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F1-2002 - Help required

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F1-2002 - Help required

by F1 » Wed, 27 Aug 2003 03:56:45

Hi Guys,
I just started playing F1-2002 on the PC (Celeron 2.4GHz, 384Mb RAM,
40 GB HDD, I just checked the specs on the Video memory and it says
"Up to 32MB shared video memory"). Even with the display options set
on Low and Audio on Med, the game play is really jerky, especially
when when car speed increases. It gets worse towards the end of a long
straight. It is also circuit dependent I think - Australia is one of
the bigger culprits, Austria gives me comparatively better (smoother)
gameplay.

Now, before you guys tell me to search the archives, I *did* search
the archives and got a tip to change the Physics model in the plr file
to super-high (set a parameter to 0)

Is there any other change I can make in the settings (or patch? I just
have the vanilla setup on my PC) so as to get a smoother ride?

Thanks in advance.

ae

F1-2002 - Help required

by ae » Wed, 27 Aug 2003 04:23:43


If the video chipset is sharing system memory you can count on the
fact it is very cheap and very ***. Has your system got an AGB slot
so you could put a real video card in it?

Andrew.

Aide

F1-2002 - Help required

by Aide » Wed, 27 Aug 2003 04:24:12

You have missed the most important piece of info.

Which graphic card do you have..?

AD

Biz

F1-2002 - Help required

by Biz » Wed, 27 Aug 2003 05:07:21

Your video card is on-board video and its sharing memory with your system, IE, it stinks!  There is
probably not alot you can do short of buying a decent video card.  Check your system for an AGP
slot, if it doesnt have one you can only buy a PCI video card.
--
Biz

"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash


> Hi Guys,
> I just started playing F1-2002 on the PC (Celeron 2.4GHz, 384Mb RAM,
> 40 GB HDD, I just checked the specs on the Video memory and it says
> "Up to 32MB shared video memory"). Even with the display options set
> on Low and Audio on Med, the game play is really jerky, especially
> when when car speed increases. It gets worse towards the end of a long
> straight. It is also circuit dependent I think - Australia is one of
> the bigger culprits, Austria gives me comparatively better (smoother)
> gameplay.

> Now, before you guys tell me to search the archives, I *did* search
> the archives and got a tip to change the Physics model in the plr file
> to super-high (set a parameter to 0)

> Is there any other change I can make in the settings (or patch? I just
> have the vanilla setup on my PC) so as to get a smoother ride?

> Thanks in advance.

M-Win

F1-2002 - Help required

by M-Win » Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:01:29

Hey, F1,

Check and see about slot for vid card.  AGP will be offset a bit from the
other PCI slots, and there probably only one AGP on most any board, and
should be located towards the top mounting slot.. unless that machine has a
funky MB with a riser card...  (oh well)

see if this cheesy drawing helps?

_________________________   < back of system where things plug in like
mouse, sound modem...
        | | | | |   <---  PCI all in a row
                 |  <--AGP

 (many boards with onboard Video cards, didnt also have an APG upgrade slot,
at least not a while back)

If you only have regular PCI slots open, a PCI 3d card is 15 to a hundred
times better than most cards generic onboard video sold in the usa, of
course this is unless you actually had a choice when you bought it, and
didnt take the default (cheap) option...

nvidia geforce4 "mx cards" I think still can be found in PCI version for
about 50 bucks, trust me, it will be the best 50 bucks you will spend, if
you game much that is...

good luck.


IE, it stinks!  There is
your system for an AGP

> slot, if it doesnt have one you can only buy a PCI video card.
> --
> Biz

> "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> the....." - Ash





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