ti4600 (my choice would be the 9700).
>> 3a. Any good tips to squeeze out a few extra frame rates for those of
>> us with aging systems? I am looking for the best frame rate/eye candy
>> ratio here. In other words what graphic options should I give up in
>> the quest for frame rates.
>The shadows and the sun glare provide the absolute best improvement
>in frame rates.
>> 3b. Is it just me, but I rather go to the dentist and get a root
>> c***than uncheck a graphics option... it is such a hard compromise.
>I think it's just you.
>> 4. Any good sites yet for setups/paint jobs?
>I heard that a renowned setup guy has released a full set of setups
>for NR2K3, but I can't for the life of me remember his name. You can
>find it (his name) on the sierra forums though.
>> 5. Does it seem like the fixed fast setups for the plate tracks are
>> better suited for a top fuel dragster? (We may have problems in
>> RASCAR)
>I haven't tried a fast setup, yet, just the jasper stuff. Jasper
>seems a bit pushy to me, but some folks complain that the fast setup
>is looser than my ex-wife after a military payday.
