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Viper Racing - Stuttering Graphics

Larr

Viper Racing - Stuttering Graphics

by Larr » Wed, 13 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Folks,

I have a new problem that showed up out of no where...

My Viper Racing used to be very fluid and smooth.  No temporary frame
freezes, jerks, etc....

Now, it has a horrible problem with video stuttering.  It gets so bad, I
blow corners almost constantly.  It'll freeze for 1/4 sec just before I
set up for the damned corner, and when the video starts moving again,
I'm already into it!

It also does it on straights, not just the corners, and it's worse when
in traffic.

Nothing has been added or deleted from the system.

Could this be an effect of the new defragmentation system in Win98?

Pentium II 300Mhz
Monster 2 12MB
128MB RAM
TM Nascar Pro wheel

Short of reinstalling Win98 (yet again), any idea's?

I've already tried killing off all the stuff in the taskbar and startup
folder.

Thanks!

-Larry

Michael Wol

Viper Racing - Stuttering Graphics

by Michael Wol » Wed, 13 Jan 1999 04:00:00


>Folks,

>I have a new problem that showed up out of no where...

>My Viper Racing used to be very fluid and smooth.  No temporary frame
>freezes, jerks, etc....

>Now, it has a horrible problem with video stuttering.  It gets so bad, I
>blow corners almost constantly.  It'll freeze for 1/4 sec just before I
>set up for the damned corner, and when the video starts moving again,
>I'm already into it!

>It also does it on straights, not just the corners, and it's worse when
>in traffic.

>Nothing has been added or deleted from the system.

>Could this be an effect of the new defragmentation system in Win98?

>Pentium II 300Mhz
>Monster 2 12MB
>128MB RAM
>TM Nascar Pro wheel

>Short of reinstalling Win98 (yet again), any idea's?

>I've already tried killing off all the stuff in the taskbar and startup
>folder.

>Thanks!

>-Larry

Larry - I get that too from time to time and I think it's a cache thing.
I've nearly the same system as you (64Mb Ram) and exiting/restarting the
game clears this up.  A drag, eh?  Let me know if you find it to be
something else.

mw

Destro

Viper Racing - Stuttering Graphics

by Destro » Wed, 13 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Make sure everything in the back ground is off. Do a Ctrl-Alt-Del and end
task on all programs except Explorer and Systray.

> Folks,

> I have a new problem that showed up out of no where...

> My Viper Racing used to be very fluid and smooth.  No temporary frame
> freezes, jerks, etc....

> Now, it has a horrible problem with video stuttering.  It gets so bad, I
> blow corners almost constantly.  It'll freeze for 1/4 sec just before I
> set up for the damned corner, and when the video starts moving again,
> I'm already into it!

> It also does it on straights, not just the corners, and it's worse when
> in traffic.

> Nothing has been added or deleted from the system.

> Could this be an effect of the new defragmentation system in Win98?

> Pentium II 300Mhz
> Monster 2 12MB
> 128MB RAM
> TM Nascar Pro wheel

> Short of reinstalling Win98 (yet again), any idea's?

> I've already tried killing off all the stuff in the taskbar and startup
> folder.

> Thanks!

> -Larry

Rick Schippe

Viper Racing - Stuttering Graphics

by Rick Schippe » Thu, 14 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Hmmmm... strange i run it on a p200 64mb, voodoo1 and win98 and it
runs fine


>Folks,

>I have a new problem that showed up out of no where...

>My Viper Racing used to be very fluid and smooth.  No temporary frame
>freezes, jerks, etc....

>Now, it has a horrible problem with video stuttering.  It gets so bad, I
>blow corners almost constantly.  It'll freeze for 1/4 sec just before I
>set up for the damned corner, and when the video starts moving again,
>I'm already into it!

>It also does it on straights, not just the corners, and it's worse when
>in traffic.

>Nothing has been added or deleted from the system.

>Could this be an effect of the new defragmentation system in Win98?

>Pentium II 300Mhz
>Monster 2 12MB
>128MB RAM
>TM Nascar Pro wheel

>Short of reinstalling Win98 (yet again), any idea's?

>I've already tried killing off all the stuff in the taskbar and startup
>folder.

>Thanks!

>-Larry

Hmmmm... strange i run it on a p200 64mb, voodoo1 and win98 and it
runs fine
Larr

Viper Racing - Stuttering Graphics

by Larr » Fri, 15 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Unfortunately, I get it right from the start, continuously.  It almost
feels like there is something going on in the background on the system,
but as far as I can tell I've killed everything off...

Thanks!

-Larry


> Larry - I get that too from time to time and I think it's a cache thing.
> I've nearly the same system as you (64Mb Ram) and exiting/restarting the
> game clears this up.  A drag, eh?  Let me know if you find it to be
> something else.

Larr

Viper Racing - Stuttering Graphics

by Larr » Fri, 15 Jan 1999 04:00:00

In case I didn't make myself clear, it _used_ to run fine on my machine
as well.

Thanks!

-Larry


> Hmmmm... strange i run it on a p200 64mb, voodoo1 and win98 and it
> runs fine

Larr

Viper Racing - Stuttering Graphics

by Larr » Fri, 15 Jan 1999 04:00:00

I've pretty much done that, but I will try that again.

Thanks!

-Larry


> Make sure everything in the back ground is off. Do a Ctrl-Alt-Del and end
> task on all programs except Explorer and Systray.

Larr

Viper Racing - Stuttering Graphics

by Larr » Sat, 16 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Tb
hanks for the input :)

I have narrowed the problem down to a background process.  I just have
to figure out which one :)

I think it's one of the HP Printer Driver doohickeys.  I should be able
to isolate it down this weekend.

Thanks!

-Larry


> For what it is worth - the only times that this has occurred for me has been
> after the system has come out of suspend mode (ie. it automatically suspends
> after 1 hour inactivity - if I come back and wake it up and then run up
> Viper, it runs slow and only a reboot fixes it).

> Hope this helps.


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