rec.autos.simulators

Configuration:

 AMD 900
128 mb PC-100
Voodoo 3 2000
SB live value
MB Asus A7V

GPL 1,2,0,1
Frame rate fine ( >30) but choppy.
In resolutions less than 1280x1024 everything is OK.

Alternatively, if you have good cooling and are willing to take a risk, you
can try overclocking the V3.  There are plenty of utilities available to
help you do this.  Look at http://www.tweakfiles.com/video/ if you want to
try some.

Bump the speed up in *small* increments, and test thoroughly at each new
level.  It might work fine for 5 minutes, but you *really* don't want the
machine crashing just as you are about to cross the line at the end of a
long race......

Ian

Ian Riches
Bedford, UK

1. On an A7V make sure your SBlive card is in slot 3. Slot 3 is the only PCI
slot
    that doesn't share an interrupt with another slot. You may have to go
into the Bios
    and set PCI slot 3 to whatever interrupt is available. You can look at
you current
    interrupt allocation with the system information tool under hardware,,,
interrupts.
2. Make sure you have the newest V3 drivers, Get them at www.ammoburners.com
3. Make sure that you are not loading unnecessary programs at startup. you
can check
   this buy running ... start ,,, run ,,,, msconfig the look at the startup
tab.
4. I would recommend setting up an static virtual memory and not let windows
allocate it.
   With 128megs of ram allocate at least 256megs to virtual memory, Maybe
more depending
    on what Applications that you might run.
5. Under 3dfx tools don't turn the LOD , level of detail up leave it at 0
6. Don't put any cards in PCI slot 1 as it shares its interrupt with the AGP
slot.

Maybe one of these might help
Good Luck, DB

Regarding overclocking, I have tried that (up to 165 Mhz), but think
that graphic card are made too close to limits, unlike CPUs,
so you lose too much stability and gain little performance.
Specialy in racing sims where stability is very inportant.

: 1280x1024 is pushing it for a V3 2000.  You'll need to upgrade you
graphics
: card to get better performance at this resolution.
:
: Alternatively, if you have good cooling and are willing to take a risk,
you
: can try overclocking the V3.  There are plenty of utilities available to
: help you do this.  Look at http://www.tweakfiles.com/video/ if you want to
: try some.
:
: Bump the speed up in *small* increments, and test thoroughly at each new
: level.  It might work fine for 5 minutes, but you *really* don't want the
: machine crashing just as you are about to cross the line at the end of a
: long race......
:
: Ian
:
: Ian Riches
: Bedford, UK
:
:

Thx

: Maybe your expecting to much but you should check the following things
out.
:
: 1. On an A7V make sure your SBlive card is in slot 3. Slot 3 is the only
PCI
: slot
:     that doesn't share an interrupt with another slot. You may have to go
: into the Bios
:     and set PCI slot 3 to whatever interrupt is available. You can look at
: you current
:     interrupt allocation with the system information tool under
hardware,,,
: interrupts.
: 2. Make sure you have the newest V3 drivers, Get them at
www.ammoburners.com
: 3. Make sure that you are not loading unnecessary programs at startup. you
: can check
:    this buy running ... start ,,, run ,,,, msconfig the look at the
startup
: tab.
: 4. I would recommend setting up an static virtual memory and not let
windows
: allocate it.
:    With 128megs of ram allocate at least 256megs to virtual memory, Maybe
: more depending
:     on what Applications that you might run.
: 5. Under 3dfx tools don't turn the LOD , level of detail up leave it at 0
: 6. Don't put any cards in PCI slot 1 as it shares its interrupt with the
AGP
: slot.
:
: Maybe one of these might help
: Good Luck, DB

Just read this bit about setting the  ConservativeSwapUsage=1 in
another forum, migjht help a little.

Maxx

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I'm very surprised noone has mentioned GSmiley's Glide Wrapper
http://home.swbell.net/gmsmiley/  whose mirror update=2 ini option gives the
single biggest framerate boost I've seen.  Put the sound slider at 8, the
detail slider about half-way, turn off dust and skid marks, and the mirrors
at cars or cars+tracks.  Also be sure to turn off Glide VSync in display
properties and have a clean installation of the latest 1.07 v3 drivers.

You don't mention what wheel you use, some of the FF ones cause slowdowns.

rms

: the standard tracks (addon tracks are of course another matter, as are
full
: fields).
:
: I'm very surprised noone has mentioned GSmiley's Glide Wrapper
: http://home.swbell.net/gmsmiley/  whose mirror update=2 ini option gives
the
: single biggest framerate boost I've seen.  Put the sound slider at 8, the
: detail slider about half-way, turn off dust and skid marks, and the
mirrors
: at cars or cars+tracks.  Also be sure to turn off Glide VSync in display
: properties and have a clean installation of the latest 1.07 v3 drivers.
:
: You don't mention what wheel you use, some of the FF ones cause slowdowns.
:
: rms

:
:
:

   The cards are identical but for the clockspeed and the game bundle as far
as I know.  There is a builtin overclocking page in the drivers, but it has
to be enabled in the registry, a hassle.  Just get this utility
http://www.tweakfiles.com/cgi-bin/dl-ftp.cgi?ftp.zdnet.com/threedee/t...
es/video/v3oc3200.zip
It works perfectly with no bugs and has nice features.  But again, install
the glide wrapper, a 10% clock boost won't make any difference.

rms

: Your V32k is the bottleneck.  It will display 1280, but it won't be very
: happy
: doing it.  Best to either scale back to 1024x780 or start thinking about a
: vidcard upgrade.
: dave henrie

Ash

| As soon as I find out if GeForce MX (or maybe GeForce 256 )
| will be enough for N4.
|


| : Your V32k is the bottleneck.  It will display 1280, but it won't be very
| : happy
| : doing it.  Best to either scale back to 1024x780 or start thinking about
a
| : vidcard upgrade.
| : dave henrie
|
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