NONONONONO, you lot have it all twisted out of all proportion, i get 18fps
with EVERYTHING turned on max, in 640 x 480, i found after a bit of
changing, all you have to do is turn the sounds heard down to the minimum
and the draw distance down to 1/3 and i can now get 36fps on 800 x 600!
Ross Hendry
>Indeed, you may approach an FPS limit quickly in GPL using a Voodoo 1 in
>800x600 mode. I have a Celery 300a o/c'd to 374mhz and couldn't get a
>really solid 36FPS with my Monster 3d I if there were many cars about,
>etc, etc.
>I bought a Monst 3d II and can easily achieve a rock solid 36fps in
>800x600 res. in all situations but the starting grid when I have 19 AI
>about. As I often host races I do turn the detail level down to about
>1/2 way because AT NO TIME do I want the FPS to drop below 36 if possible
>as this can start playing havoc with on line connections.
>This has been my experience only between a Voodoo I and a Voodoo II with
>all other factors (Ram, CPU, HD, Sound card, Controllers) remaining the
>same.
>I cannot offer advice in your case, Han, because the drop from 800x600 to
>640x480 seemed to make no difference for you. However, I thought that you
>might be interested to know the limitation of the Voodoo I in 800x600.
>Cheers,
>Gian.
>> I think you are approaching the FPS limit of your CPU and the Voodoo I.
>> On my K6-2 350, I could get about 19-21 FPS with a Monster 3D
>> I now get 32-36 fps (sometimes 37, but I thought 36 was the limit??)
>> with a Voodoo Banshee.
>> > Hello,
>> > On my system (AMD K6 300 MHz, VooDoo1, 64 MB), I usually get about 18
fps
>> > at full detail level and 800X600 when no other cars are in visual
range,
>> > no matter what number of AI cars I am running. Only when the screen
turns
>> > to 'snow' I achieve 36 fps.
>> > I wondered which factors influenced my fps, so I turned off the
>> > arms/driving wheel. Nothing changed. I changed resolution to 640X480.
>> > Nothing changed.
>> > Now I wonder whether those 18 fps are some sort of physical barrier I
>> > cannot cross with my system or if there is another factor that uses
much
>> > more CPU-time than the factors above.
>> > Does anyone know more??
>> > Greetings, Han
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