I'm using Athalon800 w/ AsusA7V m/board, PNY GF3Ti200 (I don't know which
driver, it's whichever one was on the Nvidia site yesterday), win98se.
Maybe this is normal, but I wouldn't think it should be??? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Brook
To find out the driver version # there are a couple of ways. clik on
start\settings\control panel. THen choose system and clik on the Device
Manager tab. Find the display adapter item and clik on that, then choose
properties and drivers and finally driver details. The last 4 digits of the
number will be your driver version, i.e 2311 = 23.11 or 27.42 or 8.13.
dave henrie
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
Vsync? How do I adjust that? Display properties? Core.ini?
thanks
> > I'm using Athalon800 w/ AsusA7V m/board, PNY GF3Ti200 (I don't know
which
> > driver, it's whichever one was on the Nvidia site yesterday), win98se.
> > Maybe this is normal, but I wouldn't think it should be??? Any ideas?
> > Thanks,
> > Brook
So is a 3dfx card really less CPU intensive than a GF3? Seems like as all
the hardware gets faster, it becomes less efficient, throwing more work to
other hardware. I remeber reading in "four-wheel drift" that for most
systems, the Rendition-based boards were better than the 3dfx's because they
took on a whole lot more of the workload, freeing up the CPU. And now
Nvidias are even more CPU intensive than the 3dfx's. This puts me in an
awful spot, having to buy another processor and motherboard (and memory) for
my 16-month old system just so I can take advantage of my new video card.
Doesn't that seem a bit absurd? I don't think it's worth it right now, I
keep on upgrading everything to make the game look better and better, but I
still SUCK! I should stop finding ways to spend money on this sim, a
"potentially" low cost way to experience race driving, and start worrying
about finishing a race at Monza without crashing out.
thanks for the help :-)
Brook
assume you now run d3d
more processor intensive.
so its almost unusable.
> "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> the....." - Ash
> > Is this normal? I had a Voodoo3 3000 and GPL was great, no probs, maybe
> > slightly slower FPS with 19ai at the start. Upgraded to the GF3 so I
could
> > play F12001, and GPL actually seems slower, I get about 12fps at the
start
> > of a race (1024x768). Shouldn't it be lightyears faster? Should I be
> > running the OpenGL patch instead of D3D?
> > I'm using Athalon800 w/ AsusA7V m/board, PNY GF3Ti200 (I don't know
which
> > driver, it's whichever one was on the Nvidia site yesterday), win98se.
> > Maybe this is normal, but I wouldn't think it should be??? Any ideas?
> > Thanks,
> > Brook
> Vsync? How do I adjust that? Display properties? Core.ini?
> thanks
> > Your processor is simply too slow to use all of the features of the new
> > card. Also, you probably have v sync enabled, which would destroy the
> speed
> > of the card.
> > -Stuart Becktell
> > > Is this normal? I had a Voodoo3 3000 and GPL was great, no probs,
maybe
> > > slightly slower FPS with 19ai at the start. Upgraded to the GF3 so I
> > could
> > > play F12001, and GPL actually seems slower, I get about 12fps at the
> start
> > > of a race (1024x768). Shouldn't it be lightyears faster? Should I be
> > > running the OpenGL patch instead of D3D?
> > > I'm using Athalon800 w/ AsusA7V m/board, PNY GF3Ti200 (I don't know
> which
> > > driver, it's whichever one was on the Nvidia site yesterday), win98se.
> > > Maybe this is normal, but I wouldn't think it should be??? Any ideas?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brook
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
> So is a 3dfx card really less CPU intensive than a GF3? Seems like as all
> the hardware gets faster, it becomes less efficient, throwing more work to
> other hardware. I remeber reading in "four-wheel drift" that for most
> systems, the Rendition-based boards were better than the 3dfx's because they
> took on a whole lot more of the workload, freeing up the CPU. And now
> Nvidias are even more CPU intensive than the 3dfx's. This puts me in an
> awful spot, having to buy another processor and motherboard (and memory) for
> my 16-month old system just so I can take advantage of my new video card.
> Doesn't that seem a bit absurd? I don't think it's worth it right now, I
> keep on upgrading everything to make the game look better and better, but I
> still SUCK! I should stop finding ways to spend money on this sim, a
> "potentially" low cost way to experience race driving, and start worrying
> about finishing a race at Monza without crashing out.
> thanks for the help :-)
> Brook
> > GPL is very CPU intensive and you have a slow one by todays standards. I
> assume you now run d3d
> > whereas b4 with your voodoo card you probably ran 3dfx. d3d is also much
> more processor intensive.
> > The OpenGL patch is good, but at higher resolutions is screws up the menus
> so its almost unusable.
> > Your system is severely processor bound for playing GPL.
> > --
> > Biz
> > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> > the....." - Ash
> > > Is this normal? I had a Voodoo3 3000 and GPL was great, no probs, maybe
> > > slightly slower FPS with 19ai at the start. Upgraded to the GF3 so I
> could
> > > play F12001, and GPL actually seems slower, I get about 12fps at the
> start
> > > of a race (1024x768). Shouldn't it be lightyears faster? Should I be
> > > running the OpenGL patch instead of D3D?
> > > I'm using Athalon800 w/ AsusA7V m/board, PNY GF3Ti200 (I don't know
> which
> > > driver, it's whichever one was on the Nvidia site yesterday), win98se.
> > > Maybe this is normal, but I wouldn't think it should be??? Any ideas?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brook
I don't have GPL anymore, sold it on a few years ago, but I seem to recall
that GPL was a glide game... so you'll be running it in D3D or OpenGL.
Unless you have a super fast CPU and the latest whiz bang graphics card...
it is never going to un as smooth as it would on a 3DFX card..... I'd like
to see how it runs on my Voodoo5 and 1.4ghz Athlon.
Heckler
> > Is this normal? I had a Voodoo3 3000 and GPL was great, no probs, maybe
> > slightly slower FPS with 19ai at the start. Upgraded to the GF3 so I
> could
> > play F12001, and GPL actually seems slower, I get about 12fps at the start
> > of a race (1024x768). Shouldn't it be lightyears faster? Should I be
> > running the OpenGL patch instead of D3D?
> > I'm using Athalon800 w/ AsusA7V m/board, PNY GF3Ti200 (I don't know which
> > driver, it's whichever one was on the Nvidia site yesterday), win98se.
> > Maybe this is normal, but I wouldn't think it should be??? Any ideas?
> I don't have GPL anymore, sold it on a few years ago, but I seem to recall
> that GPL was a glide game... so you'll be running it in D3D or OpenGL.
> Unless you have a super fast CPU and the latest whiz bang graphics card...
> it is never going to un as smooth as it would on a 3DFX card..... I'd like
> to see how it runs on my Voodoo5 and 1.4ghz Athlon.
> Heckler
Gary
