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GP4 (Geforce 3 and XP1500+) 300% PO!!!!!

Ian Dickso

GP4 (Geforce 3 and XP1500+) 300% PO!!!!!

by Ian Dickso » Sun, 23 Jun 2002 01:04:21

Guys,

Wots goings on????

4 hours in and I'm very dissapointed in Geoffs latest

F12002 has kept me up on some late nighters (excellent game) runs like
Schumi at Monza!

GP4 looks nice cranked up, but it's a picture not a movie!

hotlap on my own PO drops to a respectable 75-80%

Have race and bang sllloooooowwwww mmmmoooooo takes over...

Any got a definative solution?

Also my MOMO causes menu jumping, complete pain in th rear...

I was looking forward to Geoffs new baby, but at the moment the CD rack is
looming large.. If the stupid box they sold it in would take it..

Oh yes and I got the pamphlet but wheres the manual!!!!!!

A GP1,2,3 veteran sits very dissappointed in Portsmouth, thinking EA has
stolen his crown!

Come Geoff, jokes over, send out the patch...

Ketil Rolland Hanse

GP4 (Geforce 3 and XP1500+) 300% PO!!!!!

by Ketil Rolland Hanse » Sun, 23 Jun 2002 01:57:05


Sure you've updated your soundcard drivers ? If GP4 mixes the sound in
software instead of hardware this could give a huge performance hit. Check
this out by setting the bottom slider, which adjusts the sound reproduction
quality, to minimum quality in this dialog box :

In windows 98/Me look at Control Panel->Multimedia->Advanced
Properties->Performance

In windows 2000/XP look at Control Panel->Sounds and Audio Devices->(Speaker
Settings) Advanced->Performance

Ian Dickso

GP4 (Geforce 3 and XP1500+) 300% PO!!!!!

by Ian Dickso » Sun, 23 Jun 2002 07:34:03

ok

Found out that my SB 5.1 Live with 3D Hardware accelarated si slowing down
Gp4 big time

If I move the two sliders in the control panel to the left, the sound is
naff but GP4 run OK in any res.. 27-30fps

If I put up even one nodge on the soundcard hardware accelaration or sound
quality, bang goes my perfomance...

Any ideas..??

Latest drivers are installed.

Sound isn't brillant at the best of times but with it on it's lowest setting
it is god awful

I want to like this game!!!

Wet weather effects are amazing





> > Guys,

> > Wots goings on????

> > 4 hours in and I'm very dissapointed in Geoffs latest

> > F12002 has kept me up on some late nighters (excellent game) runs like
> > Schumi at Monza!

> > GP4 looks nice cranked up, but it's a picture not a movie!

> > hotlap on my own PO drops to a respectable 75-80%

> > Have race and bang sllloooooowwwww mmmmoooooo takes over...

> > Any got a definative solution?

> Sure you've updated your soundcard drivers ? If GP4 mixes the sound in
> software instead of hardware this could give a huge performance hit. Check
> this out by setting the bottom slider, which adjusts the sound
reproduction
> quality, to minimum quality in this dialog box :

> In windows 98/Me look at Control Panel->Multimedia->Advanced
> Properties->Performance

> In windows 2000/XP look at Control Panel->Sounds and Audio
Devices->(Speaker
> Settings) Advanced->Performance

Ian Dickso

GP4 (Geforce 3 and XP1500+) 300% PO!!!!!

by Ian Dickso » Sun, 23 Jun 2002 07:35:34

Seb

Pier and Canoe lake still going strong, last time I looked,,,
You a local boy?


> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:04:21 +0000 (UTC), "Ian***son"

> >A GP1,2,3 veteran sits very dissappointed in Portsmouth, thinking EA has
> >stolen his crown!

> Hey Pompey! :-) Is South Parade pier still standing?
> --
> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

Ketil Rolland Hanse

GP4 (Geforce 3 and XP1500+) 300% PO!!!!!

by Ketil Rolland Hanse » Sun, 23 Jun 2002 08:56:16


Upgrading the drivers on my Soundblaster 64 PCI solved the problem for me,
had never bothered to upgrade from the standard drivers from the XP
installation.
Make sure that the choices for hardware accelaration in the audio menu in
GP4 are checked. Before I upgraded my drivers it was still possible to check
these boxes, but when returning to this menu the program had unchecked them
again. Meaning that the game didn't recognize any hardware accelaration in
the card. This again is possibly a driver problem either that the drivers
don't implement the hardware acceleration functionality in the card, or that
there is some inconsistency between the drivers and the game. Also try to
recalibrate the sound if you install some new drivers.

Ketil Rolland Hanse

GP4 (Geforce 3 and XP1500+) 300% PO!!!!!

by Ketil Rolland Hanse » Sun, 23 Jun 2002 08:58:30


> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:57:05 +0200, "Ketil Rolland Hansen"

> >Sure you've updated your soundcard drivers ? If GP4 mixes the sound in
> >software instead of hardware this could give a huge performance hit.
Check
> >this out by setting the bottom slider, which adjusts the sound
reproduction
> >quality, to minimum quality in this dialog box :

> >In windows 98/Me look at Control Panel->Multimedia->Advanced
> >Properties->Performance

> >In windows 2000/XP look at Control Panel->Sounds and Audio
Devices->(Speaker
> >Settings) Advanced->Performance

> Sound hardware acceleration not being available doesn't cost that many
> cpu resources.
> --

Well, it sure did exactly that on my system.
Ketil Rolland Hanse

GP4 (Geforce 3 and XP1500+) 300% PO!!!!!

by Ketil Rolland Hanse » Mon, 24 Jun 2002 03:24:17


> On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 01:58:30 +0200, "Ketil Rolland Hansen"

> >Well, it sure did exactly that on my system.

> In GP4 only?

It's the first time I encounter this problem in a game where changing the
sound drivers had such a effect on game performance. I've just tried a few
games after upgrading the SB drivers and it seems like perhaps GTA3 and F1
2002 runs a bit smoother with the new drivers, but I haven't measured this
fully with a tool like fraps so I can't say it for sure.

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