PIII 600
256 ram
V3 3000 (latest drivers)
SbLive
Direct X 8 (latest)
Logitech Wingman FF wheel
TSW pedals
Windows 98se
I use Enditall to close all the programs I don't need. Any ideas?
thanks,
Chris G.
Alex
> Alex
> > I've been getting frame rate hits when I play GPL. The frame rate goes
> from
> > a solid 36fps to 33fps. It doesn't seem like much of a hit but it
happens
> > about every 5 to 7 seconds. It really screws you when racing. It happens
> > online and offline. I haven't had this problem before. I've haven't
added
> > anything new. Just started happening. My system:
> > PIII 600
> > 256 ram
> > V3 3000 (latest drivers)
> > SbLive
> > Direct X 8 (latest)
> > Logitech Wingman FF wheel
> > TSW pedals
> > Windows 98se
> > I use Enditall to close all the programs I don't need. Any ideas?
> > thanks,
> > Chris G.
Chris G.
> Chris G.
> > I've been getting frame rate hits when I play GPL. The frame rate goes
> from
> > a solid 36fps to 33fps. It doesn't seem like much of a hit but it
happens
> > about every 5 to 7 seconds. It really screws you when racing. It happens
> > online and offline. I haven't had this problem before. I've haven't
added
> > anything new. Just started happening. My system:
> > PIII 600
> > 256 ram
> > V3 3000 (latest drivers)
> > SbLive
> > Direct X 8 (latest)
> > Logitech Wingman FF wheel
> > TSW pedals
> > Windows 98se
> > I use Enditall to close all the programs I don't need. Any ideas?
> > thanks,
> > Chris G.
Gary Peterson's voodoo3 utility
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
You can overclock with this, but more importantly you can set all refresh
rates at all resolutions at one time with it. Use 85hz for everything below
1280x1024, 60-75 above, depending on monitor. Turn off glide vsync, and
overclock as much as possible as this will help somewhat with texture
loading glitches; start at 172mhz for v3000, I run at 180 with a small fan
mounted.
George Smiley's glide wrapper
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Use the Resolution Override option to both cure texture corruption if you
see any, and reduce monitor mode switching. Use MirrorUpdate = 2 to get an
instant 4fps framerate boost. In GPL also set mirrors to CarsOnly and
uncheck all the mirror texture options.
You should be able to run GPL at 1280x1024 with the hi-res***pits and 3d
wheels and the whole bit on any cpu 700mhz and above with these tweaks. If
you get periodic glitches they be Windows memory caching pauses or something
related, so go thru all the tweaks here:
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
and make sure joystick polling is unchecked in device manager for your
wheel, and dma is enabled for your HD if available.
rms
disable_ipx = 1 ; Disable IPX support
disable_modem = 1 ; Don't look for/use modems
They aren't needed for offline racing, and don't interfere with vroc, and
gpl will start up faster.
rms
There were a couple of lines in your mail that stood out to me:
So when did the problem occur? If you have changed NOTHING
and the PC starts acting differently, logically it can only be a
hardware fault or a full hard disk. But of course it depends what
you mean when you say you havent added anything new..
What about the latest Voodoo3 drivers and DX8?
Could the problem have occured just after you added those?
I repeat, if NOTHING has changed on your PC, but programs
start to act differently then either you filled up your HD so the
swapfile cant work properly, or you have a hardware fault.
Im sure something, somewhere, HAS added something new
to your PC.
Lol SF.
ya, do ye ole virus scan too heehee
rms
>George Smiley's glide wrapper
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>Use the Resolution Override option to both cure texture corruption if you
>see any, and reduce monitor mode switching. Use MirrorUpdate = 2 to get an
>instant 4fps framerate boost. In GPL also set mirrors to CarsOnly and
>uncheck all the mirror texture options.
>You should be able to run GPL at 1280x1024 with the hi-res***pits and 3d
>wheels and the whole bit on any cpu 700mhz and above with these tweaks. If
>you get periodic glitches they be Windows memory caching pauses or something
>related, so go thru all the tweaks here:
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>and make sure joystick polling is unchecked in device manager for your
>wheel, and dma is enabled for your HD if available.
Kendt
rms
Not if you get HZTool. With htis utility you can set the refresh rate
to whatever you want it to be. Just make sure you don't go over spec
for your monitor.
http://hem.spray.se/doxx/
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